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‘Comrade Sisters’ elevates the women of the Black Panther Party
More than 65% of the members of the Black Panther Party were women. Women of all ages, many of them young—teenagers, even. They taught...
Local puzzlers revitalize social gatherings
Five hundred pieces. A tableful of passionate puzzlers. And a race against the clock.
The fun, cooperative, yet competitive hobby of jigsaw puzzling is flourishing...
West Edge Opera illuminates forgotten histories
As Oakland’s always-innovative West Edge Opera gears up for the 2026 season in August, two of its choices this year look back in time...
Pragati Sharma Mohanty reimagines the ‘Ramayana’ through Sita’s story
When Pragati Sharma Mohanty was a little girl growing up in India, the nation was riveted to a television show telling the epic tale...
It’s still about all that jazz
In its 42-year history, the organization now known as Living Jazz has had only three executive directors: co-founder Stacey Hoffman, who served from 1984...
Maren Hassinger turns trash into art at BAMPFA
Watch for a scramble in September, when Cal undergraduates will line up to help scatter—and then reclaim—trash. As part of the ongoing retrospective at...
No Coal says ‘Bring it on’
To anyone not keeping up with the bumpy road of the fight over the proposed coal terminal in Oakland, it might seem recent news...
There’s no place like Dome
Some artists prefer to work in complete solitude, isolated with their materials and their creative visions. Others, however, thrive in the hive of an...
