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Free Will Astrology: Week of Aug. 26
Will you answer the call to adventure, Virgo? How will you reduce your karmic debt, Taurus? In what way could a seismic shift heal your landscape, Aquarius?
Oakland’s Kevin Moan turns experimentation into fuzzed-out rock
After a lifetime of playing instruments, bouncing between bands and experimenting with new musical techniques, Oakland’s Kevin Moan had a simple idea. Alone in his rehearsal studio during the pandemic, he decided to plug his guitar amp...
Amy Miller brings punk ethics to her first comedy special
Two things guide the work of comedian Amy Miller: holding to one’s ethics and fighting to protect one’s community—values the Bay Area native learned in part from the punk scene at 924 Gilman. Now she brings her...
‘Tony’ reimagines Anthony Bourdain’s rebellious coming-of-age years
Matt Johnson’s biopic about the late Anthony Bourdain, Tony, is a ghost story. Moviegoers watch the movie armed with the knowledge that the hero will ultimately take his own life. Unlike the writings of Sylvia Plath or...
Social Eyes: Week of Aug. 20-26
This week's calendar picks feature Bass-10, Arden Alexa, Steve Von Till, Zola Jesus, Guinga, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Rushadicus the Infamous Cello Goblin, Bululú, David Byrne, and Fred Frith's Fremakajo.
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...
