Arts & Culture
This Week
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The Provocations of Brontez Purnell
The writer, filmmaker, and dancer is back with a new work at San Francisco's FRESH Festival.
by Lou Fancher | Jan 22, 2020
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A Year of Planning, 18 Hours of Shopping
It takes a village to stage the annual White Elephant Sale.
by Lou Fancher | Jan 22, 2020
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The Long Game
How do I convince my wife to finally let the threesomes begin?
by Dan Savage | Jan 22, 2020
Arts & Culture Blogs
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Highlights of the Inaugural Bay Area Cider Week
Get in the competitive spirit, pair cider with food, meet cider makers, and taste new ciders.
by Katherine Hamilton | Jan 21, 2020
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Alameda, Berkeley, and El Cerrito Restaurant Week Deals
Even more opportunities for bargain bites.
by Katherine Hamilton | Jan 14, 2020
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Oakland Restaurant Week Is Back for the 10th Year
Our picks for some of the best restaurant week deals plus the scoop on special events.
by Katherine Hamilton | Jan 7, 2020
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What 2019's Restaurant Openings Can Tell Us
The year's biggest food trends focused on underrepresented cuisines, new takes on California cuisine, a shift away from traditional fine dining, and vegan food galore.
by Katherine Hamilton | Dec 30, 2019
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Sobre Mesa, an Afro-Latino Cocktail Lounge, Is Coming to Oakland
It's the newest project from Chef Nelson German of alaMar.
by Katherine Hamilton | Dec 24, 2019
Recently in Arts & Culture
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Resilient Women, Figuring it Out as They Go
With The Vineyards of Champagne, Oakland author Juliet Blackwell writes another tale of women in France on the front lines of history.
by Lou Fancher | Jan 14, 2020
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Get Your Ass Into Therapy
Is being submissive bad for me? Plus how can I get over my crippling sexual anxiety?
by Dan Savage | Jan 14, 2020
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A Neglected Beat Pioneer 4
New collection of works by Bob Kaufman illuminates the work of an influential, if forgotten poet.
by D. Scot Miller | Jan 8, 2020
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Oil and Latex Do Not Mix
Plus, gaping assholes, pictures of exes, and anti-gay hate mail.
by Dan Savage | Jan 8, 2020
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Five Richmond Risk-Takers
Group-curated show displays the breadth and diversity of the city’s art scene.
by Lou Fancher | Jan 1, 2020
Featured Events
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National Geographic Photo Ark
Mondays-Fridays, 9 p.m. and Fridays-Sundays, 10 a.m. Continues through Feb. 22
David Brower Center - Berkeley-UC
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She Kills Monsters
Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Continues through Feb. 1
La Val's Subterranean Theater - Berkeley-North
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Wayne Armstrong
Saturdays, Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Continues through Feb. 15
Manna Gallery - Oakland-Downtown
