Annual Cinco de Mayo festival celebrates culture
Lesly Garcia,
Contributor
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Features, Showcase
The city of Hayward celebrated Cinco De Mayo with the annual festival on B Street last weekend. The festival was organized by La Alianza de Hayward, a local nonprofit community organization, Hayward Downtown Association and by city council members. Francisco Zermeno, a Hayward City Council mem...
Tijuana band headlines Bay Area venue
Eduardo Gonzalez,
Staff Writer
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
This Tuesday, at Bottom of the Hill in the Potrero Hill district of San Francisco, two East Bay bands, Skank Bank and Day Labor, opened up for touring band Los Kung Fu Monkeys from Tijuana, Mexico. The bands arrived early to unload their gear, set up their merchandise booths and do a soundcheck that c...
Oakland art exhibit highlights the history of California’s cannabis movement
Rebecca Olmos,
Staff Writer
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Features
On an easel near the front of Gallery EVB is a picture of a man with a smile on his face standing behind jail cell bars. The caption on the photo says, “Dennis Perron in San Bruno Jail - 1975.” Perron was a cannabis activist and a leader in the movement to legalize marijuana. He co-authored Calif...
Producer Juan A. Espinosa revives ‘Barrio Expressions’ TV show
Erika Martinez,
Staff Writer
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus
Imagine yourself in Hayward during the 1970s. How would it be different or similar than today? Guest speaker Juan A. Espinosa takes us back in time and depicts the life of a young Chicano growing up in the city of Hayward. Chicano is an ever-evolving term that identifies a person of Mexican descent b...
Hip-Hop culture gets a reintroduction
Nicole Nool,
Contributor
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Features
Many young people today think hip-hop is defined by contemporary artists such as Kanye West, Drake and Kendrick Lamar. But by focusing only on present-day artists, they leave out artists who paved the way for hip-hop to become the phenomenon it is today. In response to this, the Oakland Museum of C...
Rapper YG censored at Spring Mayhem
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus, Showcase
A spring tradition at Cal State East Bay made its return on Saturday as students and guests flooded the amphitheater for Spring Mayhem, formerly referred to as Spring Fest. The event featured student acts, a band performance and was headlined by Bay Area rapper P-Lo and Compton rapper YG. During...
California Roots will host ninth annual music and art festival
Rebecca Olmos,
Staff Writer
April 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Showcase
Music and art are set to collide in Monterey next month. California Roots better known as Cali Roots will hold its ninth annual music and art festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds from May 25-27 that offers festival goers three days filled with music, arts, food and camping. Jeff Monser,...
Justin Timberlake performs at SAP center
Rebecca Olmos,
Staff Writer
April 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Features
Justin Timberlake performed in Downtown San Jose at the SAP Center this Tuesday. It was his first of two back-to-back shows at the arena. The Man of the Woods Tour is the pop singer’s sixth world tour. At 9:15 pm the house lights went dark and the stage lights came up. Timberlake’s band, backup...
CSUEB welcomes comedy contortionist
Paz Sandoval,
Contributor
April 19, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus, Showcase
Most Cal State East Bay students can relate to the thoughts of what their life and career will look like after they graduate. This is something comedian Jonathan Burns also had to face after he received an Art Education degree from Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2004. “I know wh...
The shimmery world of ‘Annihilation’
Yasmine Castaneda,
Contributor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Features
If you are planning on watching the new science fiction film, “Annihilation,” be prepared for a weird, intriguing and unsettling world. The film examines our self-destructive nature and looks at how emotions such as depression, grief and sadness push people to their limits. “Annihilation” i...
A farewell to a downtown Hayward classic
Juan Diaz,
Contributor
April 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Features, Showcase
2525 Vintage & Modern, a local thrift store, closed on March 31. Store owner Paige Christodoulou said she closed the store for personal reasons rather than financial. The store itself was located on 22600 Foothill Way in Hayward. It was beautifully decorated with bright pastel colors by a variety...
Speedrunning comes to the Bay Area
Michael Souza,
Contributor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
Some of the fastest runners will come together in San Francisco to showcase their skills. These are not runners or athletes in the typical sense. These are video game speedrunners meeting up for Calithon which is a four-day Twitch.tv live stream marathon from April 12 to 15 that showcases video speedrunners...
