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Sep 26, 2017
The Sacrifices and Rewards of Family-Run Restaurants
Brothers Yonathan Yohannes and Benyam Yohannes (top left-to-right) might run Asmara Restaurant one day. That’s what their parents Kesete Yohannes and Okba R. Yohannes...
Aug 30, 2017
5th Annual Hiero Day in Oakland
For many folks in the East Bay, Labor Day has come to signify Hiero Day, the annual music...
Aug 29, 2017
A Gaze of Their Own
Two years ago, summer mason was taking a film class at UC Berkeley in which the professor screened Our Trip to Africa,...
Aug 29, 2017
We Asked Locals How They Discover New Music
Sara Ahmed, student college student UC Davis
A few years ago, blogs were the predominant digital platform for discovering new music....
Aug 23, 2017
New Releases From Spellling, Down 2 Earth and Acephalix
Down 2 Earth, Sunburnt
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Aug 23, 2017
Mandy Aftel’s Museum of Curious Smells
Among the things you can smell at Mandy Aftel's museum:
frankincense, vetiver, and ambergris (a byproduct of sperm whales).
Credits: Photo by Lance Yamamoto
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Aug 22, 2017
Keak Da Sneak in Stable but Critical Condition After Shooting
Oakland rapper Charles Kente Williams, better known as Keak Da Sneak, is recovering from surgery after being shot multiple times early on Monday...
Aug 16, 2017
Two Years of So, So Anxious
If there was a song to center your Nineties and early-Aughts nostalgia in, Ginuwine’s “So Anxious” is a good place to land. The quintessential...