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An Oakland Rapper-Turned-Screenwriter Returns to the Bay Area
Saaed Crumpler shares his TV and film industry experience at the BraveMaker Film Festival.
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Raphael Saadiq Talks One-Man Show, Beyoncé’s Work Ethic and ‘Sinners’
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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Is a Surprising and Creative Immigrant Story
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Superman stands firm in a bold stance inside an industrial-looking space.
Audium Celebrates 50th Anniversary By Revisiting Its Very First Soundscape
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Sex, Drugs, and ... Gender Panic!
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Seeing Lady Gaga at San Francisco's Chase Center? From Bag Policy to Parking, What to Know
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Rightnowish’s Grand Finale: Words of Wisdom From Timothy B.
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Ras K'dee smiles and looks at the camera, while wearing a yellow knitted cap and sitting in his music studio.
Building a Native Arts and Culture Space From the Ground Up
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Artist and curator Marcel Pardo Ariza poses for a photo at the archives of San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society.
‘All The Nights We Got To Dance’ Is a Tribute to Queer Nightlife in SF
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This Young Oakland Artist Is Headed to the Kennedy Center, Despite Trump’s Takeover
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88-Year-Old Audio Engineer Sandy Stone Survived Transphobic Backlash and Made History
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In the ’70s, Gay Rights Activists Abandoned Their Trans Siblings
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Raphael Saadiq Talks One-Man Show, Beyoncé’s Work Ethic and ‘Sinners’
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Superman stands firm in a bold stance inside an industrial-looking space.
James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Is a Surprising and Creative Immigrant Story
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The Oakland Library Wants YOU ... to Make Weird History Dioramas
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Barbecue Is Everywhere for the Fourth of July. Here’s Its Origin Story
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A Legendary Puerto Rican Chef Reemerges in Oakland — After 5 Years Behind Bars
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Raphael Saadiq Talks One-Man Show, Beyoncé’s Work Ethic and ‘Sinners’

Saadiq reveals that his ‘No Bandwidth’ one-man show felt like ‘a risk — but I like taking risks.’
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An Oakland Rapper-Turned-Screenwriter Returns to the Bay Area

Saaed Crumpler shares his TV and film industry experience at the BraveMaker Film Festival.
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Superman stands firm in a bold stance inside an industrial-looking space.

James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Is a Surprising and Creative Immigrant Story

This pleasantly imperfect Superman is something quite rare in the assembly line-style of superhero moviemaking today: human.
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Audium Celebrates 50th Anniversary By Revisiting Its Very First Soundscape

Originally premiered in 1975, ‘Audium VI’ is resurrected in the dark listening space of 176 audio speakers.
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An older white woman dressed in black sits in a darkened room behind a music producer's desk alongside two acoustic guitars.

Sex, Drugs, and ... Gender Panic!

NPR’s ‘It’s Been a Minute’ talks to KQED Arts’ Nastia Voynovskaya about Sandy Stone, a transgender audio engineer and local icon.
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A small figurine faces forward and lays bricks at the center of a diorama.

The Oakland Library Wants YOU ... to Make Weird History Dioramas

It's easy! Choose an East Bay tale from an old newspaper. Turn that into a tiny model. Win respect — and maybe prizes too!
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‘These Summer Storms’ Is a Steamy Take on Rich People Behaving Badly

Sarah MacLean presents a captivating world of enemies-turned-lovers and backstabbing family members.
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