.Arts & Culture

September 22, 2023

From Celebrated Cartoonist to Corporate Consultant

Lloyd Dangle was still a boy when his father took him to the Detroit Institute of the Arts. There, in the courtyard of the gorgeous white marble Beaux-Arts building that dated to 1927, Dangle gazed up at the massive Diego Rivera mural illustrating how the automotive industry works. The...
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August 23, 2023

Oh, the Places They’ll Go

August 23, 2023

Readin’ and Rollin’

August 23, 2023

Gothic Revival

Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
July 15, 2023

Ashkenaz: A Hidden Oasis Embracing Authentic Connection in the Digital Age

Sponsored content by Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center On bustling San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley, tucked away from the ever-present glow of screens and the allure of the “doom scroll,” there exists a hidden gem—a quintessential...
Alphabet Rockers
April 26, 2023

Alphabet Rockers

Alphabet Rockers is a community-based children’s music project helmed by Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Shepherd. With the help of a group of collaborators—some of them as young as nine years old—they write, produce and record songs that...
Shotgun Players
April 25, 2023

Shotgun Players

Despite being a small operation, Shotgun carries a sizable reputation; it’s known for edgy, impeccably scripted repertoire, a diverse and dedicated roster of talented Bay Area actors, and theater artists whose keen lighting, sound, set and costume designs turn every production in the intimate theater into a master class in creativity.
Oakland Theater Project
April 25, 2023

Oakland Theater Project

When asked about their first encounter with Oakland Theater Project (OTP), early adopters are likely to recall its former name, Ubuntu Theater Project. They might describe seeing ambitious, site-specific summer festival productions held throughout Oakland—at auto-repair shops,...
Mary Roach
February 27, 2023

Mary Roach

Roach has been decorated with awards—including a lifetime achievement award well before her span of years is over—and her books have been published in 21 languages. She has written for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times Magazine and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, among others. Roach was an Osher Fellow with the San Francisco Exploratorium and a winner of the American Engineering Societies’ Engineering Journalism Award, a category for which, as her website jokes, “let’s be honest, she was the sole entrant.”
'A Return to Authenticity'
February 27, 2023

‘A Return to Authenticity’

Reformation and transformation are on the mind of Aurora Theatre Company artistic director Josh Costello in early 2023. Swiftly to follow are immediacy, relevancy and stability, as well as alliances leading to Community Partner programs he initiated...
Second Resonders
February 27, 2023

Second Responders

The Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre is revving back into action in 2023 with a full season of live performances. After the pandemic shutdown halted theater activity across the country for nearly two years, managing director Tom Parrish says cultural workers are the nation’s second responders.
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