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Unapologetically Themselves

The Onyx celebrates Black women, but they’re not out to shade anyone else.

By D. Scot Miller

Restaurant Review

Meeting Over Momos at Zomsa

Meeting Over Momos at Zomsa

By Katherine Hamilton

Feature

In School, On the Street

In School, On the Street

By Camryn Sanchez

AB5 is Bad For Journalism

AB5 is Bad For Journalism

By Stephen Buel

News & Opinion

News

Oakland's Promise Kept or Not?

Oakland's Promise Kept or Not?

The city council president's questions about college scholarship initiative come as mayor's initiative undergoes an internal reorganization.

By Steven Tavares

News

Turning Around Lives, One Student at a Time

Turning Around Lives, One Student at a Time

The new Oakland documentary The Pushouts profiles local gang-banger-turned sociologist Victor Rios.

By Lou Fancher

Chronic Town

UC Pot Researchers Working with 'Gray Literature'

UC Pot Researchers Working with 'Gray Literature'

Conference highlights all the obstacles that hamstring scientific inquiries into cannabis.

By Dan Mitchell

Seven Days

‘Fair Pay for Fair Play’ Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

‘Fair Pay for Fair Play’ Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

Plus, legislature is busy in final week, and Kaplan suggests Oaklanders don’t attend Warriors games.

By Steven Tavares

AB5 is Bad For Journalism

AB5 is Bad For Journalism

Newsgathering will be collateral damage of California's gig economy bill.

By Stephen Buel

Letters

Letters For the Week of Sep. 5-11

Letters For the Week of Sep. 5-11

Letters

Letters For the Week of Sep. 5-11

Letters For the Week of Sep. 5-11

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Arts & Culture

Arts Feature

They See Dead People

They See Dead People

These Bay Area residents have spent a lot of time preparing for the zombie apocalypse.

By Camryn Sanchez

Savage Love

What’s a Parent to Do?

One 12-year-old son is into handcuffs. Another one would like a vibrator.

By Dan Savage

hot love-cold facts

Berkeley Art Center

Mark Morris Dance Group

Zellerbach Hall

Abstract Realism

SLATE contemporary

Savage Love

Open Wide

Open Wide

I'm tired of my roomie getting fisted by strange men every day. I'm uncomfortable using a strap-on to please my husband.

By Dan Savage

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Food & Drink

Restaurant Review

Meeting Over Momos at Zomsa

Meeting Over Momos at Zomsa

The restaurant in El Cerrito where Tibetan and Nepali cultures intersect.

By Katherine Hamilton

BatchMade Market

Batchmade Market

Forage Kitchen

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Movies

Movie Review

The Kitchen Sink Chronicles

The Kitchen Sink Chronicles

Angry young men (and women) of the British New Wave on display at BAMPFA.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Justin Chon's Ms. Purple follows up on the promise of his previous film Gook.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

Disaster in Outer Space

Disaster in Outer Space

Is Ad Astra an outer space action adventure or an emotional family drama? How about neither?

By Kelly Vance

Don't Mess with Molly

Don't Mess with Molly

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins praises the late political columnist.

By Kelly Vance

Crazy Rich Europeans

Crazy Rich Europeans

Tale of literary lust Vita & Virginia is not exactly a page-turner.

By Kelly Vance

Front Runner

Front Runner

Brittany Runs a Marathon earns its warm-all-over feeling honestly.

By Kelly Vance

Cereal Cinema at The New Parkway Theater

Cereal Cinema

The New Parkway Theater

Promare

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Midsommar

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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Music

Music

Unapologetically Themselves

Unapologetically Themselves

The Onyx celebrates Black women, but they’re not out to shade anyone else.

By D. Scot Miller

Soul Sanctuary Dance

Ashkenaz

Lee Scratch Perry + Subatomic Sound System

The New Parish

Ren the Vinyl Archeologist

Hello Stranger

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