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Feb 11, 2025
A recycling love story births Urban Ore
Two tiny steps and a 15-minute kiss launched Daniel Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer’s 40-year marriage. The couple lives close to the Richmond...
Feb 11, 2025
Exploring East Bay’s wine bar scene
Before we try to answer what makes a good wine bar, another question needs more immediate attention: Why even go to a wine bar...
Feb 11, 2025
Romance cinema curated by relationship type
When writing about movies to watch with one’s spouse, partner, significant other or all by one’s own damn self for Valentine’s Day, I found...
Feb 11, 2025
Handful of Keys presents free Piano Masterclass series
Presented by pianist Joe Warner and The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in downtown Oakland, the once-a-month “Handful of Keys” Piano...
Feb 11, 2025
End Times: Pretty Frankenstein is in love at the apocalypse
Pretty Frankenstein has a certain attitude toward the perils of the moment. It comes across in the band’s new single, “Love Letter to the...
Feb 11, 2025
Oakland restaurant opening gives Mixé-d messages
The recent opening of Mixé proposes more questions than answers, or solutions, for Oakland’s struggling dining scene. The restaurant, which “features”—but doesn’t focus on—“Oaxacan...
Feb 11, 2025
Social Eyes: Week of Feb. 13-19
THURSDAY, FEB. 13
SOUL
AUGUST LEE STEVENS
August Lee Stevens has a voice for the ages. Joyful and soulful, the Bay Area singer/songwriter manages to evoke entire...
Feb 11, 2025
Free Will Astrology: Week of Feb. 12
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Love requires stability and steadiness to thrive. But it also needs unpredictability and imaginativeness. The same with friendship. Without creative...