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Art

Hand over hand, Callan Porter-Romero captures both love and labor

Mary Corbin - August 29, 2024

The Oakland artist's muse is her beleagured, beautiful hometown.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Fern Alley Music Series

Dorothy Odonnell - August 27, 2024

Live performances, art, and local vendors at the series from the new Music City complex aim to revitalize Lower Polk.

Art

Fueled by anger at injustice, an artist forged a new path through ‘Beauty and Terror’

Mary Corbin - August 9, 2024

Using colored string and wax, Robin L. Bernstein connects generations of Jewish heritage—and antisemitism.

Movies

Irish rappers Kneecap on new movie: ‘There’s a constant dance of power around language’

Zack Ruskin - August 5, 2024

Famous for rapping in their native tongue and their outspoken political views, the lads sat down with us for a chat.

Contest

Win tickets to a night of Latin electro-folk with Pahua, Combo Tezeta, and Terror/Cactus!

Marke B. - August 5, 2024

Mexican folktrónica, Peruvian psychedelia, cumbia, chicha, surf rock, and música tropical are all on the sonic menu.

Opinion

Kamala Harris and America’s incapability to grapple with the ‘root cause’ of immigration

Ian Firstenberg - July 24, 2024

The US approach to immigration—regardless of party perspective—reveals a fundamental failure of national politics.

Labor

Subway workers rally, demand fair treatment

Megan Robertson - July 11, 2024

Labor Commissioner investigating allegations of minimum wage, overtime violations at local sandwich shops.

Campaign Trail

The Chron creates a ‘scandal’ that doesn’t exist

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2024

The endorsement process of the Bernal Heights Democratic Club suddenly becomes an issue. So does the pretty mainstream positions of a D9 canddate.

Onstage

A Route 66 trip to Steinbeck country spurred Octavio Solis’ ‘Mother Road’

Emily Wilson - July 10, 2024

'Things still felt like, yeah, this is America during the Depression,' says playwright, whose latest is at Berkeley Rep.

Music

Under the Stars: Toro Y Moi’s nod to Divis dive Waziema gives us all those SF feels

John-Paul Shiver - July 10, 2024

It's Under The Stars, babe..... Where we are always stoked to see local digs pop up in new visuals from local artists who treasure...

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