a night time scene at Lake Merritt, where people are watching a film outside.

‘Movie Night at the Lake’ brings silent disco, film, drink, & popcorn to Lake Merritt

By Brandy Collins Posted October 21, 2020 9:59 am

Two Bay Area natives, Arzo Johnson (aka DJ Slowpoke) and Brandon Bailey (aka DJ B. Bailey) have hosted Movie Night At The Lake, a weekly evening event at Lake Merritt’s Empowerment Park.

An image of a man in a white t-shirt against a wall in the evening while patrons sit in small clusters in a parking lot.

Third Annual Drunken Film Festival in Oakland gets a update

By Brandy Collins Posted October 15, 2020 7:45 pm

The festival takes place at Oakland Tribune Tower through Sunday, October 18, 2020.

“Hustle & Play” workbook focuses on reflection and comes with a community

By Brandy Collins Posted October 7, 2020 1:43 pm

"2020 was an unusual time to have a planner. The world that we had become accustomed to came to a halt and there were no plans to be made."

A smiling Latinx woman holds up a cookbook.

“Para Chuparse Los Dedos” (“Finger-licking Good”) Central American Recipes and Stories from the East Bay

By Marabet Morales Sikahall Posted September 30, 2020 9:10 am

Cut off from our homelands as refugees not able to return, our food recipes are core to the Central American identity.

A group of women decked out in Oakland Raiders gear pose smiling in a photo in the parking lot.

Longtime Raiders Fans Reminisce about Tailgate Parties in East Oakland from yesteryear

By Tony Daquipa Posted September 29, 2020 8:40 am

Longtime Raiders fans feel left behind by NFL as team moves to Las Vegas.

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Laurel Book Store Closes After Almost 20 years in Oakland

By Katharine Davies Samway Posted September 15, 2020 8:30 am

After 19 years in Oakland, the Laurel Book Store closes.

Local Artists Beautify Community Fridges as COVID-19 Continues

By Iris Crawford Posted September 2, 2020 8:56 am

Since the start of the pandemic, the Bay Area has banded together in a multitude of ways to support the most critical needs of our community. Cheetah, the first restaurant supply app, is launching a[Read more]

An image of screenshots from Instagram regarding sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior from an Oakland poet and leader.

Oakland’s artist communities are “calling in” perpetrators

By Brandy Collins Posted August 5, 2020 11:38 am

"The “He” represents a number of accused perpetrators who have been called into accountability within some Bay Area artist communities."

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Oakland answers the call for art amidst protests

By Brandy Collins Posted June 9, 2020 8:46 am

Artists turn downtown Oakland into an art museum.

Photos: 2020 Black Joy Parade in Oakland

By Rasheed Shabazz Posted March 4, 2020 5:22 pm

Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland for the Black Joy Parade.

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