Oakland Nowhere Lands The Seshen Somewhere New After more than a decade The Seshen deliver their fourth full-length LP, “Nowhere,” their most complete project to date. The Seshen with Boostive “Nowhere” Album Release Party The New Parish Sayre Piotrkowski 27 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland No Community = No Liberation! Life is Living Oct. 14, 2023 Defermery/Little Bobby Hutton Park West Oakland, Cal. The “Life Is Living Festival” of 2023 was nothing short of a tribal celebration of community John Williams 19 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland Guitar Karaoke: Who Knew? Guitar Bar The Alley 3225 Grand Ave., Oakland Wednesday, 8 – 12 p.m. “That was much better than I was expecting!” Paul Hlebcar (pronounced heb-car) proclaimed from behind his KN95 Sarah Bass 16 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Oakland A Whole Hella Love Danielle Helena in concert Towne Cycles Adeline Street, Oakland, Cal. Sept. 22, 2023 The backyard of Towne Cycles on Oakland’s Adeline Street hummed with clinking cans and whispered pleasantries Lauren Tannenbaum 2 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
Oakland Ethiopian Musical Ambassadors Bring Down The House Ethiocolor Zanzi 19 Grand Ave., Oakland Sept. 19, 2023 The ensemble Ethiocolor brought an exuberant range of Ethiopian music and dance traditions from Addis Abba to Oakland’s Zanzi — and Lauren Tannenbaum 24 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Hartford BooYah! Expectations Shattered at Arch Street Tavern As I’ve written before, I try to go to arts events with no prior knowledge or expectations. I like being surprised and I feel that it gives me a Jamil Ragland 18 Aug 2023 · 3 min read