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Raphael Saadiq Talks One-Man Show, Beyoncé’s Work...

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2025/07/08

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...

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2025/07/08

Saaed Crumpler shares his TV and film industry experience at the BraveMaker Film Festival.

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Is a Surprising and Creative...

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2025/07/08

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...

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2025/07/08

Originally premiered in 1975, ‘Audium VI’ is resurrected in the dark listening space of 176 audio speakers.

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Sex, Drugs, and … Gender Panic!

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2025/07/08

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

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2025/07/07

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...

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2025/07/07

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

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Can Tiny Chef Fans Get His Show Back on Nickelodeon?

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2025/07/04

Tiny Chef began as a passion project. Now, fans are rallying to revive it after Nickelodeon canceled the show.

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At Pacific Saw Works, Puzzling Paintings Make Surreal...

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2025/07/03

Milo Moyer-Battick’s show ‘Specific Saw Horse’ offers eclectic juxtapositions of found text and imagery.

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Mama Go’s Serves the Best Late-Night Airport Food at SFO

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2025/07/03

The home-style Filipino meals — including breakfast at 3:30 a.m. — are a surprising find in Terminal 1.

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This Young Oakland Artist Is Headed to the Kennedy...

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2025/07/03

B. DeVeaux will join other young Oakland artists onstage in Washington D.C., saying that ‘the time is now.’

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Barbecue Is Everywhere for the Fourth of July. Here’s...

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2025/07/03

Barbecue is as American as apple pie — but the origin of the word "barbecue" is in the Caribbean.

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How a 2017 Documentary Lent ‘Sinners’ Its Chinese...

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2025/07/03

Dolly Li’s AJ+ documentary about the Mississippi Delta inspired a vital aspect of Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster.

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‘Sorry, Baby’ Conveys the Everyday Ordinariness of...

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2025/07/02

Eva Victor’s debut feature captures the slow, insidious and muted nature of personal disasters.

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California Restores $11.5 Million for Small...

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2025/07/02

Advocates celebrated a small victory as funds to help pay performers were reinstated in the state budget.

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‘Just Makes No Sense’: Protests Continue in Oakland...

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2025/07/02

For the third week in a row, artists and former city staff called for reinstating a crucial arts role.

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Alex the Great, the SF Giants’ Rally Rabbit, Just...

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2025/07/02

Over the weekend, Alex made an appearance with the Reno Aces and ‘threw’ out the first pitch. Kind of.

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A Show of Queer Desire Pairs Abandon and Restraint

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2025/07/02

At the SFAC gallery, the artists of ‘Service Tension’ use their materials in precise and titillating ways.

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The Best Fiction of 2025 So Far, According to NPR...

KQED Arts ·

2025/07/02

After long days focused on the facts, the NPR newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. Here are their 2025 favorites.

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San Francisco Awards More Than $10 Million to...

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2025/07/01

The city awarded grants to 145 artists and arts nonprofits during a precarious time for arts funding.

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