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Tagged with: Oakland

‘Long Way From Home’ proves Ian Kelly’s among the best Bay Area wordsmiths

Standout new EP balances clash between making art and meeting the capitalistic demands of economic survival

With ‘Gnani,’ Sis gleans individual sound from ‘the wreckage of 2020-21’

The Oakland label head's ear-catching six-song EP is warm, confidential, and damn inviting.

Peter Haberfeld, lawyer, organizer, and legendary community activist, dies

Advocate for civil rights, labor rights, and the power of the people, was 80.

In ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby,’ W. Kamau Bell dives into the unspeakable

The comedian-documentarian talks about getting people to talk about 'America's Dad' as sexual predator for new Showtime series.

Under the Stars: Great new music from Artsick, Bezier, Jazzanova …

Plus a podcast tells the story of Tiny Telephone studio, and a freaky animated video from Maylee Todd

A houseless woman gives birth in a porta potty in Oakland—and the baby lives

No pre-natal care. Nowhere to go. And yet, thanks to community action, mama and child are okay.

Oakland artist finds her cadence in the weather of emotions

“I’ve been in a different octave my whole life," Ruth Boerefyn says. Her installations are proof.

Painter Cannon Dill: ‘I almost have to beat the canvas like a drum’

The artist goes deep on his 'crunchy,' textural process: Check out his solo show at Oakland's pt. 2 Gallery.

Good Taste: 5 restaurant openings that’ll rock in 2022

Plus: One trailer that will make your future mornings in Oakland

10 great records of 2021: The sounds of community kept us going

A host of music-makers, most of them local, gave us life with fuzzbox baselines, sublime post-punk, plush soundscapes, more.