FOLLOW US
Arts & Culture
Samara Atkins uses dance to empower women
Recognized by the Alameda County Arts Commission with a 2026 Alameda County Arts Leadership Award, Samara Atkins said in an interview it comes at a time of transition. “It’s a surprise and has made me feel seen...
Free Will Astrology: Week of Oct. 28
Happy Halloween, playful wolves and glamorous ringmasters! Eccentric inventors and mushroom spirits! Crime scene investigators and keepers of the threshold...
Berkeley Rep revisits the feminist revolution
Bess Wohl’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play, Liberation, comes Oct. 23 to Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre. Directed by Whitney White, the production locks up audience phones, freeing the audience to find unlimited power and hope in a...
Punk rockers challenge pit bull stigma
Pit bulls and punk-rock go together like peanut butter and jelly. Think of all the album covers featuring that iconic, block-headed dog, and the sheer volume of patchwork-tattooed punks seen walking pits through Oakland’s various neighborhoods. It’s...
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
REGGAE
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...
