- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, May 22, 2013
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The East Bay Poetry Summit Brings Poetry Out of Bookstores and Into People's Homes
A weekend of poetry parties at various East Bay residences.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Apr 13, 2011
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Punks Versus Hipsters: The Battle Royale
How the East Bay Rats got two Oakland subcultures into the boxing ring.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Feb 18, 2009
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Beyond Anarchy at PM Press
Twenty-five years after launching AK Press, Ramsey Kanaan took his democracy elsewhere.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Aug 12, 2009
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Back to the Kitchen
The founder of Bitch magazine brings her feminist sensibility to a new cookbook.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Sep 23, 2009
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Death of Energy at 92.7 FM
San Francisco's beloved gay dance station shuttered last week to make room for a Top-40 Revolution.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Jan 28, 2009
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Return of the Lusty Lady
Best Sex Writing 2009 celebrates casual hook-ups, rape fantasies, and an industry that's virtually a matriarchy.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Dec 8, 2010
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Erotica, Intrigue, and Arithmetic in 'Rites of Love and Math'
Berkeley professor Edward Frenkel brings his passion for math to the masses — by starring in an erotic film.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Dec 28, 2011
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Message in a Tin Can
How Adhamh Roland resurrected the art of the singing telegram.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Apr 7, 2010
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Asian Girl With a Secret
Lisa Marie Rollins grew up thinking she was part Asian, part white, and part Latina. The truth was different.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Aug 11, 2010
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The Turf Feinz Go Viral
An East Oakland street dance video takes the Internet by storm.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Nov 10, 2010
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Cuts and Dueling Protests at KPFA
Faced with huge cuts and the threat of layoffs, KPFA tries — and fails — to form a united front.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Jun 24, 2009
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Bollywood Goes Hollywood
A recent strike in Mumbai forced Fremont's Naz 8 Cinema to reinvent itself.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Oct 22, 2008
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Self-Help's Sinister Underside
Bucky Sinister tells "misfits, freaks, and weirdos" to get off their drunk asses.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Aug 22, 2012
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'99% Invisible' Uncovers the Hidden World of Design
Roman Mars' radio show and podcast is changing the way we look at design — and maybe the nature of public radio.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Oct 29, 2008
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A Lot to Swallow
Nate Powell's descent into madness.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Nov 7, 2012
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How-To Co-Op
A new instructional DVD gives practical advice on forming a worker cooperative.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Jun 18, 2008
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A Musical Balancing Act
Former "Balanceman" Jeremy Goody shifts gears to keep pace with a changing industry.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Sep 10, 2008
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LOL, OIC, and WTF at ROFLThing
Meet the latest academic discipline and realm for cultural criticism: Internet culture studies.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Jan 16, 2013
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Today's Future Sound Promotes Therapy Through Beat-Making
Elliot Gann teaches kids in West Oakland how to make beats — and cope with trauma in the process.
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy, Feb 23, 2011
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A Toy Worth Waiting For
Oakland "toy ruiner" Lee "Leecifer" Gajda finally gets his due.
