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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...
Dec 10, 2024
‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey honored at festival
The DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival, Dec. 13-15 at Freight & Salvage, pays tribute to the legendary Black musician. Born in 1899 and short of stature...
Nov 19, 2024
Jocelyn Bioh weaves tales inspired by sitcoms
Ghanaian-American playwright and actor Jocelyn Bioh grew up in New York City. Although by no means impoverished, her family didn’t have a lot of...
Nov 12, 2024
Local artisans craft gifts for all bodies
The premise was simple: Search out local artisans and makers to best complete the ellipsis-ended phrase, “When you love your body, you ...” We...
Oct 29, 2024
American Indigenous and Western classical music blend anew
The Dover Quartet appears Nov. 3 at Hertz Hall in Cal Performances’ Illuminations: “Fractured History” series with impeccable timing. Featuring the work of Jerod...
Oct 15, 2024
Oakland Symphony welcomes Kedrick Armstrong as music director
When Kedrick Armstrong steps up to the podium Oct. 18 at the Paramount Theatre as the Oakland Symphony’s ninth music director, he will be...