OMCA’s Park Jam swirls up eclectic celebration of hip-hop’s past and present
Picnic blankets sprawled across the gardens at the Oakland Museum of California, or OMCA, on Saturday as the museum held its first Park Jam.
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A rolling room with tinted windows
You Are What You Habituate
In one way I was liberated when I came to the Bay Area car-less, becoming more pedestrian and exploring the city at 3 miles per hour. But in another I was deprived of my mechanic, metal safety blanket.
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Lackluster performance from a less-than-Speedy Ortiz
Though Speedy Ortiz’s band name implies experience, the pacing of one of the band’s concert at Cafe du Nord suggested otherwise.
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Goodbye music! Hello podcasts! 7 podcasts to fill your summer
Podcasts are the perfect way to pass the time on the road or at your desk, and they can provide both laughter and life lessons while you listen in. Here are our recommendations for great podcasts to listen to this summer.
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Saturday programming of Bay Area Book Festival uplifts marginalized voices
While it may only be the fourth annual Bay Area Book Festival, the festival is already a mainstay in Berkeley. It’s no wonder why.
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Waxahatchee plays patchwork concert at The Fillmore
It’s uncommon for artists to rely so heavily on the way they feel to garner the approval of audiences, but Waxahatchee does exactly that.
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Media chains POC artists to cultural narratives
Cutting Room Floor
Spotting the few POC artists in the relatively homogenous pool of American media may be the easiest “Where’s Waldo?” yet. We tokenize them, celebrating their successes as if they singlehandedly solve the lack of diversity plaguing the entertainment industry. We force their cultural narratives upon them, demanding their roots to
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Thai Student Association holds vigil after death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
In the ASUC Senate Chambers on Saturday, students gathered around a picture of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, who was greatly loved by many in attendance, to commemorate his recent death.
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NPR’s Bob Boilen crosses into the literary world with ‘Your Song Changed My Life’
Bob Boilen knows more about music than you do. If his name doesn’t sound familiar, his resume might: He’s the host and creator of NPR’s “All Songs Considered” and the Tiny Desk Concert series (the webcast that helped catapult a number of now-big-name artists to fame — Macklemore, Passion Pit
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Insects are the future of food
Safe, Sane and Consensual
I stared into its black, beady, little eyes. Then I popped it in my mouth, expecting the worst, but it was crunchy and tasted like garlic, lime and chili. I was in a market in Oaxaca, Mexico, and mounds of fried grasshoppers, called chapulines, are a common sight. They’re addictive
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