First Thursday the new First Friday
April 17, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life
The beginning of a new month can mean many different things. First and foremost rent is due, but the first Thursday and Friday of each month bring two events that highlight Oakland culture and arts. Many people know of First Friday, a large event that shuts down Telegraph Avenue from West Grand to...
Porter Robinson to rename musical festival
By Marcel Penaranda,
April 17, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life
Grammy-nominated electronic dance music producer Porter Robinson and live music promoter Goldenvoice received backlash from local event organizers after their announcement of the new music festival called Multiverse Festival. Robinson and Goldenvoice were under fire after announcing Multiverse Festiva...
Low ticket sales stunt local music scene
By Eric Parker,
March 7, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life
Many alternative musical artists that set out on tour in the past several years have had a tendency to avoid the San Francisco Bay Area due to the high risk of lowering their tour “grade” or quality assessment, making it harder for them to be booked for future tours. The San Francisco Bay Area...
Art, Representation, and Skateboarding
By TJ Porreca Sarah Williams-Cain,
January 25, 2019
Filed under Arts & Life
A look at the Bay Area’s first queer skate collective, Unity Skateboarding Gabriel Ramirez flashed a sheepish smile and laughed with his friend “Smalls” as they posed with their skateboards in front of the Unity Press workspace where their love for skateboarding coincides with their involvement in t...
Playboi Carti SOMO Village performance
November 15, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
Atlanta based rapper Playboi Carti performed at the SOMO Village in Rohnert Park on Friday 11/9. The show was almost cancelled due to the air quality conditions from the Butte fire, which is about 3 hours away from Rohnert Park. The air quality on the night of the show was documented at 184 on the air-...
Queen memorialized in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
By Jessica Irrera,
November 15, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame title holder and 1970s English rock band Queen is memorialized in writer Anthony McCarten’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a biographical film that gives fans and audiences a view into the iconic, flamboyant lifestyle of lead singer Freddie Mercury. The film follows Farrokh Bu...
Oakland decides to cancel November’s First Friday event
By Rigoberto Vergara,
October 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
Oakland’s First Fridays organizers have canceled the street festival that was set to occur on November 2, following a shooting that left five injured during the after hours of October’s event. First Fridays is a street festival that is held on the first Friday of each month in the Koreatown-Nort...
PHOTO GALLERY – Dragon School 99 Mural Tour in Chinatown, Oakland, California
By Priscilia Chavez,
October 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Photo Galleries
PHOTO GALLERY – Oakland Art Murmur unites the Bay Area community
By Amyra Soriano,
October 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Photo Galleries
Every first Friday of the month, art galleries from Claremont to Jack London Square collaborate as part of “Oakland Art Murmur.” In partnership with “Oakland First Friday,” the event runs from 6 to 9 p.m and highlights the city’s diverse culture. ...
Treasure Island Music Festival returns after one year hiatus
By Alli Weseman, VISUAL JOURNALIST
October 11, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Uncategorized
For the better part of a decade, San Francisco’s Treasure Island was known for two things: the music festival and flea market. Due to construction on the island, festival promoters Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment, decided to move the Treasure Island music festival from its namesake a fe...
Marvel movie review: Venom symbiote in the Bay Area
By Juan Diaz, CONTRIBUTOR
October 11, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
We are “Venom.” But more importantly ‘we’ are impressed. The movie “Venom” was a surprisingly fun adventure to watch, regardless of all the criticism it has received so far. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an unfortunately low critics score of 30 percent. However, the audience score is at a form...
Hip-Hop festival set to take over Oakland
Louis LaVenture
September 13, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life
What started as an after party for Florida-based rapper Rick Ross in Miami in 2015, has turned into one of the biggest music festivals in the world. The Rolling Loud music festival makes its return to the Bay Area on Saturday and Sunday featuring some of the biggest names in hip hop, including, Wiz ...
