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."
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.
Filed under Arts & Culture , Food , Health and Wellness
Tagged Central Americans , cooking , east oakland , El Salvador , food , Gianna Brassil , Guatemala , Macalester College , Nicaragua , Para Chuparse Los Dedos , pupusas , stories , Susanna Morales , tamales
By Tony Daquipa Posted September 29, 2020 8:40 am
Longtime Raiders fans feel left behind by NFL as team moves to Las Vegas.
By Katharine Davies Samway Posted September 15, 2020 8:30 am
After 19 years in Oakland, the Laurel Book Store closes.
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]
Filed under Arts & Culture , COVID-19 , Health and Wellness
Tagged Artists , Cheetah , community fridges , covid19 , food , food insecurity , health , Juan Lopez , Kristine Brandt , mosacis , trash cans
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."
Filed under Arts & Culture , COVID-19
Tagged #MeToo , #TimesUp , abuse , arts , arts and culture , Community , COVID-19 , feminism , gaslighting , Instagram , poet , poetry , sexual assault , sexual harassment , womensvoices
By Brandy Collins Posted June 9, 2020 8:46 am
Artists turn downtown Oakland into an art museum.
By Rasheed Shabazz Posted March 4, 2020 5:22 pm
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland for the Black Joy Parade.
By Brandy Collins Posted February 21, 2020 11:50 am
Organizers announced the winner afterwards: Jeremy Michael Vasquez and JusDizz.
By Amelah El-Amin Posted October 13, 2019 9:55 am
The Honest Struggle, a documentary featuring Sadiq Davis, was screened at the Lighthouse Mosque on September 28. The hour-long film takes the audience down and around the peaks and valleys of re-entry, the process of[Read more]