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September 29, 2025
Film photography rebounds amidst a sea of digital images
On Saturday, Sept. 6, Black and Brown in San Jose transformed into a gallery alive with analog energy. Eric Weiss’ portraits of ’80s and ’90s icons, from Madonna to Tupac, hung beside rows of restored vintage cameras,...
September 26, 2025
LaMP burns brightly
Three esteemed players have joined forces almost by chance, and the result is one of music’s more dynamic and vital outfits. Combining a melodic jazz sensibility with the unpredictability of a jam band, LaMP keeps its members—and...
September 25, 2025
‘Groovy Old Bloke’ hits the right notes
The late novelist Pearl S. Buck once said that to find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.
That idea seems to apply to singer/songwriter/musician Nick Lowe, who is riding high with Indoor Safari, his...
September 1, 2025
Fiatrone makes meaningful music
The Academy of Language and Music Arts (ALMA) in Orinda sets out to offer lessons for all ages in a thoughtful, rich and meaningful fashion. The school was founded by Dr. James Fiatrone—also known to students as...
June 27, 2025
Channeling an indomitable spirit
At 95, Dolores Huerta could rest on her laurels with no reproaches. Labor leader, tireless fighter for immigrant rights and civil rights, as well as feminist, Huerta has continued her work for decades.
But, said Nicolás Lell Benavides,...
June 27, 2025
Reviving roots Down Home in El Cerrito
The walls of 10341 San Pablo Ave. in El Cerrito are coated in decades of music history. Nearly 50 years ago, musician and archivist Chris Strachwitz bought the modest building and began filling it. He had spent...
June 27, 2025
Fantastic Negrito confronts his past on new album
Three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Fantastic Negrito is rarely hesitant to travel. Since winning the first-ever NPR Tiny Desk Contest from among 7,000 entrants with a one-take video in 2015, the musician—born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz—has taken his...
