Oakland Nectar Hits the Sweet Spot The Sweet Spot — Season Opener Nectar Social Club 408 15th St. Oakland April 7, 2024 Instead of trying to forge a reputation as the next new hot spot for clubbing, Stacey Peters 9 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland “Time Won’t Wait” for Piedmont Jazz Bands Piedmont Middle and High School Jazz Bands Yoshi’s 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland April 1, 2024 Jack London Square buzzed with Piedmont Middle and High School jazz band students and Stacey Peters 3 Apr 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Gold Nuggets: The Other Monday Open Mic The Other Monday Open Mic The BLU House Oakland March 25, 2024 A laminated sign on the gate had graphics of hanging plants. It read, “The BLU House,” with the Stacey Peters 29 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Anything Goes Chorus Rings in Spring Anything Goes Chorus 2024 Spring Concert First Unitarian Church 695 14th St. Oakland March 24, 2024 I didn’t expect the First Unitarian Church downtown on the corner of 14th Stacey Peters 26 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland The Battle Of The Lanky British Frontmen The Vaccines and The Kooks The Fox Theater Oakland March 22, 2024 It was the unofficial early aughts battle of the lanky British frontmen this past Friday night at The Stacey Peters 26 Mar 2024 · 2 min read
Chicago Keeping It Reel In Chicago La battaglia di Algeri Music Box Theatre 3/24/24 Chicago may not be the first place that aspiring megastars think to showcase their talents on the silver screen, but Stacey Peters 25 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Monday Is Still West Coast Blues Night In Oakland Lady E & The Best of the Bay Eli’s Mile High Club 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way Oakland March 18, 2024 An influx of Black workers in the Stacey Peters 25 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland What Can I Say? We Love Pork Oakland Restaurant Week Senor Sisig 330 17th St., Oakland The Kon-Tiki 347 14th St., Oakland According to a viral Bay Area weather meme, by mid-March, we were firmly in the Stacey Peters 24 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland At A Palestinian-Cuban Food Paradise, The Plate Is The Canvas Oakland Restaurant Week ASÚKAR Palestinian Cuban Fusion 1501 Harrison St. Oakland (inside Tamarack) ASÚKAR is a bit elusive. You have to know to look for it. A Palestinian Cuban Fusion Stacey Peters 24 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Atomic Blondes And Gothic Angels Stalk The Fox The Kills and Heartworms The Fox Theater Oakland March 16, 2024 If you’ve ever wondered whether a band consisting of just two people could make enough of a racket Stacey Peters 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Is This the Future of Oakland? The Exhibit A: A Town Hall on AntiBlackness in the City of Oakland James Moore Theater at Oakland Museum of California March 14, 2024 “What does it say about a Stacey Peters 21 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Chicago The Wednesday Tour De Weird Honestly, Same/Ka Baird/Horse Lords Empty Bottle 4/13/24 Bookended by instrumental bands, second opener Ka Baird at the Empty Bottle was a capella rendered in giallo, running Stacey Peters 18 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Tropical — Not “Tiki” — Interlude in the Oakland Hills Tonga in the Hills The Lobby Bar at Claremont Club & Spa Oakland March 7, 2024 In the Lobby Bar at the storied Claremont Hotel in the Oakland Hills, my Stacey Peters 12 Mar 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland The Road To Self-Discovery Involves Funny Sounds The Wholesome Circle Groundfloor Oakland March 4, 2024 “I’m Robin… whoosh!” I said as I introduced myself to a group of five strangers standing in a circle around me. Stacey Peters 10 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Beauty Of Strangers We Meet Meet the Author — Dr. Irene Sardanis Connections: The Power of Connecting with Stranger Oakland Public Library — Rockridge Branch Oakland Feb. 24, 2024 As a writer with an unceasing streak of Stacey Peters 7 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Power of Textures and Touch Artists Reception: Jessica Cadkin, Leah Korican, Monika Mayer, and Various Artists Mercury 20 Gallery Oakland Feb. 25, 2024 I have a friend who loves touching objects that look like they Stacey Peters 6 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Warrior Who Saved a Dolphin Meet and Greet: Two-Time NBA Champion Clifford Ray African American Museum and Library Oakland Feb. 24, 2024 Some of my fondest memories with my father involved watching sports, since that’ Stacey Peters 4 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Black Planter Party Lifts Proud Parents (Like Me) Black Planter Party Hella Bee’s Oakland Feb. 24, 2024 I know a few people my age who are parents to human children, but I know many more who are Stacey Peters 3 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
