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SOMArts’ ‘Forever, A Moment’ curators build Blackness allowed to define itself

Caitlin Donohue - February 13, 2019

Those with the chance to visit “Forever, A Moment,” the SOMArts exhibition curated by Yetunde J. Olagbaju and Kevin Bernard Moultrie Daye that opens...

Arts + Culture

W. Kamau Bell talks R. Kelly, Elmwood Cafe whiplash on eve of Sketchfest tribute

Joshua Rotter - January 11, 2019

Nationally, comedian W. Kamau Bell is known for his multiple Emmy-winning CNN show “United Shades of America," his Netflix comedy special “W. Kamau Bell:...

Onstage

Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is a musical triumph, hashtags and all

Marke B. - December 16, 2018

ONSTAGE I admit I raced to see Dear Evan Hansen (through December 30 at the Curran) out of spite. Not to mock the smash-hit Grammy/Tony-winning...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Holiday zombies, wild Youtubers, Japanese classics…

Dennis Harvey - December 4, 2018

SCREEN GRABS There was so much happening last week, we didn’t have room to mention two major series now already in-progress at Berkeley’s Pacific...

Movies

Viggo Mortensen on ‘Green Book,’ personal growth, and racism in America

Joshua Rotter - November 28, 2018

Actor Viggo Mortensen said he’s grown a lot since filming Green Book and hitting the road for the movie’s promo tour. “If I hadn’t done it,...

Opinion

Solidarity after the massacre of Jews in Pittsburgh

Rabbi Michael Lerner - October 29, 2018

Rabbi Michael Lerner, who leads the Beyt Tikkun Synagogue-Without-Walls in Berkeley and is the editor of Tikkun magazine, sent this out to his community in the...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Suspiria, Boy Erased, The Wild Pussycat …

Dennis Harvey - October 29, 2018

SCREEN GRABS It being Halloweek, it would be just plain wrong not to lead off with a horror film, and as it happens Friday...

News + Politics

How to build on the #MeToo movement — at home

Bianca Rosen - October 18, 2018

When we discuss anti-rape activism in the year since the #MeToo hashtag went viral, it is crucial to acknowledge the decades of work by...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Behold, the mighty Litquake!

Marke B. - October 10, 2018

ARTS FORECAST It's Litquake time again (October 11-20), when the enormous literary festival takes over the city's venues—and, for Litcrawl on October 20, basically any...

Arts + Culture

Old school Chinatown funk? 50 years of Jest Jammin’ with Rev. Norman Fong

Joanna Ladd - October 9, 2018

ALL EARS If you’re not nostalgic for Chinatown nightlife circa 1970, it’s probably because you don’t know about it. Despite the passing of civil rights...

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