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Lao Taé Brings Laotian Fare to Montclair Village

Bring on the chicken gizzards and fermented crab.

By Katherine Hamilton

Arts Feature

Art Without Artists

By DeWitt Cheng

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The CBD Industrial Complex

By Dan Mitchell

Movie Review

Utterly Strange Hagazussa

By Kelly Vance

News & Opinion

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The CBD Industrial Complex

The compound Cannabidiol is turning up in everything from FDA-approved medicines to dubious hand-labeled tinctures. How should consumers navigate this new frontier of cannabis legalization?

By Dan Mitchell

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A New Approach to Community Benefits From Cannabis

Hayward to use foundation to evenly distribute pot benefits for the entire city.

By Steven Tavares

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Life After Legalization

In Oakland, the industry outlook remains cloudy yet hopeful.

By D. Scot Miller

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Art Without Artists

Two artists on display at Mercury 20 Gallery harness chance and accident.

By DeWitt Cheng

Theater

<b><i>Actually</i></b> May Be More Relevant Today Than it Was in 2017

Actually May Be More Relevant Today Than it Was in 2017

Playwright Anna Ziegler's production stirs the ongoing demons of sexual misconduct on a university campus.

By Lou Fancher

Staff Picks

Masako Miki at Matrix 273

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Borders and Walls

George Lawson Gallery

KILL THE DEBBIE DOWNERS! KILL THEM! KILL THEM! KILL THEM OFF!

Shotgun Players

Savage Love

About My Girlfriend And Her Old Boss

Am I bad for having snooped in her email to find out about that?

By Dan Savage

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Food & Drink

Restaurant Review

Lao Taé Brings Laotian Fare to Montclair Village

Bring on the chicken gizzards and fermented crab.

By Katherine Hamilton

Restaurant Review

Playing With Food at Abstract Table

The Friday and Saturday dinner pop-up at The Gastropig promises elevated presentation and flavors at an affordable price, but results vary from course to course.

By Katherine Hamilton

Staff Picks

Creole Creed Pop-up

The Octopus Literary Salon

Juicy Brews WestFest

Drake's Dealership

Batchmade Market

Forage Kitchen

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Movies

Movie Review

Utterly Strange Hagazussa

Witchcraft persecution in 15th-century Austria.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

No Caped Crusaders Allowed in <i>Fast Color</i>

No Caped Crusaders Allowed in Fast Color

Can Black women save the world from global warming effects?

By Kelly Vance

Movie Feature

The SFFILM Festival’s Eastern Front

Local color and outlandish international flickers at this year’s festival.

By Kelly Vance

Staff Picks

Street Food

Grand Lake Theater

Cereal Cinema

The New Parkway Theater

Now Playing

Kavaludaari

Hotel Mumbai

The Best of Enemies

Manje Bistre 2

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Music

Mylo Mu’s Many Frames of Reference

The Rapper, designer, and visual artist talks about Bay Area hip-hop, design school, and his new album METATRON.

By Shelby Mayes

Music

Same Girls’ Embarrassment of Riches

On Young Minded, the New Wave band crafts a soundtrack to its members' growing pains.

By Liz Zarka

Staff Picks

Noel Jewkes Septet with Kay Kostopoulos

The Sound Room

Sugarhill Gang

The New Parish

Death Valley Girls

Starline Social Club

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Bring on the chicken gizzards and fermented crab.

The compound Cannabidiol is turning up in everything from FDA-approved medicines to dubious hand-labeled tinctures. How should consumers navigate this new frontier of cannabis legalization?

Hayward to use foundation to evenly distribute pot benefits for the entire city.

In Oakland, the industry outlook remains cloudy yet hopeful.

How I learned about the difference between cannabis from a warehouse or from the green hills of Northern California.

Two artists on display at Mercury 20 Gallery harness chance and accident.

Playwright Anna Ziegler's production stirs the ongoing demons of sexual misconduct on a university campus.

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

George Lawson Gallery

Shotgun Players

Am I bad for having snooped in her email to find out about that?

Bring on the chicken gizzards and fermented crab.

The Friday and Saturday dinner pop-up at The Gastropig promises elevated presentation and flavors at an affordable price, but results vary from course to course.

The Octopus Literary Salon

Drake's Dealership

Forage Kitchen

Witchcraft persecution in 15th-century Austria.

Can Black women save the world from global warming effects?

Local color and outlandish international flickers at this year’s festival.

Grand Lake Theater

The New Parkway Theater

The Rapper, designer, and visual artist talks about Bay Area hip-hop, design school, and his new album METATRON.

On Young Minded, the New Wave band crafts a soundtrack to its members' growing pains.

The Sound Room

The New Parish

Starline Social Club

Masako Miki at Matrix 273 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Bay Area artist Masako Miki has fashioned a brightly colored, humorous forest...

Borders and Walls @ George Lawson Gallery

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