Betty Reid Soskin, the Musical
Mar 19, 2024

Betty Reid Soskin, the Musical

Betty Reid Soskin, 102, has never subscribed to the narrative that women have shelf lives. She’s spent her whole life defying that while constantly reinventing herself. As the owner of Reid Records, one of California’s first Black-owned...
New Components in Housing Equation
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Mar 19, 2024

New Components in Housing Equation

When Bishop George Matthews of Oakland’s Genesis Worship Center talks about the 17 new units of transitional housing on church property, and the rehabbed house across the street now providing room for five more formerly incarcerated people,...
Calendar Picks: Week of Mar. 28-Apr. 3
Mar 26, 2024

Calendar Picks: Week of Mar. 28-Apr. 3

THURSDAY JAZZ THE CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA DUO Musical sparring partners for three decades, Berkeley-reared and North Carolina-based guitar wizard Charlie Hunter and Berkeley drummer Scott Amendola regrouped for their latest groove-centric musical dialogue. The show is sold out,...
Mar 19, 2024

Free Will Astrology: Week of March 20

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect you will soon have far more beginners’ luck than you ever thought possible. For best results—to generate even...
Film Review: ‘Carol Doda Topless at the Condor’
Just when it seems that San Francisco’s dope, sex and rock ’n’ roll scene in the 1960s has been covered from every conceivable angle, along comes...
Film Review: ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros’
In Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, no omniscient narrator appears on screen or via voiceover to introduce the characters. The four-hour film (!)...
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