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Jun 22, 2022
The Fear We Live With: What it does to us, and how to manage...
Three years of pandemic. War in Ukraine. Mass shootings. Inflation/eviction/recession. Democracy in crisis. Honestly, there is something wrong with you if you aren’t feeling...
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Jun 15, 2022
Reviving Seventh Street: ‘The Black Panther’ moves forward with state funding
In urban areas, “revitalization” all too often means “gentrification.” But Elaine Brown, CEO of Oakland & the World Enterprises (OWE) and former Black Panther...
Jun 1, 2022
Going Batty: ‘The Invisible Mammal’ will illuminate a misunderstood creature
Syracuse University student Kristin Tieche sat outside on a summer’s evening at the Inn Complete pub, looking up to see a sky filled with...
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May 18, 2022
Come for the Salsa, Stay for the Climate: Berkeley’s Farmers’ Market Salsa Festival gets...
Cue the marimbas!
After two years of pandemic-mandated cancellations, dancing, food and eco-consciousness will samba back on May 21, as the Farmers’ Market Salsa Festival...
May 4, 2022
Assessing Bad Behavior: Floy Andrews mounts campaign against Contra Costa County’s ‘Bad Boy’
For Floy Andrews, her master of science degree in bioethics from Columbia University is as important as her 15 years as an attorney in...
Apr 27, 2022
Hi, Honey, I’m Home: East Bay beekeepers say home is where the hive is
When English wildlife photographer Martin Dohrn’s documentary, My Garden of a Thousand Bees, aired in 2021, it wasn’t just the existing backyard beekeeping community...
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Apr 6, 2022
Rhythms of the Streets: Richmond’s poet laureate’s work honors and heals
David Flores’ list of poet inspirations doesn’t include any of the usual Dead White Suspects—no Eliot or Plath, Coleridge or Dickinson, Yeats or Keats....
Mar 23, 2022
Do Printers Dream of Electric Sheep?: Shotgun Players’s ‘Lost Ballad’ aims at AI anxiety
By now, even non-sci-fi fans know that “AI anxiety” is a real thing. A 2019 Forbes magazine article examined it, saying part of the...