Culture

On Saturday, July 18, the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) will present their annual celebration of radio and wireless communication at Radio Central in Alameda. The event is all day long, family friendly, and features a variety...

The story goes like this: In 1969, Hugh Nanton Romney Jr. was lying on stage at the Texas International Pop Festival, when he asked the conga drummers not to dance on the “wavy gravy.” B.B. King came...

One of the world’s most out-there sports, invented by—who else—the Scots, is having its roaring moment. Every four years, the Winter Olympics sweeps curling briefly back into the spotlight, but this year was a bit different. American Olympic...

People are talking about … the fact that people don’t like talking anymore. Multiple studies bemoan the death of conversation. But Paul Spinrad doesn’t buy it. He believes people are eager for face-to-face conversation, especially if prompted...

In some places in Berkeley, it’s April Fool’s Day every day. This is because an unknown someone—or someones—has been placing plaques honoring nonexistent events in sites around the city for years. Most people have seen historical plaques on...

Nomadic Bookshop, a new, community-empowered bookstore in Oakland’s vibrant Uptown area, is making a significant splash. At the three-hour Jan. 17 official opening, store owners/founders J. K. Fowler and Uriel Landa welcomed nearly 400 guests. “There was a...

Millions of people in the United States and around the world find the voice of former ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton speaking on matters of health to be a sanctuary. As the co-host of Good...