Oakland Shark Fin Soup For The Soul The temps are dropping and so is your health meter — fuel up with super-charged soups. Sarah Bass 6 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Rumors, Secrets, and Conspirations The Pope has died and it’s time for the convening of one of those rarest of events. This movie is a banger--smart, tension-filled, and full of surprises. Agustín Maes 3 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland The Fog City Singers Tunefully Traverse the Labyrinth Fog City Singers, a forty-man tenor-bass “voltron of a chorus”, brought big charm and emotion to hallowed acoustic halls. Frederick Noland 2 Dec 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Imagine a Trumpet. Now, a Cello jung mudra and friends warm up a chilly November eve with acoustic charm at a single-release celebration. Sarah Bass 25 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland A Vintage Saturday Morning: Cartoons & Cereal at The New Parkway Theater A nostalgic escape: Every Saturday morning, this Oakland cinema opens its doors to a group of us "grown-up kids" craving that sweet throwback with a modern twist. Vita Hewitt 22 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Stood Up Comedy at the Elbo Room Nothing beats a local comedy night. Sure, these aren't marquee names, but up-and-comers are exciting. And they probably have their own intermittent podcasts, just like varsity comedians. So I was excited to check out the Elbo’s Clubdub Hip Hop and comedy show. Frederick Noland 21 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Hovering Above the Baseboards, Peering Down from Above The strange curation of this show lends to the exhibit’s whimsy and playfulness: delightfully eccentric and bizarro. Agustín Maes 14 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Oakland Symphony's Carmina Burana and Two Black Churches Pack a Powerful Message More than a hundred voices accompanied by a full orchestra gave our our soul a sense of elation that we didn't know it was missing. Vita Hewitt 11 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts: A Tour Through the Past Looking to the Future The Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, idle since 2005 is a stately reminder of a bygone era and a magnet for tagging and encampments. When I saw a guided tour annonced, I jumped at it. Frederick Noland 5 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Musically Haunting: "Ghost Quartet"Gives us Life at Oakland Theater Project If you could be any kind of dead person, what kind would you be? Spoiler: you want to be a ghost, the kind that goes “hoo hoo hoo all night Vita Hewitt 5 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland California Against the Sea: Rosanna Xia Takes the High Road on Sea Level Rise An author's chat at Clio's Books offers a clear-eyed look at the storms brewing outside. Frederick Noland 5 Nov 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Feet Fleet & Supple The Sanskrit word 'Sangam' means “confluence of rivers,” or “coming together." "Sangam: A Diwali Odissi Recital," performed at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in west Oakland, left me in sweet spirits. Agustín Maes 4 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Pooches on Parade: Dogfest Brings the Party Who doesn't love a dog in a tutu? Or a cape? Or just a basic bitch bandana? All that and more were on parade at Dogfest, a Halloween-themed pet event in Oakland's Jack London Square. Frederick Noland 30 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland The Pleasure of Pure Form “Layers,” is the superbly curated new show on view at Slate Contemporary Gallery. The group exhibit allows the pieces to play off one another other in a silent symphony of pure form that enraptured me like a charmed serpent. Agustín Maes 29 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland The Strike: The Fight for Freedom Behind Bars The Strike, a documentary by Berkeley grad filmmakers Joebill Muñoz and Lucas Guilkey, screened to a sold-out and enthusiastic audience at The Grand Lake Theatre on October 23rd. Frederick Noland 28 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Drunk on Film(s) Drunken Film Fest Oakland strikes again. Shorts from near and far served up with your favorite brews. Sarah Bass 23 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Black Cowboys: Sparking the Imagination and Correcting the Historical Record How many Black movie cowboys can you remember? Danny Glover in Silverado, Morgan Freeman in Unforgiven, and, of course, Cleavon LIttle in Blazing Saddles. Arguably the best. If I asked the same of White cowboys, we would be here all day. Frederick Noland 23 Oct 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland A Gory Substance We say body horror, I believe, because we have no better words. The production’s heavy use of intricate prosthetics exaggerate the horror that is a human form, with silicone rearing its ugly head in an unexpected ways for Hollywood. Sarah Bass 22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
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