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Swarm Gallery's Farewell Exhibition Shows Fresh Perspectives

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Swarm Gallery's Farewell Exhibition Shows Fresh Perspectives

Fictional/Familiar subverts conventional perspectives in the representation of space.

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Unveiling a Secret City

A new film by Spencer McCall offers a peek inside the bygone alternate-reality project the Jejune Institute.

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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.

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Getting Closure

But opening up to crossdressing and watersports.

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Why 'Blonde Ambition' Lacks Ambition

Jenny Sharaf attempts to open feminist dialogue through an exhibition that ruptures mainstream portrayals of blondeness.

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Dress Up

Plus butt plugs, porn mags, and DSGs.

BOOKS

Telling, Not Showing

With 'Cooked', Michael Pollan gets in the kitchen — with mixed success.

THEATER

A Noir Set in Berkeley?

Playwright Dan Harder marries the 1930s crime genre and contemporary Berkeley to greatly entertaining effect.

BOOKS

The Unsettling Truth Mary Roach Wants Us to Accept

Her new book, Gulp, tackles the taboo topic of what happens beyond the plate.

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Internet Cat Videos Go Public

The first-ever Oakland Internet Cat Video Festival celebrates our weird obsession with quirky felines.

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Walnut Creek's Company C Ballet Offers 'A Modest Proposal'

Its spring season explores the various ways that dance tries to communicate.

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A Shitty Husband

Plus crazy liberal hippies who are bi and and an escort who is horny.

EVENTS

A Two-Wheeled Taco Pursuit

This Cinco de Mayo, bike around Oakland in search of its best taco spots.

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Festival of Form

This enjoyably crowded, twelve-artist sculpture exhibition highlights a nature-focused sensibility.

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A People-Focused Solution

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A People-Focused Solution

Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.

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