Oakland

Global Citizens, Local Fashions

Oakland Renaissance: Saint Maurice Fashion Show West Oakland Matters 7th West 1255 7th St, Oakland July 27, 2024 Local art matters, and so do your neighbors. Produced in “The New

El Gallo Crows At The Grand

The Grand Gallery 560 2nd St Oakland El Gallo, or Bill Weber, as the government or his friends and family would know him, sat quietly, tucked in a corner and

Safe — & Sound? — Back Home From RNC

Reflecting on Lake Merritt

“Reflections on Lake Merritt” Preview Fundraiser With Brandon Jourdan, Dorothy Lazard and Liam O’Donoghue Camron-Stanford House 1418 Lakeside Dr, Oakland July 6, 2024 Read Fred’s review of “What

RNC Diary Coda: The Food Desert Minutes — & A Universe — Away

Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party • RNC Diary Day 4: Signs

RNC Diary Date 5: The Big Reveal

Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party • RNC Diary Day 4: Signs

Turn Up The Turmeric

Desta Ethiopian Cafe 303A Oakland Ave Oakland Talk food with me for more than a few minutes and my long abiding love of Ethiopian fare will likely rear its stewed

RNC Diary Day 4: Signs Of The Times

Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff • RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party

A Mesmerizing Immersion Into Light And Darkness

“12 Symbols” directed by Christoper Robin Duncan “Where You Need to Be: Teleportation Studies” by Solée Darrell “The Space Between Years” by Christopher Robin Duncan Pt.2 Gallery 1523b Webster

RNC Diary Day 3: The Barroom Watch Party

Previous entries: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip • RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff

RNC Diary, Day 2: The States Strut Their Stuff

Previous entry: • RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip

RNC Diary, Day 1: The Trip

All Eyes On The Wall

Narrative 580 2nd St Oakland Many eyes twinkled at me, refracting their rich gemmed hues onto the wall beneath. They looked heavy together, but light individually, their frames a lustrous

An Appointment With the Fates: Touring Mountain View Cemetery

Mountain View Cemetery Tour 5500 Piedmont Ave. July 7, 2024

What You Don’t Know: A Childhood Memoir

What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World Dorothy Lazard Heyday Books

The Pharcyde: Vintage Vibes on the East Cyde

The Pharcyde HiiiWAV Fest 2781 Telegraph Ave. June 8, 2024

Occupying the Ocular

“Friends of Mine“ The Fourth Wall Gallery 473 25th St. Oakland Through July 13 Pablo Picasso once remarked, “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime

Pho Meat Treat

Phő Húóng Quê 200 International Blvd. Oakland Beloved neighborhood restaurant Phő Húóng Quê lies just a block from the edge of Lake Merritt, their unassuming, fast-weathered signage no signifier of