Daedalus Howell

Some events burn through a place. Others continue burning quietly inside the people who lived through them. Multimedia artist Merlin Coleman has made a...

There are films that entertain, films that distract and films that politely flatter one’s intelligence. And then there are films that seem to look...

Those who spend any time in the East Bay arts orbit already know Grey Starr—iconic front person of Pretty Frankenstein, goth auntie of Alameda...

Grey Starr is a superstar.  She grew up with “goth parents” in the East Bay, started playing music at 14 and came out as queer...

There was a time when, for the price of a nickel, diners could participate in a uniquely American food phenom. The Automat anticipated both the...

Elmwood is not without its own problematic history when it comes to breaking down racial walls. In the 1950s, according to scholar Richard Rothstein’s 2017 book, 'The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America', Elmwood was essentially envisioned as a segregated neighborhood. 

East Bay Express Editor, Daedalus Howell, meditates on the pleasures and perils of the literary life in this week's Press Pass.

A poet prevails As regards the recent passing of poet, playwright and Beat publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, exiting at three digits still seems untimely for such...