AltWeeklies Wire
Fixing Wikipedia's Women Problemnew
Wikipedia editor Sarah Stierch hosts a women's history-focused Wikipedia edit-a-thon at UC Berkeley to help improve the site's coverage of women.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
04-04-2014 |
Performance
Author Series Seeks to Humanize Arab Americansnew
The Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California kicks off its fifth Islam & Authors series with Lebanese-American playwright Mona Mansour.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
11-20-2013 |
Performance
Tags: Islam
Radiolab Goes Apocalypticalnew
On its nationwide tour, WNYC's Radiolab explores the topic of endings.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
11-11-2013 |
Performance
Richmond's Seriously Silly Paradenew
The annual event affords the city some comic relief.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
04-13-2012 |
Performance
Photographic Memoriesnew
How Oakland resident Lisa Mancini is resurrecting the vintage photobooth.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
01-06-2012 |
Performance
Message in a Tin Cannew
How Adamh Roland resurrected the art of the singing telegram.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-30-2011 |
Performance
Tags: Adamh Roland, Singing Telegrams
Small Dogs, Lofty Dreamsnew
More than one hundred dachshunds will compete in Golden Gate Field's Wiener Nationals.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
08-22-2011 |
Performance
Spicing Up Sexy Storytellingnew
Stronger curation and stricter time limits do wonders for Bawdy Storytelling.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
07-28-2011 |
Performance
U.S. Air Guitar Championships Present: Men in Tightsnew
Forty will spar and two will prevail as this week's competition.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
06-22-2011 |
Performance
Tags: WTF, Air Guitar Championships
Erotica, Intrigue, and Arithmetic in 'Rites of Love and Math'new
Berkeley professor Edward Frenkel brings his passion for math to the masses -- by starring in an erotic film.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Bair |
12-09-2010 |
Performance
The Snuggie Goes Dumbienew
Local rap video wows the infomercial blankie company.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
11-03-2010 |
Performance
They Make Mad Noisenew
Oakland buskers turn their hustle into performance art -- and a dissertation.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
09-13-2010 |
Performance
Tags: Mad Noise, Khalil Sullivan
Putting the Zing Back into Ringlingnew
Richmond-born Alex Ramon is the second-youngest person to helm Ringling Bros. Circus — and the first "zingmaster."
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-05-2009 |
Performance
Tags: circus, Ringling Bros.
The Feminine Abyss of Aixelanew
Tattoos, taxidermy, and transgression define ritual performance duo.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
04-10-2008 |
Performance
Bucky Sinister Leads the New School of Indie Comedynew
Replete with pop culture references and Bay Area-specific nods to indie video stores and hipster cafes, What Happens in Narnia represents a new style of comedy that swaps the old setup-and-punchline for a monologue-driven form.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
02-20-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
