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For many in the Bay Area, the times seem very, hopelessly dark. There’s no escaping the chaotic hellscape that the count...
21/11/2024

For many in the Bay Area, the times seem very, hopelessly dark. There’s no escaping the chaotic hellscape that the country—and world—currently finds itself in. It doesn’t take a therapist to know the importance of investing in the things that bring whatever hope, joy or morsel of serotonin one can muster.

That’s why we need ska now more than ever.

Thankfully journalist, podcaster and author —also EBX calendar editor—released a second, expanded edition of his hit book, “In Defense of Ska,” just in time. And on Nov. 21 he will give a reading from the book, answering questions and discussing all things ska at . Copies will be available for sale as well, so attendees can pick it up, pick it up, pick it up…

Read more by at the link in our IG stories or visit wklys.co/3YRjXwq

This week’s issue is here! 🎊 Pick up a paper copy at racks and stacks throughout Oakland and Berkeley. Or visit Eastbaye...
20/11/2024

This week’s issue is here! 🎊 Pick up a paper copy at racks and stacks throughout Oakland and Berkeley. Or visit Eastbayexpress.com — scroll down the home page to flip through the e-edition. 🤖

ON THE COVER: Melanie Brezill (Chrissy/Michelle/Laniece) and Aisha Sougou (Ndidi) in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” performing at now through Dec. 15, 2024. 🎭

Italian pop songs immediately establish the mood at Gusto Mio, a new focacceria in downtown Walnut Creek. The emotionali...
19/11/2024

Italian pop songs immediately establish the mood at Gusto Mio, a new focacceria in downtown Walnut Creek. The emotionalism of the music is briefly transportive. With each slice of pizza or sandwich, a customer can dream of being elsewhere—in a remote Italian village, perhaps, where one’s biggest concern is the flavor of baked goods and not the imminent decline of civil liberties...

Read more by about at the link in our IG stories or visit wklys.co/4fM5Vmr

Photos by Henry Rubin

The premise was simple: Search out local artisans and makers to best complete the ellipsis-ended phrase, “When you love ...
19/11/2024

The premise was simple: Search out local artisans and makers to best complete the ellipsis-ended phrase, “When you love your body, you …” We knew A-list artists in the East Bay’s bustling, creative atmosphere would number in the hundreds, but desire and ambition won out over realistic aspirations that might have prevented action. Here then, is what we’re calling “starter suggestions” for loving your—or a beloved’s—body...

Read more at the link in our IG stories or visit wklys.co/3CkiU0k

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A new documentary film, Dorothy’s Way, shines light on the services and successes Berkeley’s Dorothy Day House offers.Fo...
18/11/2024

A new documentary film, Dorothy’s Way, shines light on the services and successes Berkeley’s Dorothy Day House offers.

Founded in 1992, with UC Berkeley as a partner, DDH began serving breakfast to unsheltered people in People’s Park. It was named in honor of journalist and activist Dorothy Day, who dedicated her working life, from the labor movement of the 1920s through the Vietnam War era, to helping people in need.

Read more about at the link in our IG stories. Or visit wklys.co/3UPqqH1

Photo from video by David Flores

Wendy Stonehenge was best known for his role as the lead singer and songwriter of Glitter Wizard, a fantasy metal band w...
15/11/2024

Wendy Stonehenge was best known for his role as the lead singer and songwriter of Glitter Wizard, a fantasy metal band with a long history of memorable gigs. When the Covid lockdown made playing impossible, Stonehenge retreated to the laundry room of his home, where he began composing music. He called his new project Candy Whips... 🎶

Read more about .whips at the link in our IG stories. Pick up this week’s paper copy. Or visit wklys.co/4foKoRh

Photos by Rob Williamson 📸

This week’s expertly curated calendar picks of East Bay events (aka, “Social Eyes”) feature stand-up comedy, local theat...
14/11/2024

This week’s expertly curated calendar picks of East Bay events (aka, “Social Eyes”) feature stand-up comedy, local theater and live music including rock, punk, folk, ska, garage, alternative and jazz…

Link in IG stories or visit wklys.co/4fLifn0

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1) plays on Friday. Photo by Jeff Fasano
2) play on Friday. Photo by Josh Roush
3) plays on Sunday. Photo by Francesca Sostar
4) plays on Wednesday. Photo by Olivia Perillo

This week’s issue is on stands today! Or visit eastbayexpress.com. Cover photo by , courtesy of .justice
13/11/2024

This week’s issue is on stands today! Or visit eastbayexpress.com.

Cover photo by , courtesy of .justice

Drago Nesa, entrepreneur, international circus performer and longest-body-burn-while-hanging-from-their-teeth world reco...
12/11/2024

Drago Nesa, entrepreneur, international circus performer and longest-body-burn-while-hanging-from-their-teeth world record holder, teaches aerial silks at SkyHigh Odditorium, a Richmond-based aerial arts and acrobatics school where strength training and choreography fuse in midair. “When you do aerial,” she said, “you’re doing something that you think is impossible. And when a person can conquer their ability to do the impossible, they get this amazing sense of empowerment.”

