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‘Comrade Sisters’ elevates the women of the Black Panther Party
More than 65% of the members of the Black Panther Party were women. Women of all ages, many of them young—teenagers, even. They taught at community schools, registering voters, handing out free food and running free medical...
Social Eyes: Week of July 30-Aug. 5
This week's calendar picks feature Scalp, 'A Night of Hope for Venezuela,' Momotombo SF, Irving Flores Afro-Cuban Trio, Nora Free, Sundra Manning Trio with Rhonda Sauce, Orchestra Gold, Briscoe, IVE, and Poppy.
Hayward’s Mighty Delrokz brings lo-fi nostalgia to ‘Jackin’ My Beats’
When I was in high school, I watched a lot of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. I loved the anime and “adult cartoons” that aired at night before I headed to bed. Something that stuck with me...
‘Wood Street’ documentary brings Oakland’s homeless encampment story home
A crowd gathered under the multicolored bulbs of Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theatre on July 15 for the sold-out red carpet premiere of Wood Street, a feature-length documentary portraying the eviction of what was once the largest...
West Edge Opera illuminates forgotten histories
As Oakland’s always-innovative West Edge Opera gears up for the 2026 season in August, two of its choices this year look back in time to spotlight the lives of people who defied society’s rigid sexual categories—and were,...
Social Eyes: Week of July 23-29
This week's calendar picks feature DakhaBrakha, AileyCamp Final Showcase, Ify Nwadiwe, Maryanne Muglia, 'A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones,' Kool Keith, Dick Whittington's 90th Birthday, 60 juno, Samin Nosrat, and Pete Bernhard.
