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Pacific School of Religion mobilizes faith for democracy
On Oct. 17, as communities across the East Bay and the country mobilized for No Kings/Vote Early, students, staff and instructors from Berkeley’s Pacific School of Religion (PSR) were among the participants.
The school issued a statement reading,...
Oakland conservatory preserves Black music amid funding cuts
Dr. Angela Wellman spent 20 years passing Black music from one pair of hands to the next. Now she’s stepping down, and her conservatory still rents in a city that zeroed out its general-fund arts grants.
The video is...
Social Eyes: Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4
This week's calendar picks feature Grace Kelly, Hell Comes to Oakland IV, Febuary, Odile Lavault's Baguette Quartette, Dolly's Mile High Club, Lord of the Rings Square Dance, Henry Hung's Klaxon Mutant All-Stars, Windham Hill 50th Anniversary Live, Alexandr Misko, and Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean.
Free Will Astrology: Week of Oct. 21
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The 18th-century Aries watchmaker John Harrison solved one of the great scientific problems of his time: how to determine longitude...
Oakland’s Upstairs cafe makes room for community
Above Andres Giraldo Florez’s Snail Bar, a cafe sits at the top of the stairs. Uniformity is not central to the design aesthetic. Formerly an apartment,...
Stereo 41 blends southern cuisine and vinyl culture
When Victor Ghaben was growing up, a PG&E service station occupied 1535 Bonanza St. in Walnut Creek. In its current incarnation as Stereo 41, the whitewashed...
