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Blaq Outside creates Black queer spaces for joy and community
The oasis resurrects. It systematically electrifies the parched, emboldening the furtherance of a dream. It is the contrast, a node in the logic of the desert that defines the aridness of its surroundings by just how wet...
Death and Taxes Swing Band brings dancing to the USS Hornet
Time travel is possible when Death and Taxes Swing Band and guests grace the hangar deck on the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum. Joining forces Aug. 15 for a “South Seas Swing Dance” party, the...
Social Eyes: Week of Aug. 13-19
This week's calendar picks feature Chronophage, 'MicroAGGRESSION,' Vicki Burns Quintet, Kanekoa, MJ Santos Scholarship Fundraiser, Office Hours Festival, Ink & Dagger, Passion PIt, Azure McCall, and the 12th Annual Desi Comedy Festival.
Free Will Astrology: Week of Aug. 12
Hang on, earthlings—we're in for a New Moon in Leo and Total Solar Eclipse on Aug. 12!
The Chutes trade hardcore for jangle pop—and a little romance
Husband-and-wife team Kenneth Turner and Erika Calderon-Turner front the Chutes, a pop band from San Francisco. Both have been active in the Bay Area’s punk and hardcore scene, playing in bands including Foghorn, Fentanyl and Techie Blood....
French film noir gems sparkle in Berkeley
A few highlights from “French Noir: From the Shadows into the Light,” a rewarding ongoing retrospective series that runs through Aug. 28 at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA):
Director Jacques Becker’s hard-as-nails 1960 prison picture,...
