Oakland

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

Open Studio: Favianna Rodriguez

East Bay Open Studios Favianna Rodriguez West Oakland, Oakland June 15, 2024

Electric Jazz For Lunch

David Lechuga AMP/Oakland Central Lunch and Listen Latham Square 1500 Broadway Ave. Oakland June 20, 2024 Intermittent sunshine broke through, illuminating four men in varying states of dress for

Connection Found In Another Country Called Home

‘Searching for Kapwa’ Film Screening and Discussion Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland June 22, 2024 At the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s screening for Searching

Nature, Order, and Disorder in the Art of Life and Death

Artists’ Reception: Tara Esperanza, Christine Meuris, Dalar Alahverdi, Leah Korican, and Elizabeth Sher Mercury 20 Gallery 475 25th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 I was wilting under the heat of

A Presidential Candidate Walks Into A Bookstore …

Cornel West and Dr. Melina Abdullah Q&A Clio’s 353 Grand Ave June 23, 2024

Hope and History Celebrated Through Dance

Fallen Heroes, Rising Stars: A Juneteenth Celebration Through Dance 494 9th St., Oakland June 22, 2024 On a closed-off block of 9th Street in Old Oakland, even the sun seemed