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Berkeley retrospective spotlights Hong Kong New Wave
For stateside fans of foreign films, the so-called Hong Kong New Wave began approximately when director Ann Hui’s Boat People opened in U.S. movie houses in the early 1980s. The rising tide of new names, fresh faces...
Social Eyes: Week of Oct. 22-28
THU 10/22
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DUB SIDE OF THE MOON
Rhythm is God when it comes to the Easy Star All-Stars. Worship the band’s tribute albums of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, then drop a knee to other excursions into...
Ariam Weldeab Araya heals immigrants through storytelling
In one of the most difficult eras for immigrants in modern history, Oakland’s Ariam Weldeab Araya is making a difference. The Eritrean native, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2027, was named one of eight 2026 Arts...
Free Will Astrology: Week of Oct. 21
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The 18th-century Aries watchmaker John Harrison solved one of the great scientific problems of his time: how to determine longitude at sea. Many learned astronomers failed to crack the puzzle, yet Harrison, largely...
Grace Krilanovich blends acid westerns and California history
Grace Krilanovich is preoccupied with acid.
Not the molecule, or ion, or aqueous liquid with a pH below 7 squeezed onto guacamole or used to dissolve gold. Not the mind-altering substance, either.
Instead of on her tongue, she drops...
Candi Martinez brings Oakland together
It’s a sunny day in May, and Candi Martinez holds her daughter’s tiny hand as the two twirl to face a pair of friends in the middle of a car-less Oakland street. She greets them as music...
Obi Kaufmann reframes California’s ecological future
Does California exist at all, in the way we usually conceive it?
No, says Oakland naturalist/author/painter Obi Kaufmann in his new book, California Inside Out: Mapping an Ecology of Mind. The book’s first page lays out Conservation International’s...
