Some Oakland Voices correspondents read and reviewed newly published books by Chapter 510, a literary nonprofit based in Old Oakland. The youngest writers were 8 years old when they wrote their books. The published books […]
You wake up in the morning. Your phone is close by. You can already tell there’s an avalanche of notifications about the latest gaffe from the current presidential administration. Will it be depressing? Horrifying? Or […]
There’s a large old Victorian boarding house, now an artist’s communal living space, in East Oakland that always makes people stop and stare when they go by. It has climbing roses, decoratively painted steps, taxidermy […]
If you’re like me, you’ve been slicing and dicing the presidential election results among your group of friends and neighbors, trying to figure out just what the hell happened on Tuesday. How did this TV […]
The 16th Annual Malcolm X Jazz Festival, organized by the EastSide Arts Alliance, is expected to draw the usual large crowds to East Oakland’s San Antonio Park on May 21st. The theme of the event […]
When I first moved to Oakland in 2006, I thought I made a special discovery. I remember pulling out the road atlas and turning to the Bay Area map. “Right here,” I said to my […]
The message at a town hall meeting about Coliseum City was loud and clear – East Oakland residents don’t want a development that ignores their needs and is designed for people who don’t live […]
At the East 12th Street Wish List planning forum last week, affordable housing activists and community members gathered under tents to exchange ideas, listen to music, and brainstorm about their community vision for a hotly […]
When I first spoke with Hazel Streete of the “Her Resilience: a Mural for Women Affected by Violence” project in the late fall of 2014, her team had just found a home for their […]
Taking a tour of my own city isn’t something I’ve done before, but something everyone should do once in their life. I’m slowly piecing together the places, the people, the history of this fascinating city […]
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