Chris Thile shocks and awes in Berkeley as a new war dawns in Iran.
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3/2/26
Language, poet, ’68, tank top, Negra Modelo.
2/20/26
The vibes at “The Tallest Dwarf,” Hipline, January 31st
2/16/26
More books should be like Frank T. Marquardt's “Hop Fight,” and, swear to god, we'd say that even if he weren't a paying member of this site.
2/14/26
Cruising for a connection.
David Foster Wallace's magnum opus turns thirty.
2/9/26
Things are heating up at ORB as our orbit narrows towards what we’re calling our launch, in a few weeks–the Six Senses of…
2/4/26
A word from East Bay Booksellers.
2/2/26
On the Waterfront: Art at Work at Tamarack on January 24
1/28/26
On Ryan Coogler's sins and the kinds of performances that attract vampires.
1/26/26
Noir City Film Festival, Grand Lake Theater, later than I'd like on Jan 20
1/23/26
Otracami/Maria BC/Slake, Oakland Secret, 1/18/26
1/21/26
Vigil for Renee Good, Fruitvale, a couple weeks ago
1/11/26
Makibaka, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (in the west bay), this past weekend
1/7/26
New Years Poetry, Bathers Library, January 3rd
1/1/26
"Re-Animation," New Year’s Eve, Fruitvale warehouse
12/27/25
Solitude together, Christmas Day, Lake Merritt
12/18/25
How do you really know this place?
12/17/25
Flock Deliberations, Oakland City Council Meeting, Yesterday
12/11/25
I scraped the vibes on BART for the current tech marketplace in paranoia, and lived to tell you what I saw
12/6/25
East Bay Print Sale, Max’s Garage Press, Thursday
11/24/25
Faye Webster, The Paramount, a couple weeks ago
11/17/25
Not much.
11/13/25
Date Night, Coast Guard Island, Before 9:30
11/5/25
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