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Jun 27, 2023
Looking Forward
The best is yet to come for 2023
As summer advances and fall beckons, the East Bay reverberates with theater, opera and more dates to calendar now. Here are just a few.
Theater
Oakland Theatre Project: Gary, A Sequel to...
Jun 21, 2023
Sowing Seeds
Las Cafeteras grooves their way to the East Bay
What do we get when we combine storytelling about topics ranging from immigration to racial and gender injustice to the possibilities of a more inclusive world, with global beats,...
Jun 14, 2023
Life After Tech
Easy, no. Empowering, yes
For increasing numbers of tech industry employees, changing jobs or careers isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. Multiple sources report that tech job cuts in the greater Bay Area so far in 2023 “have...
Jun 7, 2023
Fluid Flourish
Owners of Oakland’s legendary Port Bar take the party to the next level
Thank goodness when Richard Fuentes and Sean Sullivan ran roughly seven years ago for election to Oakland city government positions, they lost. What was arguably...
May 31, 2023
Spirited Stories
East Bay distilleries have tales and tipples
Not only do East Bay distilleries produce world-class spirits, but the stories behind their inceptions are beguiling. East Bay Express checked in with four of them.
Absinthia and the Green Fairy
Absinthe was...
May 24, 2023
Meklit’s World
Singer-songwriter, composer and podcast host Meklit Hadero on migration and its role in global culture
Meklit Hadero saunters into Oakland’s Lake Chalet looking like a superheroine. Specifically, she resembles Eartha Kitt as Catwoman in the Batman TV series,...
May 17, 2023
Through the Fire
Ruth Morgan’s stark and provocative works at Richmond Art Center highlight climate change’s role in CA wildfires
If artist Ruth Morgan’s 10 large-scale photographs currently on display at Richmond Art Center don’t send one’s ticker beating double time...
