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Sep 26, 2023
Complicated Abundance
Consider an oft-repeated line from a film: “If you build it, they will come.” Misquoted by actor Kevin Costner’s Ray Kinsella in the 1989 movie, Field of Dreams, it’s widely understood to mean that building a ball...
Sep 19, 2023
Homegrown Groovin’
Introducing the Brodies and their unique style—R&Bay. This island-influenced Bay Area supergroup includes Oakland’s Adrian Marcel and Vallejo’s CRSB, a.k.a. Chris Ramos and Sonny B. These fellas will take the stage and vibe with JBoog for San...
Sep 12, 2023
Freedom Art
Many people in the Bay Area came to know Ai Weiwei’s visionary art in 2014, when he remained banned from traveling outside China and remotely created the large-scale “@Large,” an installation on San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island. The exhibit...
Sep 12, 2023
Hilarious Enabling
It’s difficult to describe the current political environment, which seems stranger than fiction. A former president of the United States faces 91 criminal counts in four separate indictments. Two civil cases are pending against him. He released...
Sep 5, 2023
Green Burials
With the Earth screaming for attention through increasingly severe natural disasters, people are realizing our planet is vulnerable. After centuries of believing this world is immune to the ravages of human exploitation, abuse and disregard, a new...
Aug 30, 2023
All the Right Moves
Everybody is dancing in the Bay Area this season
Increasingly—and at long, long, last—bodies of every shade and size are dancing everywhere. Thankfully, here in the Bay Area the four-and-a-half months remaining in this calendar year offer a...
Aug 23, 2023
Fall Into Arts
The East Bay delivers art and culture
After suffering enervating, zombie-inducing online and hybrid performances during the pandemic, live shows are once again the norm. Thank the gods and goddesses of art and entertainment! To celebrate, the Fall...