Read more by about .nesa and at the link in our IG stories. Pick up a paper copy or visit wklys.co/48JpKc3

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1-6) Drago Nesa teaches aerial silks class at Skyhigh Odditorium. Photos by Sonya Bennett-Brandt
7-8) Drago Nesa in performance. Photos courtesy of Drago Nesa

Nef the Pharaoh is an artist molded by Bay Area hip-hop culture. One of his uncles was a member of the Vallejo rap group...
11/11/2024

Nef the Pharaoh is an artist molded by Bay Area hip-hop culture. One of his uncles was a member of the Vallejo rap group Funky Azteks, he counts E-40 and Mistah FAB as trusted early mentors, and Johnny Ca$h, the late Richmond rapper, gave him his nickname “Chang Chang”… 🎶

Read more by about at the link in our IG stories, pick up a paper copy or visit wklys.co/3UMfTMQ

Photos by Derek Kwok

This week’s event picks include film, local theater, standup comedy and spoken word, plus ska, jazz, metal, punk and ele...
08/11/2024

This week’s event picks include film, local theater, standup comedy and spoken word, plus ska, jazz, metal, punk and electronic dance music… Get out there and get cultured!

Link in IG stories or visit eastbayexpress.com.

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2) performs at on Tuesday. Photo by Robby Klein
3) “Heretic,” a horror flick starring Hugh Grant, screens in local theaters all week.

Apologies for this one-day delay—yesterday was A LOT. But here’s this week’s issue featuring some amazing people doing f...
07/11/2024

Apologies for this one-day delay—yesterday was A LOT. But here’s this week’s issue featuring some amazing people doing fantastic things locally, inspiring us and motivating us forward. Pick up a paper copy today or visit eastbayexpress.com. ⭐️

ON THE COVER: .nesa of - photo courtesy of Drago Nesa.

Two decades ago, Elon Musk was 33 years old and had just pumped a $6.5 million investment into a fledgling electric-car ...
04/11/2024

Two decades ago, Elon Musk was 33 years old and had just pumped a $6.5 million investment into a fledgling electric-car company called Tesla. That made him the firm’s largest investor and put him well on his way to taking over Tesla and ousting the company’s two founders. The money came from the sale of PayPal, which he started by merging his own online financial firm with one owned by Peter Thiel, only to himself be deposed as PayPal CEO by Thiel.

That was pretty much Musk’s life in those days: One high-powered Silicon Valley deal after another. Politics, the business of the country and of the wider world at large, didn’t concern him much, except as it affected his high-tech business ventures. He said so himself at a conference in 2015. What political beliefs he did hold were basically mainstream Democratic. He was particularly concerned about climate change, saying in 2018 that continued use of fossil fuels could lead humanity into a new “Dark Ages.”
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Now, here we are in 2024 and Musk has left any vestige of his previous vaguely liberal politics behind. To say that Musk has gone all-in for Donald Trump would be a drastic understatement. What happened? What is he doing to make sure Trump gets another term in the White House? More importantly, why? What would a Musk-backed second Trump term mean for the country?

Read more at the link in our IG stories or visit eastbayexpress.com.

Photo by Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock

The appears Nov. 3 at Hertz Hall in ’ Illuminations: “Fractured History” series with impeccable timing. Featuring the w...
01/11/2024

The appears Nov. 3 at Hertz Hall in ’ Illuminations: “Fractured History” series with impeccable timing. Featuring the work of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, the prestigious string quartet presents an afternoon concert on the third day of Native Heritage Month. , an Emmy Award-winning classical music composer, is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma…

Read more the link in our stories or visit eastbayexpress.com/american-indigenous-and-western-classical-music-blend-anew/ 🎼

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1) Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, photo by Shevaun Williams
2) The Dover Quartet, photo by Roy Cox

The Arab Film Festival is now one of four Arab Film and Media Institute pillars with a shared mission, “to enhance publi...
31/10/2024

The Arab Film Festival is now one of four Arab Film and Media Institute pillars with a shared mission, “to enhance public understanding of Arab culture and provide insight into the beauty, complexity and diversity intrinsic to the Arab world.”

Whether immigration or refugee stories, the theme of migration—of people leaving home—is a prominent theme in this year’s festival…

Read more by about and this year’s Arab Film Festival, running now through Nov. 3, at the link in our IG stories. Or visit eastbayexpress.com. 🎞️ 🎥

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This week’s issue is here! Pick up a paper copy at stacks and boxes throughout Oakland and Berkeley. Or visit eastbayexp...
30/10/2024

This week’s issue is here! Pick up a paper copy at stacks and boxes throughout Oakland and Berkeley. Or visit eastbayexpress.com.

What holds the future for music festivals? The founder of San Francisco’s Psyched! Radio, Guillermo Goyri, may have the ...
30/10/2024

What holds the future for music festivals? The founder of San Francisco’s Psyched! Radio, Guillermo Goyri, may have the answer. Psyched! Fest spreads over six days throughout San Francisco and the East Bay from Oct. 30-Nov. 4, hosting a total of 64 bands at indoor venues, clubs and bars. Ticket prices start at $15, making Psyched! Fest an inexpensive festival with incomparable variety…

Read more about at the link in our IG stories or visit eastbayexpress.com/psyched-fest-returns-to-the-bay-area/ 🎶🎸

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Oakland’s downtown has been slow to recover from the pandemic. Longterm restaurants such as Calavera, Luka’s Taproom and...
29/10/2024

Oakland’s downtown has been slow to recover from the pandemic. Longterm restaurants such as Calavera, Luka’s Taproom and Parlour have closed. Before the Oakland Restaurant Marketing Collective (ORMC) officially formed this year, Nelson German and Luigi DiRuocco decided they wanted to take action. Both of their respective businesses—alaMar Dominican Kitchen and the Caffè by Mr. Espresso—have been affected by the lack of foot traffic. And in German’s case, by crime. Burglars broke into Alamar twice earlier this year in May, along with two Old Oakland restaurants, La Guerrera’s Kitchen and T’Chaka…

Read more from at the link in our stories or visit eastbayexpress.com/saving-our-dining-scene/ 🍽️

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