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In 'Little Erik,' the Familial Connections Are Worse Than the Wifi.
Mark Jackson's latest play chronicles a troubled marriage — and a troubled society — on the verge of collapse. The end of a marriage isn't necessarily the end of the world, unless you're the couple at...
View ArticleIntropervert Dumps Extropervert
Should you give a partner the chance to change for you? I'm a gay male in my late twenties. I recently ended things with a guy.…
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Nowhere Now
The Alt Space tour stops at B4bel4b gallery. Alt Citizen is a New York City-based culture, fashion, and music publication that also ran a Brooklyn gallery called Alt Space — until recently, when the...
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Angela Davis and Johanna Fernandez
At the First Congregational Church of Oakland. Angela Davis needs no introduction. The former Communist Party USA leader is one of her generation’s most influential activists and scholars, and her...
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Ancestral Portals: Malik Seneferu
At Joyce Gordon Gallery. At Joyce Gordon Gallery (406 14th St., Oakland), Oakland’s prolific Malik Seneferu is celebrating Black History Month with a show about his family history. Ancestral Portals...
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Co-Working Witch Wives: Swoon and Monica Canilao at Chandran Gallery
The artistic pair collaborate on a site-specific dreamscape for their new show at Chandran Gallery. On Friday of last week, internationally famous street artist Caledonia Curry, better known as Swoon,...
View ArticleThe Past Is Never Dead
An old cuckold haunts a relationship. My new girlfriend blurted out that she had a cuckolding past with her ex-husband. She says her ex badgered her into arranging "dates" with strangers and that he...
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Languages Treasured but Not Lost
A new storytelling event honors languages spoken by indigenous people and immigrants in the East Bay. In Chochenyo, one of eight languages spoken by the Ohlone people in the East Bay, there is no word...
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Free Will Astrology
Horoscopes for the week of February 18–24, 2015. Aries (March 21–April 19): "Old paint on a canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent," said playwright Lillian Hellman. "When that happens, it...
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GIRL!
At Shotgun Players. Shotgun Players (1901 Ashby Ave., Berkeley) recently began BLAST, its new annual month-long series celebrating difference through a line up of boundary-bending performances by...
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Judith Butler: Gender in Translation
At California College of the Arts. As part of the ongoing academic series “Gender in Translation,” the California College of the Arts will be hosting a series of events including a lecture by seminal...
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Mark Baum: Elements of the Spirit
At Krowswork Gallery. Mark Baum was born in what is now Poland in 1903 and barely survived emigrating to the United States in 1919. For thirty years thereafter, the painter succeeded in the New York...
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Breaking the Silence Town Hall
At Omi Gallery. As the culmination of Conjure Circle, its six-month-long art and activism event series, Impact Hub Oakland’s Omi Gallery (2323 Broadway) will be holding a town hall meeting on...
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Snooping leads to a puzzle laced with meth. Gay, thirtysomething male in DC. My boyfriend of three years has been acting strange — not taking his antidepression meds, says he's feeling weird.…
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Free Will Astrology
Horoscopes for the week of February 25–March 2. Aries (March 21–April 19): Just one species has a big enough throat to swallow a person whole: the sperm whale. If you happen to be sailing the high...
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Bridging Cultural Gaps With a Snap
Snap Judgement, the wildly popular NPR radio show based in downtown Oakland, will be bringing its live show to the Paramount Theatre. Glynn Washington thinks America is suffering from an empathy gap....
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Blossoming Online: How Shade Magazine Came to Be
As Shade Magazine, Azha Ayanna Luckman and Apryl Fuentes aim to create space on the internet for discussing the experiences of queer youth of color. Last Thursday afternoon, Azha Ayanna Luckman and...
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GLAS Animation Festival
At various venues in Berkeley. The first annual GLAS Animation Festival, which aims to highlight innovation in animation and showcase new voices at the forefront of the field, will take place March...
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Guide Me – Paradise
At Johansson Projects. Courtney Sennish’s recent artwork defamiliarizes the urban landscape through sculptural abstraction. Guide Me – Paradise, her current show at Johansson Projects (2300 Telegraph...
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KunstCapades Episode 32
At Aggregate Space gallery. Perhaps it’s a podcast, or a variety show, or a piece of performance art — or all three. Self-described as a “tropical radio art experience,” KunstCapades is hosted by...
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'Oil and Candle' Release Party
At Diesel, A Bookstore. This Saturday, the Oakland small press Timeless, Infinite Light will be celebrating the release of its latest publication, Oil and Candle. The author, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, is a...
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Daniel Clowes, the Time-Traveling Cartoonist
The influential Oakland author of Ghost World fame talks about time in relation to his prolific career and new sci-fi graphic novel, Patience. On a Sunday afternoon in 2010, the Oakland-based...
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The Visual Mantras of Mark Baum
In Elements of the Spirit, Krowswork Gallery is showcasing the overlooked artists' work for the first time on the West Coast. Mark Baum was born in 1903 in what is now Poland, but was at the time part...
View ArticleFour Word Limit
Can quickies offer clarity? Are you incapable of concision? Your answers are too long!…
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Free Will Astrology
Horoscopes for the week of March 3–9. Aries (March 21–April 19): Actress Blythe Baird writes about the problem that arises when her dog sees her eating a peanut butter and chocolate chip bagel. Her...
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