Oakland mural honors women who have experienced violence Simone Larson January 30, 2015 Arts & Culture, Identity, Justice In the early morning of April 5, 2014, a bicyclist found 23-year-old Kimberly Robertson lying in front of the F.M. Smith Recreation Center on Park Boulevard. She had been raped and beaten to death. Days...
How do you #wearyourvoice? wearyourvoice January 29, 2015 Arts & Culture Editors Note: Every Thursday, Wear Your Voice Magazine will present an image that we feel captures Oakland fashion, energy & its people. We are Oakland. We are unique. We stand against each metropolitan...
Oakland’s Music Tech Scene: Lance Coleman’s Playground Natalie Meier January 28, 2015 Arts & Culture, OakTech Lance Coleman is only 23 years old and probably more accomplished than you. Hailing from Howard University, the Oakland-based digital strategist has had his hands in a number of music-related...
Support Chapter 510 at Metwest High School on Jan. 31 Susan Mernit January 27, 2015 Arts & Culture Exactly one year ago Chapter 510 volunteers showed up at MetWest High School, then a rag-tag bunch of low-tech portables scattered in an East Lake parking lot surrounded by construction. Their mission:...
Product Review: E-40’s cocktail, Sluricane Pilar Vree January 26, 2015 Arts & Culture, Food 1 Comment You did not have to tell when to go to the liquor store to pick up a bottle of E-40’s new prebottled cocktail, Sluricane. I was already there with bells on. As a long time fan of local rapper E-40’s music,...
How do you #wearyourvoice? wearyourvoice January 22, 2015 Arts & Culture, Neighborhood Editors note: This week marks the launch of an Oakland Local and Wear Your Voice Magazine collaboration. Every Thursday, WYV will present an image that we feel captures Oakland fashion, energy & its...
One Classic Album. One Band Per Song. A Bunch of Love for Sly & The Family Stone. Katie Schwarz January 22, 2015 Arts & Culture It’s a concept that began as a late-night Gchat between two friends and music lovers, Lyz Luke and Charith Premawardhana of Classical Revolution. "I was writing a press release at like 2:30 or 3 in the...
Great programs for young people in Oakland Simone Larson January 20, 2015 Arts & Culture, Education 3 Comments A new year means new opportunities for achievement and a renewed interest in hobbies that may have fallen to the wayside. January is National Mentoring Month, and as we roll out 2015, we’re highlighting a...
Notes from Mexico to 7th Street’s Sugar Pie: Oakland Music in the News Katie Schwarz January 19, 2015 Arts & Culture The diversity of Oakland's music is all up in the news lately. Just take a look at these four stories which range from the symphony to hip-hop to an icon of Oakland's 7th street past to an Oakland...
Hella Oakland Mix: 77 tracks to get you psyched about Oakland music Katie Schwarz January 15, 2015 Arts & Culture 2 Comments It’s a little grand and verbose to call the music explosion in Oakland a renaissance, but let’s just say that with all the artistic talent in Oakland, both homegrown and with influx from other parts of the...
