Art Archives - 48 hills

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: 10 great things to do this week, from Gran Fury to ‘Much Ado’

Marke B. - May 11, 2022

Soul man Lee Fields, Blectum from Blechdom returns, a drag Hall & Oates tribute, Lab dance-a-thon, more to get you fired up.

Movies

At CAAMFest, Chinatown justice, rock heroes, turf dance battles, more diverse Asian stories

Dennis Harvey - May 10, 2022

The 40th edition of the Center for Asian American Media fest highlights valuable history as it continues to look forward.

Culture

At American Steel, a trailblazing artist community is displaced for redevelopment

Steven T. Jones - April 26, 2022

Tight-knit Burning Man clan reckons with moving—but may have itself paved the way for West Oakland industrial hub's gentrification

Movies

Screen Grabs: Remember the name Franz Rogowski

Dennis Harvey - April 14, 2022

The wily German actor keeps climbing with poignant gay drama 'Great Freedom.' Plus: listless 'Paris, 13th District,' clone comedy 'Dual'

Art Review

At MoAD, spring brings ghost-riding ‘Traumanauts,’ striking tapestries, haunting elegies

Charles Lewis III - April 14, 2022

Afrofuturism meets 19th-century preservation and 21st-century sorrow in latest shows on view

Art

Cartoonist Keith Knight may be ‘Woke,’ but he’s not finished yet

Pam Grady - April 6, 2022

With his second-season Hulu series and show at the Cartoon Art Museum, the 'K Chronicles' artist is still getting his message out

Art

Life’s a grand circus—art is, too—for painter Michael Brennan

Mary Corbin - March 31, 2022

The artist-designer magically transforms pandemic into pandemonium and art-world portraits into carnivalesque celebration

Art

‘Oh, I love that place!’: SCRAP brings sustainable marvels to Randall Museum

Emily Wilson - March 31, 2022

Fundraiser and gallery show 'ReImagine' features an 'Aladdin's Cave' of recycled wonders from 29 artists.

Arts + Culture

Painter’s ball: Unity-minded Bay Area Mural Project hosts group’s first gala

Alan Chazaro - March 25, 2022

Celebrating "each-one-teach-one Bay Area flavor" at a sold-out California Ballroom in downtown Oakland.

Lit

John Killacky’s ‘Because Art’ is an evergreen call for creative survival

Lou Fancher - March 24, 2022

It may be an expert “autopsy” on the arts industry, but the multi-hyphenate's latest book also inspires hope for the next generation of hub-makers and risk-takers.

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