Bess Wohl's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play, Liberation, comes Oct. 23 to Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre. Directed by Whitney White, the production locks up audience phones, freeing the audience to find unlimited power and hope in a story based on ever... See more
An argument could be made—even if he doesn't himself believe it—that New York Times bestselling author Michael Pollan has for decades been in pursuit of transcendence. Bliss, even. In articles, essays, and each of his 10 books— and especially latest A Wor... See more
Banned Books Week: Teen Read-a-thon @ Oakland Public Library Main Branch | Oct. 6-9 The second annual read-a-thon event invites teens to drop in and join with other visitors in the TeenZone to read and share banned books. It’s doubtful anyone can conquer ... See more
In documentary photographer and filmmaker Ken Light’s new book, Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A., 120 black-and-white photographs tell the story of the people of West Oakland. Covering the years from 1974-1976 and viewed through the lens of 2026, the only thing... See more
Frederick Noland is the unofficial oracle of lesser-known stories about Black people in America, and especially in the Bay Area. As an Oakland-based visual storyteller, the New Yorker cartoonist and California College of the Arts adjunct professor creates... See more
