Arts & Culture
Astrology
Freewill Astrology
Week of April 28
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Poet Allen Ginsberg despairingly noted that many...
Arts Feature
Mailbox Militants
Janis Hashe’s piece on the vitality of protest artists meeting the necessity of the United States Postal service opens up dialogue in topics ranging from voter suppression and election tampering to wheat-paste posters and ’80s Xerox art to protest murals in the streets of Oakland—and all around the globe—today.
Arts Feature
Lifting Language
Lou Fancher’s piece on Aurora Theatre Company’s adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Bluest Eye sparks conversations of the late writer’s works—like Beloved, Jazz and Song Of Solomon—and how rich a legacy and how lasting an impact she created in worlds of words and history.
Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Week of April 21
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Blogger Emma Elsworthy wrote her “Self-Care List.”...
Movie Review
Stone Loco
I binge-watched Cheech and Chong so you’ll never have to
This is the diary of...
Astrology
Free Will Astrology
Week of April 14
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Today I feel the whole world is...
Film Feature
Don’t Sip That Tea
International true-crime miniseries The Serpent follows the trail of a serial killer of...
Books
Samual Sattin’s personal stake in this year’s Oscars
When the Academy Awards are presented on April 25, Oakland writer Samuel Sattin will...
Books
Write Is Might
East Bay Express Editor, Daedalus Howell, meditates on the pleasures and perils of the literary life in this week's Press Pass.
Books
Oakland’s Writes
Arts Editor, D. Scot Miller, opens this week's Spring Lit issue with a round-up of notable new titles from Oakland's historic literary legacy.
Movie Review
Empire of Pain
Kelly Vance reviews 'I Am Not Your Negro' director, Raoul Peck's latest documentary on the brutal histories of colonialism and imperialism, 'Exterminate All the Brutes'.
Arts Feature
Looking Back
Lou Fancher speaks with author/activist, Roberto Lovato on trauma, recovery and migration in his latest book, "Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas".
Astrology
Freewill Astrology
Week of April 7
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Susan Sontag defined “mad people” as...
Arts Feature
Play On
Shotgun Players celebrate 30 years with innovative program
Scary, challenging, cosy, open, hard, easier, pressured,...
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