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Thursday nights at the Oakland Museum of California can be a bit sketchy. Literally. Drawing on the success of its “Friday Nights at OMCA” series, the museum has added “Thursday After Hours.” Not only can visitors take advantage...

Black History Month also encompasses the future at the Chabot Space & Science Center on Feb. 24. “Celebrate Black History Month: Afrofuturism,” an all-day event, will include the Hidden Genius Project, the Black Panther Party Legacy Alumni Network,...

I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. In December I tend to hyperfocus on the things I could improve in my future, like financial security, achieving emotional availability in relationships and maybe just being less of an...

With the Earth screaming for attention through increasingly severe natural disasters, people are realizing our planet is vulnerable. After centuries of believing this world is immune to the ravages of human exploitation, abuse and disregard, a new...

Easy, no. Empowering, yes For increasing numbers of tech industry employees, changing jobs or careers isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. Multiple sources report that tech job cuts in the greater Bay Area so far in 2023 “have...

Lou Fancher visits Oakland's Isis Asare and her Sistah Scifi online bookstore which focuses on Black speculative fiction through an Afrofuturistic lens. "Increasing interest in readers seeking sci-fi specifically has been propelled by not only the Black Lives Matter social justice movement, but also by the genre’s elevation through scholarly attention," Asare said.

In this week's cover story, Chelsea Kurnick celebrates the Oaklash Drag Festival which returns Memorial Day Weekend for its fourth year. “That’s a beautiful thing,” said Oaklash co-creator, Mama Celeste.