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Oakulture: My Art, My Culture deconstructs gender in hip-hop, SXSW report-back, ESAA showcases musicians, poets
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Thu, 28 Mar at 12:23pm.

There are far too few honest discussions about women in hip-hop. And even fewer are those which come from a multigenerational perspective. “My Art, My Culture,” the first installment in a new Betti Ono Gallery series called “Women, Media & Hip Hop,” was such a discussion.

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Oakulture: Respect Our City helps bring peace to First Fridays; The Coup shadowboxes SF, Berkeley’s Birdland winds down
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Thu, 7 Mar at 2:29pm.

The red outline of a neon cross from the nearby Korean Community Christian Church church emanated above 1-O.A.K.’s head like an electric halo, as the Oakland singer stood at the Telegraph and 24th St. Peace Stage, wearing a green RespectOurCity t-shirt and performing a cover of William DeVaughn’s R&B classic, “Be Thankful for What You’ve Got.”

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Oakulture: Respect Our City, Oakland artists take over SF, Kev Choice, 'The Black Woman is God'

Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 27 Feb at 1:54am.

Let’s start this week’s Oakulture with an update on the RespectOurCity  campaign. You may have seen some of your Facebook friends with the ROC profile pics and status updates, and wondered, what is this campaign all about?

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This Week/End in the YaY! Area through March 3
Blog entry by Miz Chris.
Last updated at Wed, 27 Feb at 1:53am.

Have you recovered from last weekend? I hope so because what this weekend in the YaY! has in store for you is nothing short of PRICELESS! 

As you know we start on Wednesdays and go hard all the way until Sunday.  So hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

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Local legends shine at Art & Soul 2011 (Review)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Wed, 24 Aug at 5:26am.

Art & Soul 2011 concluded with an all-Oakland lineup on the Main Stage: the Kev Choice Ensemble, Goapele, and Tower of Power. Suffice to say, with a lineup like that, there was little reason to be anywhere else on a Sunday afternoon.

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Oakland Art and Soul Festival's August 20 - 21 lineup
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 8 Aug at 7:44am.

The City of Oakland’s Art & Soul Festival kicks off its second decade as the Bay Area’s favorite summer gathering on August 20 and 21, 2011.

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Music Mondays: Oakland's Kev Choice wants to know 'Are You Impressed'
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 6 Jun at 7:57am.

Here's a Music Monday you can really get behind - Oakland native Kev Choice's new video "Are You Impressed?

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Kev Choice Ensemble fuses hip-hop, classical, funk, more at Yoshi's (Review)
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Thu, 13 Jan at 10:00pm.

Oakland native son Kev Choice returned home Tuesday night to a well-attended show at Yoshi’s to play a concert with his band, the Kev Choice Ensemble.

At this point, it’s not a stretch to say the KCE may well be the most musical hip-hop act ever.

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