Oakland New Gallery has Great Promise Oakland's new art space, Dictée Art & Exhibition, could very well become an excellent space for future exhibitions. Agustín Maes 18 Jul 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Che Bella Circus Bella’s “Hoopla!” has descended—and ascended—upon a park near you. A crew of professionals, with a couple kids thrown in for good measure. Sarah Bass 16 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland Migration, Motion, Melody A celebration of migration and community spirit set of BANDALOOP’s “Somewhere to Oakland”. Sarah Bass 11 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland Poetry with Community Vibes Charles Blades Barber Shop opens its doors to a night crowd and open mic. Frederick Noland 8 Jul 2025 · 1 min read
Oakland Office Hour Art Jessy Slim’s “Chickpea Landscapes” — yes, that chickpea — with the help of some reflective windows, are a choose-your-own adventure viewing at Roll Up Project. Sarah Bass 4 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Finally, A "Man Among Men" Anton Solomonik’s reading from new story collection underwhelmed, but notes of “nervous phallus” punched through, piqued interest. Vita Hewitt 2 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Seven Minutes within the Heavens An unexpectedly sacred moment of contemplative artistic ritual via VR headset. Sarah Bass 30 Jun 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Hardcore at Sundown with the Nicest People Camaraderie, goodwill, and LOUDNESS at Oakland's Stay Gold Deli for a summer solstice show. Agustín Maes 27 Jun 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland 25th Annual Malcolm X Jazz Festival For the twenty fifth year, Oakland got down to grooves, grub, and graffiti for Malcolm X Jazz Fest. Frederick Noland 25 Jun 2025 · 1 min read
Oakland Solid Ground A restricted color palette certainly does not damper strength of works: a solo show by Yameng Lee Thorp at Pt. 2 Gallery is filled with feeling. Sarah Bass 24 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Joy, Bright Spark of Divinity! Beethoven's 9th on Friday the 13th, as told by Oakland Symphony Orchestra for the 2024-2025 season finale. Agustín Maes 19 Jun 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland We Love Lamp Traveling light exhibit illuminates a Rockridge homeware boutique. Sarah Bass 16 Jun 2025 · 5 min read
All Over Crashing Hard: The Surreal Obsession at the Heart of "Sky Daddy" In a society that values AI over people and their screen addictions, a love affair between a woman and a plane doesn't seem so very strange. Vita Hewitt 12 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Tribal Tradition Shines Through Open Studios Wrap: Basketry and the fauna of the tribal homeland inspire many designs at the California Native Glass studio. Jeff Kaliss 11 Jun 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Layers of Our Collective History This is an artist who has a deep understanding of color and how they interact with one another: in the (open) studio with Alex da Silva. Agustín Maes 6 Jun 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland Art as Ancestry: Reflections from the Diaspora Longing for home and ancestral knowledge from the displaced throbs like a heartbeat in these works, Vita Hewitt 5 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland More Kids in the Kiln East Bay Open Studios, weekend one. Ceramist Sarah Merola shares her children, in clay, bronze, and zipper. Sarah Bass 4 Jun 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland She Has Her Father’s Eyes And her mother’s fur. A family of paper mache freaks pit stopped in Oakland for a night, charms and delights. Sarah Bass 30 May 2025 · 3 min read