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Jan 11, 2023
Sign My Name to Freedom
Bay Area filmmaker races with time to bring documentary on iconic Betty Reid Soskin to fruition
Many people in the East Bay, across the United States and around the world know Richmond’s Betty Reid Soskin, who retired from...
Jan 4, 2023
What’s the Rap in Oakland?
Meet The Town’s emerging rap innovators
It’s a Saturday afternoon, and I’m walking to meet rapper and producer Ovrkast. at Part 2 Gallery in downtown Oakland. We’re looking for his friends and fellow rappers and producers, Michael Sneed...
Dec 28, 2022
A Nuevo Retro New Year’s Eve
Make a choice: Put feet up at home or kick up heels outdoors with this six-pack of ideas
As 2022 winds its way to “that’s a wrap,” conventional folks are returning to year-end traditions, albeit minus masks and...
Dec 21, 2022
Hidden From View
Project Censored’s Top 10 stories show just one pattern dominating all others this year
Since its founding in 1976, Project Censored has been focused on stories—like Watergate before the 1972 election—that aren’t censored in the authoritarian government sense,...
Dec 14, 2022
A Happy Holiday Music Guide
Release despair and celebrate the season with the gift of music
Swinging from one high note to the next, the 2022 winter holiday roundup of live music performances in the East Bay offers both a promise and a...
Dec 7, 2022
Berkeley Bound
Gangstagrass unites a divided nation with music
If one were to cross paths with the guys in Gangstagrass on the street—one would probably never guess that they hung out with each other, let alone that they’re part of...
Nov 30, 2022
Living the Glamorous Life
Oakland native Sheila E. returns to where it all began
I first learned of Sheila E. almost 25 years ago as a young kid stuck in traffic on I-80 listening to the radio as my parents “used” my...
