Oakland

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 …

Presidential hopeful Cornel West and running mate Oakland local Dr. Melina Abdullah in conversation at Clio’s Books.

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

Jazzed for Brunch

Jazz Brunch with Future Standard The Cook and Her Farmer 510 9th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 You know the vibes at a jazz brunch are immaculate when a diner

Beauty Without Borders

Beyond Trend Runway Show Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St. Oakland June 22, 2024 On a glittery, gold-colored runway taped to Valdez Street near Lake Merritt, a woman in

CALLI: The Art of Xicanx Peoples

Calli: The Art of Xicanx Peoples Oakland Museum of California June 14, 2024 — January 26, 2025