Oakland

Making Waves: New Barbers On the Block

The frenzy began, with a dozen students vying for aesthetic bragging rights, and all laser-focused on the model (often a fellow student) in their chair. Tools, spare hair, and gel flashed in hands, on hands, on the floor.

DNC Diary Day 1: Finding The Light In Chicago

Love in the Laurel: ​“I Eat My Vegetables, I Eat My Fruit”

Every August, eight blocks of Oakland’s Laurel District becomes the locus of eyes, ears, noses, mouths, and wandering feet for the annual Laurel Street Fair & World Music Festival.

A Big Burger Surprise

10th and Wood 945 9th St. Oakland It may not seem like much, but for the past 11 years, 10th and Wood, located at the corner of said streets, has

Avant Pan Africanism In ​“Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking”

Lake Walking, Revolutionary Talking BAM House 1540 Broadway, Oakland August 9, 2024

“Tell Them We Were Here”: Artists Talk to Artists About Arting

“Tell Them We Were Here” Screening with filmmaker Q&A East Bay Photo Collective Oakland July 7th, 2024

Double Feature: Jewish Film Fest In Town

A Photographic Memory and Under the Shadow of the Sun 44th SF Jewish Film Fest Landmark’s Piedmont Theatre 4186 Piedmont Ave, Oakland July 18-August 4, 2024 Just two of

¡Vamos Ballers!

Yolo High Wheelers vs. Oakland Ballers Raimondi Park 1800 Wood Street Oakland July 28, 2024 We all like hanging out with one another at sporting events. When the sport is

X‑FOLX ASSEMBLE! Superheroes Reframed

X‑FOLX Hella Positive 1606 7th St. Oakland July 27th, 2024

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