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Take a Look, It’s in a Book….
Attention readers! Clear your Sunday schedule, because on May 21 the 2017 Oakland Book Festival – Read.Debate.Celebrate is happening. The theme this year being “Equality & Inequality”. If you are are like me (an out and proud book-aphile) and a whole day dedicated to books, literary debates, ideological and social norm

Trump Staffers Contemplate ‘Jumping Ship’ : Watergate Comparisons Mount
Unconditional Loyalty Can be Dangerous With all the misguided and bad behavior by“Trump”, will he be removed from office? There seems to be a mounting file of evidence that continues to put more nails into the “Reckless Cowboys” coffin. The only thing that can stall this important impeachment process is

Drag Queen Face Painting for Kids! Artist Street Party in SF
Common Grounds seeks to “promote cultural consumption to children at an early age and create the next art lovers and appreciators of the future

Daughter Thai Kitchen in Oakland Has Me Hooked
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! Only two days later, I had found my way back to Daughter Thai Kitchen. Two days ago was my first time dining at the relatively new addition to the Montclair village/neighborhood in

BAS Poetry: New Work from Mark Mason
Written and curated by Corinne Avganim Ritual Coffee By Mark Mason Mark Mason is a writer and poet from a small town in England. He now lives in San Francisco, California. You can check out his novel, Our Endless Covered Ways on Amazon. The lights hung from long wires, like illuminated veins.

Superheroes Fighting Trump Policy, in Trump Country, CA
Wonder Woman Underoos were both my favorite underwear and favorite outfit as a kid. I just loved practicing lassoing the “bad guy,” usually the eager-to-please family dog. In addition to a curious aversion to pants, this instilled in me a desire to be courageous, do the right thing, and ultimately,

Turning SF Garbage into Electronic Art
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights artists before they exhibit their work somewhere awesome, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Meet Carrie Hott, an artist you should know. The artist in residency program at Recology (a waste and