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Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Arts & Culture
Opera From the Edge
West Edge Opera is an East Bay treasure
Scandal! Fairy tales! Mariachi!
Not often can an opera season be touted that way—unless it’s one by groundbreaking West Edge Opera (WEO), truly an East Bay “Best Of.”...
Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Beauty, Health & Wellness
Growth Mindset
Cultivating and connecting at Planting Justice
Recommendations from experts in multiple fields—medicine, science, academia, lifestyle, faith—consistently place social interaction and engagement at the top of the wellness list. While diet, activity level, genetics, connection to nature and...
Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Romance
Old School Cool
The West Wind drive-in theater for nostalgic romance with modern updates
What romantic venue in the East Bay shouts brand-spanking new while crooning comfy nostalgia at the same time? Answer: The West Wind drive-in theater in...
Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Home Improvement
Green Peace
BLK Girls Green House brings plants and tranquility to West Oakland
In a generation of anxiety-inducing media, where the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, war and police brutality can be seen all over screens, it’s important to...
Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Recreation
Classic Rock
Exploring the Bay’s explosive history in Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve is surely the East Bay’s most unique park, with its open, rolling hills, rocky cliffs and layered portrait of the Bay Area’s geological...
Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Cannabis
The Happy Place
Tucky Blunt has Oakland’s first outdoor smoking lounge
There is only one business where one can legally smoke cannabis in Oakland, and that is The Happy Lounge, owned and operated by the industrious Tucky Blunt, president...
Jun 28, 2023
Best of East Bay 2023 – Everyday
Screen Time
The New Parkway is the East Bay’s weirdest movie theater
The New Parkway, a colorful, mission-driven movie theater and pub in Oakland’s Uptown district, is deeply thoughtful about how it operates. The theater shares profits with its...