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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.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: The best Bay Area Restaurant Week deals

Tamara Palmer - March 22, 2022

The next few weeks bring high-value specials to San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and Alameda.

Music

Under the Stars: Mill Valley Music Fest announced, excellent Xyla returns…

John-Paul Shiver - March 21, 2022

Horsegirl reps the DIY rock underground, Curtis Harding soars on latest release, Amber Lewis gets crafty. New music!

Lit

‘Wit had social currency’: Nate Lippens ghosts through the AIDS generation in ‘My Dead Book’

Johnny Ray Huston - March 15, 2022

Serial killers, homophobia, poverty, drugs—and also love, art, connection, and humor in author's debut novel.

Music

Under the Stars: Automatic returns, SF Music Day resounds…

John-Paul Shiver - March 14, 2022

Under the Stars is a quasi-weekly column that presents new music releases, upcoming shows, and a number of other adjacent items. We keep moving...

Art

Within wood panels, Marsha Balian weaves intimate found-object tales

Mary Corbin - March 9, 2022

The "hunter-gatherer" artist scours for materials like children's blocks and antique household fixtures to create complex stories.

Arts + Culture

Noise Pop diary: Three takeaways from the big music fest

John-Paul Shiver - March 8, 2022

Noise Pop 2022 was an overwhelming success, signaling a return to live concerts. Of course, we have thoughts.

Music

Noise Pop diary: Sedate and serious shows can be a blast, too

Daniel Bromfield - March 2, 2022

Arooj Aftab, Phil Elverum, and William Basinski grappled with the personal in their fest appearances—but theirs were hardly somber affairs.

Education

As schools face dire budget cuts, Newsom is sitting on a huge surplus

Tim Redmond - March 1, 2022

The state is up against a law that may limit spending and require tax dollars to be returned to the taxpayers—while public education is teetering on the edge of disaster.

Education

Fighting the Oakland school closures

Tiny - February 28, 2022

If I hadn’t had a school to go to with teachers and free breakfast as a houseless child, I literally couldn’t have made it through my life.

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

Good Taste: The best Bay Area Restaurant Week deals

Under the Stars: Mill Valley Music Fest announced, excellent Xyla returns…

‘Wit had social currency’: Nate Lippens ghosts through the AIDS generation in ‘My Dead Book’

Under the Stars: Automatic returns, SF Music Day resounds…

Within wood panels, Marsha Balian weaves intimate found-object tales

Noise Pop diary: Three takeaways from the big music fest

Noise Pop diary: Sedate and serious shows can be a blast, too

As schools face dire budget cuts, Newsom is sitting on a huge surplus

Fighting the Oakland school closures

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