Good music often provides the perfect background songs for our ordinary daily activities. Music also allows us to relive a story narrated by lyrics in our imagination or allows us to escape to the beats and sounds of different instruments. By making some songs very personal to us, we often Read More…
When I first met the guy I was going to marry, he told me he had a book called “Dating for Under a Dollar.” I didn’t believe him until he showed me. His parents had raised him in a lifestyle he cheerfully called “frugal” rather than “cheap.” Most of the Read More…
The book: “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier Suggested for: Anyone who is a fan of the painting and would be interested in a fictional story of its inception. Or anyone who likes art history in general. Clog rating: There are a few paintings that almost anyone who Read More…
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Maybe you’re from the bay and just want to kick it at home. Maybe someone’s coming up to visit you! Maybe you’re an international or out of state student and the cost of going home is simply out of the question. Or maybe you simply procrastinated on buying plane tickets Read More…
The title of Jessalyn Aaland’s show, “Thank You for Your Waiting,” now at Swarm Gallery in Oakland sounds like an awkwardly translated phrase. But instead of the name sticking in your head immediately, the tiny yet surprising details of her collages do. But these assemblages of miniscule cutout vintage ads, Read More…
Construction is finally beginning on the new UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) nearly 16 years since the project’s proposal. Read More…
I have always been enamored of the human body and all that makes us human. It’s the variation in the human experience that intrigues me. It’s the stories we yearn to tell, the values we have fought to keep or learned to let go and the insights we have gained from Read More…
Jonathan Russell and Saori Ide met at a Bay Area art studio years ago and eventually merged their lives and their art. Now, years later, the Berkeley-based artists’ latest work will adorn the street lights of San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito. Read More…
My parents have always instructed me not to talk to strangers, and, as a kid, I took this command with utmost seriousness. In fact, I would say I took this instruction to an extreme degree. I’d shut my mouth, lock it and throw away the key. Read More…
