Oakland Strings Bring Motown to Oaktown New arrangements of soul and pop hits from the '60s and '70s from Quartet San Francisco. Jeff Kaliss 3 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland “Y’all Sound Hella Good” Bay local returns to Yoshi’s for second year running, rocks out. Sarah Bass 1 Oct 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Mentorship And Community Make ‘In The Red’ An Inspiration ‘In The Red’ offers a glimmer of hope in the still-beating heart of civilization with a decidedly Oakland local take. Frederick Noland 1 Oct 2025 · 1 min read
Oakland Vessels of Memory Holly Wong’s “Full Circle” at Slate Gallery seems to draw from mythic sources, creating vessels of time and remembrance. Vita Hewitt 30 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland An Intimate Evening on Auto Row Ben Rosenblum brought his Brazilian quartet to The Sound Room. Tony Daquipa 25 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland The Historic Way to Boat the Bay It’s easy to see how at a glance passers through see a high/low binary between SF and the Town, but there’s so much more to see beyond the commuter water routes. And even better stories behind the sights. Frederick Noland 24 Sep 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland Third time around Miniwatt delivered “Dinner Jazz”, adding a splash of color to a chill night out at Portal’s lakeside patio. Frederick Noland 22 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
Oakland Jewels of Emerald Precision Painter Kelly Ording presents a unified green palette that's precise, conceptually centered, and geometrically bedazzling. Agustín Maes 18 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Lib Art: It’s Not Political A library staff art show offers small—if marginally confusing—fun. Sarah Bass 18 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Nothing, Either Good or Bad The Oakland Theater Project stages an updated, diverse-casted production of a Shakespeare tragedy. Jeff Kaliss 16 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Hump! Part Deux: Electric Booga-ewwww Hump! Shows we have much to learn from each other, but is at its best when it challenges its audience's assumptions, not the strength of its stomach Frederick Noland 16 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
All Over Ginseng World Graphic novelist Craig Thompson dives deep into the roots of a plant he helped harvest as a child -- and the lives it touches Frederick Noland 12 Sep 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Dog Days Happy hour delights: these pups are not your average bar fare. Sarah Bass 12 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Cape & Cowl & Community & Comics Cape & Cowl thinks big while keeping community close. Frederick Noland 9 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
Oakland Queer Shorts Go Big Cinemama’s 3rd year of screening local shorts at the Grand Lake Theater to kick off Pride. Sarah Bass 8 Sep 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland The Roots Rock the Kaiser The Roots brought the Spirit of ‘95 to the HJK, playing their classic ‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’ in its entirety. Frederick Noland 4 Sep 2025 · 1 min read
All Over Academia, Art, and Obsession Twist into a Wickedly Clever Tale Emily Adrian’s latest is a sharp, slippery exploration of power, perception, and the stories we tell ourselves. Vita Hewitt 4 Sep 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Deep Dive at Bathers An introduction to the theories and practice of Deep Listening at Bathers’ Summer Symposium. Jeff Kaliss 1 Sep 2025 · 3 min read