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A Year of Planning, 18 Hours of Shopping

Arts Feature

A Year of Planning, 18 Hours of Shopping

It takes a village to stage the annual White Elephant Sale.

By Lou Fancher

Music

Black London, Bringing ‘Voodoo’ Back to the East Bay

Black London, Bringing ‘Voodoo’ Back to the East Bay

By Andrew Gilbert

Restaurant Review

Staying Saucy in Temescal

Staying Saucy in Temescal

By Katherine Hamilton

Feature

Nickeled and Dymed

Nickeled and Dymed

By Dan Mitchell

News & Opinion

News

Berkeley Greenlights BART Housing in Principle, But the Devil Is In the Details.

Berkeley Greenlights BART Housing in Principle, But the Devil Is In the Details.

Some observers are prioritizing maximum housing density, but other residents near the Ashby station are pushing for 100 percent affordability.

By Jean Tepperman

News

MegaBots Liquidates its Assets, Sells Giant Robot on eBay

MegaBots Liquidates its Assets, Sells Giant Robot on eBay

Company that tried to establish a giant robot fighting league concedes that its business model was flawed.

By Chris Barylick

Chronic Town

What Should the Pot Industry Look Like?

What Should the Pot Industry Look Like?

Why didn't we just legalize it, and leave it alone?

By Dan Mitchell

Seven Days

Undersheriff Said Oakland Police Stood Up Deputies at 'Moms 4 Housing' Eviction

Undersheriff Said Oakland Police Stood Up Deputies at 'Moms 4 Housing' Eviction

Plus, Alameda County bans flavored tobacco, and tensions rise after Montclair murder.

By Steven Tavares

Feature

Nickeled and Dymed

Nickeled and Dymed

The collapse of Dionymed Brands, which traded on the stock exchange as DYME, highlights the factors at work in the great cannabis crash.

By Dan Mitchell

Letters

Letters: Dec. 18 - Jan 1

Letters: Dec. 18 - Jan 1

Letters

Letters for the Week of Dec. 11-18

Letters for the Week of Dec. 11-18

Jemele Hill

Zellerbach Hall

Slow Food East Bay’s Cultural Food Traditions Project: Senegal

Kingston 11

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Arts & Culture

Arts Feature

The Provocations of Brontez Purnell

The Provocations of Brontez Purnell

The writer, filmmaker, and dancer is back with a new work at San Francisco's FRESH Festival.

By Lou Fancher

Arts Feature

A Year of Planning, 18 Hours of Shopping

A Year of Planning, 18 Hours of Shopping

It takes a village to stage the annual White Elephant Sale.

By Lou Fancher

Becky Nurse of Salem

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

My Name Is My Own

Chapter 510

Sensitive Guys

Shotgun Players

Savage Love

The Long Game

The Long Game

How do I convince my wife to finally let the threesomes begin?

By Dan Savage

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Food & Drink

Restaurant Review

Staying Saucy in Temescal

Staying Saucy in Temescal

Though the menu at Saucy has its highs and lows, the best dishes prove that Asian fusion, once written off as a trend of the past, is here to stay.

By Katherine Hamilton

Kombucha Brewing Workshop

Bauman College

Slow Food East Bay’s Cultural Food Traditions Project: Senegal

Kingston 11

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Movies

Movie Review

Don’t Drink the Water

Don’t Drink the Water

Nicolas Cage and family go on a rampage in Color Out of Space.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

The Oligarch and the Potentate

The Oligarch and the Potentate

Citizen K is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. So to speak.

By Kelly Vance

Misery

Misery

Ladj Ly's Les Misérables is a furious bulletin from the have-nots.

By Kelly Vance

Desolation Row

Desolation Row

Clemency takes us where we don't want to go, for our own good.

By Kelly Vance

Escape from Death Row

Escape from Death Row

Anti-racism courtroom drama Just Mercy thrives on its characters.

By Kelly Vance

Ford v Ferrari

The Grudge

Joker

Little Women

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Music

Music

Black London, Bringing ‘Voodoo’ Back to the East Bay

Black London, Bringing ‘Voodoo’ Back to the East Bay

Ensemble hopes to keep the sound of Oakland alive.

By Andrew Gilbert

Poppy

Great American Music Hall

Stu Allen & Mars Hotel

Ashkenaz

Koo Koo Kanga Roo

Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music

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