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Mar 11, 2025
Hugh Bonneville and cast uplift ‘Uncle Vanya’ melodrama
People look to theater, concerts, sports and other live entertainment to experience the vicarious thrill of life’s dramatic highs and lows. But face it:...
Mar 4, 2025
To live long and be well, go Gaga
For longterm health and wellbeing, explore the snake in your spine, gesture with your skin, inscribe circles in the air with your coccyx bone...
Feb 18, 2025
Black Joy Parade returns
Abundant joy and overwhelming optimism aren’t phrases often found in today’s headlines, nor are they freely available or expressed openly in people’s public actions...
Feb 11, 2025
A recycling love story births Urban Ore
Two tiny steps and a 15-minute kiss launched Daniel Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer’s 40-year marriage. The couple lives close to the Richmond...
Feb 11, 2025
Handful of Keys presents free Piano Masterclass series
Presented by pianist Joe Warner and The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in downtown Oakland, the once-a-month “Handful of Keys” Piano...
Jan 21, 2025
Bay Area artists awarded for visual stories
Bountiful artistic talent in the Bay Area challenges SFMOMA curators selecting the annual SECA Award winners with a hefty task. Initiated in 1967, the...
Jan 14, 2025
No booze brings good news beyond Dry January in the East Bay
Motivated by multiple factors, the non-alcoholic (NA) beverage movement has reached new levels of normal. People testing the terrain are inspired by Dry January,...
Dec 17, 2024
Caretaking and community inspire Marcus Gardley
Award-winning Oakland-born playwright Marcus Gardley never knows where his writing is going. In an interview a week prior to the world premiere of his...