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Arts & Culture

“Stephen Curry: Underrated” Documentary Opened SFFILM Festival at Grand Lake Theater

April 21, 2023 Momo Chang 0

A new documentary by local filmmaker Peter Nicks will be released this summer on July 21, 2023, via Apple TV+. Stephen Curry: Underrated, focuses on the origin story of Curry: his roots during his childhood […]

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Arts & Culture

How One Local Filmmaker Debuted First Film and Comic Book During Pandemic

July 15, 2022 Brandy Collins 0

Love Conquers All, a comic book and movie co-written by filmmakers Janell Grace and Malik Glass, is a story about Kennedy, a man reconciling his issues with trauma and grief after the passing of his […]

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Binta Ayofemi is an Innovator Reclaiming Spaces for Black Art

April 4, 2022 Brandy Collins 2

Artist Binta Ayofemi bring Black joy and creativity to the art scene in Oakland and San Francisco. […]

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Arts & Culture

Local Acts and Treats Found at Outside Lands 2021 This Weekend

October 27, 2021 Brandy Collins 1

Brandy Collins will be at Outside Lands  as an Oakland Voices correspondent to cover what it’s like to attend Outside Lands as a longtime Outside Lands attendee, Bay Area native, and Oaklander. Outside Lands, the […]

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Arts & Culture

“Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a Sense of Hope

August 20, 2021 Tony Daquipa 3

“Homeroom” documentary by Peter Nicks is the most hopeful in the trilogy of films focusing on Oakland’s public institutions. […]

"There Are Black People in the Future." A part of Oakland Museum of CA's "Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism" exhibit. Photo by Brandy Collins.
Arts & Culture

OMCA’s “Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism” is the Story of Survivors in the Future

August 19, 2021 Brandy Collins 0

Our correspondent Brandy Collins checks out OMCA’s exhibit on Afrofuturism. […]

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Arts & Culture

New Barbara Lee Documentary Required Viewing for Oaklanders

August 13, 2021 Kat Ferreira 1

The documentary film about Congresswoman Barbara Lee debuted at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre last week. […]

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Arts & Culture

Oakland Black Pride Director Olaywa Austin on Returning Pride to “Its Very Black and Very Queer Roots”

June 15, 2021 Brandy Collins 1

While San Francisco Pride events start June 11, and will be different from Oakland Pride, which occurs September 11-12, Oakland Black Pride is organizing its own events. This includes Zoom panels that provide community-centered discussions, […]

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Arts & Culture

The Town Remembers Legendary Rapper “Shock G” of Digital Underground

April 22, 2021 Brandy Collins 3

Oakland reacts to death of Shock G, of Oakland’s Digital Underground. […]

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Oakland’s artist communities are “calling in” perpetrators

August 5, 2020 Brandy Collins 0

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

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Laney College and Hack the Hood Year-Long Program Comes with $400 Monthly Stipend

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Students who want to get an education in the STEM field can apply and enroll now in Drive: Laney, a program between Laney College and Oakland-based Hack the Hood. Students who complete the 12 month […]

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