Today’s Top Event: Richard Schwartz reads at Bay Books in Concord.
Brainiac: Learn something new every day. Today’s lecture: The Fire and the Word.
Gloria Muñoz Ramirez discusses indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico at St. Joseph the Worker Church.
Is It Lunch Yet? Express food critics recommend: Yung Kee Restaurant in Oakland.
On the Town: Going out tonight? Time for a Friday Night Dance at Sweet Fingers Jamaican restaurant in San Leandro, featuring Mama Africa Sound and DJ Kangol spinning reggae.
Hardly Working: You’ve got time. We know how to waste it. Check out a karate chop in slow motion.
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