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Oakland School for the Arts still making noise after ten years

Natalie Meier — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:53:44 +0000

In 2002, Oakland Mayor, now governor, Jerry Brown started Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) with the hope that students would have an outlet to express themselves through art forms like dance, theater, and visual illustrations.

Arts/Culture/Weekend: Tea leaves, experimental sound, and dungeon masters

Ashleyanne Krigbaum — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:18:51 +0000

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling experimental. My arms and ears are open to what the universe has to offer, and luckily this weekend, the Bay Area is brimming with new options: from sounds by young producers, to a vast selection of fresh tastes on the world's most popular, brewed beverage. Let's go adventuring this Arts/Culture/Weekend!

Tim Anderson, Bay Area DIY superhero

Jon Kalish — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:00:00 +0000

There’s a sprawling industrial park on the waterfront in Alameda that once was a Navy air base. What had been the base's air traffic control tower was taken over by a gaggle of MIT engineers working on a variety of high-tech projects. One is an airborne wind turbine, being developed by a company called Makani Power. Tim Anderson refers to himself as Makani's pro bono night watchman. He feels strongly America needs to get off petroleum, and he has other ideas about other changes this country should make.

Young and determined: how a group of young men is reinventing Marin City

Irene Florez — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:00:13 +0000

Lorenzo Bynum has the “baller" build you might see on the cover of GQ, without the swagger. He’s clean-cut, 5’10”, wears two small earrings and has a muscular frame. It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Marin City, and the 23-year-old is digging frantically through a 10’ by 10’ closet. He’s hunting for a parachute large enough for a game with 15 third graders.

Marin County artist Tom Killion weaves poetry into his work

Ben Trefny — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:26:11 +0000

This story is set to the music of Bay Area shakuhachi player Masayuki Koga, who runs the Japanese Music Institute of America. It’s from an album called Eastwind. All poetry in this piece can be found in the book Tamalpais Walking, by Tom Killion and Gary Snyder.