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East Bay Express » Arts & Culture
6d ago
It all started in the not-yet-United States when French soldiers fighting on the colonists’ side during the Revolution brought over a game called “Bagatelle.” Named for its possible invention in the mid-1700s at the Chateau Bagatelle, the billiards-derived game continued to evolve, through the 1880s, when it was still Bagatelle and played with a marble ..read more
East Bay Express » Arts & Culture
6d ago
Omar Sosa’s career as a pianist, percussionist and composer was already in full gear when he landed in Oakland. After graduating from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, he became a touring and recording artist with several well-known bands, both in Cuba and Ecuador. “I’ve always been a person who likes to be on ..read more
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6d ago
THURSDAY FOLK DIANA GAMEROS Diana Gameros’ voice is “like the velvety fog that rolls into San Francisco from the Pacific Ocean,” according to NPR music critic Felix Contreras. Fusing traditional styles from Mexico with original songwriting, Gameros strikes a hauntingly beautiful balance between nostalgia and hope for the future. Having lived in Ciudad Juárez until ..read more
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6d ago
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. He has also been shortlisted for four other prestigious awards. I find it odd that his acclaimed novels have received mediocre scores on the prominent book-rating website Goodreads, which has 150 million members. Why is there ..read more
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1w ago
THURSDAY JAZZ PERALTA, COYLE & WILEY The Sound Room is many things: comedy room, flamenco tablao, blues joint, cabaret. It also offers opportunities for the region’s most exciting young jazz artists to play for interested audiences, artists like Oakland-raised pianist Luis Peralta, who’s making a name for himself on the New York Scene, and El ..read more
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1w ago
Despite a relative lack of scientific studies of cannabis over the years thanks to pot being illegal for most of modern U.S. history, some subjects have undergone enough scrutiny that conclusions can be drawn. Among the most solid of them is that it’s all but certain that weed is highly effective in getting people off ..read more
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1w ago
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Charles Baudelaire said that if you want to fully activate your personal genius, you will reclaim and restore the intelligence you had as a child. You will empower it anew with all the capacities you have developed as an adult. I believe this is sensational advice for you in ..read more
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2w ago
Two dragon-like creatures with flashy fangs and silver sparkly fringe hang from utility posts on 41st St., in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood. At first, Jen Apodaca, founder of Mother Tongue Cafe & Bar, did not think much of the creatures. “I just thought they were really rad!” they said. One day, Apodaca noticed that just as ..read more
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2w ago
Meredith Edgar was born in San Francisco but grew up in the South Bay, in a musical home. “My parents listened to a lot of different artists—rock, folk, country, blues,” Edgar says. “My dad played guitar and sang as a hobby. I’d sing harmonies with him. I started writing songs when I was 14. I ..read more
East Bay Express » Arts & Culture
2w ago
THURSDAY HIP-HOP TWISTA Twista is the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum king of rapid-fire rhymes and intricate rhythms. Hailing from Chicago, he held the 1992 Guinness Book World Record for being the fastest rapper in history, spitting at a rate of 11.2 syllables per second. But he’s more than a speed demon; from “Adrenaline Rush” to “Kill Us ..read more