AltWeeklies Wire
When Women Are Sentenced to Male Prisonsnew
In The Women of San Quentin, journalist Kristin Schreier Lyseggen offers an in-depth look at the struggles of transgender women who face abuse and trauma inside California's male prisons.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
09-30-2015 |
Culture
Madison Young Aims to Revolutionize Pornographynew
ArtGasm is a new monthly erotic film screening that offers edgier, diverse experiences.
East Bay Express |
Anna Pulley |
02-25-2015 |
Sex
Reclaiming the Lives of Undocumented Queersnew
Local artist and activist Julio Salgado uses bold imagery and humor to document the undocumented.
East Bay Express |
Sarah Burke |
01-15-2015 |
Art
The Power of Nonew
A new wave of consent-based intimacy events and communities are reshaping the sexual and sensual landscape in the East Bay.
East Bay Express |
Anna Pulley |
12-04-2014 |
Sex
The Art of Hypnotherapynew
Oakland artist Carissa Potter shares intimate moments with strangers in a collaborative exhibition involving therapy, meditation, and hypnosis.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
08-06-2014 |
Art
Is San Francisco Doomed?new
Musician Hannah Lew sounds off on her new album, a changing city, and $4 toast.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Key |
07-09-2014 |
Culture
The Graffiti Huntersnew
Urban explorers risk trespassing violations, injury, and even death to photograph a hidden world of aerosol art for all the world to see.
East Bay Express |
April Kilcrease |
06-18-2014 |
Art
Standing Up for Gay Comediansnew
Charlie Ballard, an Oakland-based Native-American performer, will be a host at the massive Gathering of Nations Powwow — and this time, he's doing it in drag.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
04-24-2014 |
Comedy
Our Kind of Sexnew
Oakland has become the epicenter of a movement to create a more realistic portrayal of queer- and female-centric sex.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Key |
04-10-2014 |
Sex
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
Stories of the Great Migration to Oaklandnew
A storytelling event at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park uncovers the history of African-American migration to Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
03-24-2014 |
History
Preserving the Old Bay Bridgenew
As demolition moves forward on the historic structure, Bay Area artists are advocating for creative reuse of the steel before it's scrapped and sent overseas.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
01-29-2014 |
Culture
Taggers by Night, Muralists by Daynew
Oakland nonprofits want to reduce graffiti by hiring youth to paint murals on sites they've vandalized. Will property owners let them?
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
12-17-2013 |
Art
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
The Long Division of Jonestown Survivorsnew
Thirty-five years after the horrific mass suicide in Guyana, former Peoples Temple members and relatives of the deceased are conflicted on the best way to honor the dead at the East Oakland gravesite.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
11-15-2013 |
History
Tags: Jonestown Survivors
