Today’s Top Event: Purple Rain plays at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland.
Brainiac: Learn something new every day. Today’s lecture: Alan Deutschman, senior writer for Fast Company magazine, discusses his new book Change or Die at the Hillside Club in Berkeley.
Is It Lunch Yet? Express food critic John Birdsall recommends: Binh Minh Quan in Oakland.
On the Town: Going out tonight? RJ Mischo leads the weekly blues jam night at the Mojo Lounge in Fremont.
Hardly Working: You’ve got time. We know how to waste it. Check out the Museum of Batman Onomatopoeias.
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