Oakland Archives - Page 27 of 109

‘Angela Davis: Seize the Time’ is now open at OMCA!

Con Brio comes through like they mean it on shining “Seasons” EP

John-Paul Shiver - October 6, 2022

After the pandemic's reckoning and personnel changes, the Bay faves have matured in tone.

Nightlife

20 years of Broke-Ass Stuart? That definitely requires a bonkers party

Marke B. - October 6, 2022

Celebrate two decades of cheap local love, as the impresario of inexpensiveness throws one heck of a shindig

Music

Aussie punk rush: Amyl and the Sniffers hit Halloween Meltdown

Joshua Rotter - October 5, 2022

Oakland gets a whiff of Down Under energy at the spooky two-day rock fest, hosted by John Waters

Movies

Screen Grabs: Festivalpalooza! Mill Valley, Latino, Short, Green, Drunken

Dennis Harvey - October 3, 2022

Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Jose Feliciano, Fantastic Negrito, and a lot of cocktails make for one wild week of film

Opinion

On Supreme Court, liberals have one job to do—and they’re not doing it

Bruce Mirken - September 29, 2022

Expanding the court is our only hope. Why are so many progressive groups and leaders sitting on their hands?

Music

Pharoah Sanders is gone. Take flight on his astral jazz legacy with this playlist

John-Paul Shiver - September 29, 2022

Featuring essential entry points to his work, from a masterpiece Alice Coltrane collaboration to the epic longform "Black Unity."

Arts + Culture

At Cal Shakes, a ‘Lear’ set adrift in Black San Francisco

Charles Lewis III - September 28, 2022

Marcus Gardley's play moves Shakespeare's royal tragedy to the Fillmore in 1969, with much pontificating.

Nightlife

The radical drag queen at the heart of nightlife harm reduction

Marke B. - September 22, 2022

Punk rock party princess Kochina Rude on her mission to educate about safer drug use—and why it's deeply personal

Art

A weaving of worlds: Miguel Arzabe explores ch’ixi

Mary Corbin - September 22, 2022

Everyday Bolivian textiles and harvest moon ritual inspire the Oakland artist.

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