East Bay Express

The East Bay Express, established in 1978, is a weekly newspaper located in Oakland. It caters to the communities of Berkeley, Oakland, and the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay. The newspaper is distributed every Wednesday across Alameda County and certain areas of Contra Costa County.

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Seven Mirrors gallery reflects community

2 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

Oakland-based artist Stacey Goodman’s multidisciplinary work can be described with any number of words. Even so, words fail to capture his broad portfolio and the vision that spurred him to found Seven Mirrors, a new, public-facing art studio/gallery. Launched in March 2024, the enterprise is housed across from Swan’s Market on Ninth Street in a gorgeous brick building in Old Town Oakland.
Aurora Theatre’s 'Crumbs' triumphs despite last-minute setback

2 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

If the phrase, “the show must go on,” was ever supremely apropos, it was May 4 at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. Faced with the lead actor falling ill during a run of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs From the Table of Joy, the previous night’s production had been forced to cancel.
Collisionville merges punk roots with Americana

2 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

On To Wit:, the new album from Collisionville, the Bay Area trio continues to merge various strains of American music—folk, blues, country, R&B, ragtime and more—into their own unique style. The group has been together for 20 years, experiencing the usual ups and downs of an indie outfit. “We started out as a post-punk band, with none of the rootsy stuff,” said Stephen Pride, the band’s lead singer, guitarist and producer. “Our original drummer, M. E.
Social Eyes: Week of May 15-21

2 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

THURSDAY, MAY 15ELECTRONICIn 1992, the world received a chart-topping existentialist philosophy packaged with a dance beat: “You must be blind/if you can’t see/the gaping hole called reality,” Stereo MC’s sang in their breakout hit, “Connected.” Formed in the mid-’80s, the U.K. duo channeled their shared love of early hip-hop, funk and electronic music into a DIY empire over the next few years, pressing their own vinyl and co-founding their own label, Gee Street Records.
Alameda chef John Thiel returns with Pizzeria Pappo

2 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

Chef John Thiel makes two kinds of pies at Pizzeria Pappo. Alamedans enjoyed Thiel’s cooking for nearly two decades at his previous restaurant, Pappo, which closed in early 2022. When we spoke on the phone, Thiel told me that the community was very supportive of Pappo during the pandemic. But coming out of it, he recalled, “We all were pretty exhausted because we worked straight through it.” This resulted in emotional and physical fatigue for everyone on staff.
Free Will Astrology: Week of May 14

2 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

ARIES (March 21-April 19): What may appear to be slow or static is actually moving. The developing changes are imperceptible from day to day, but incrementally substantial. So please maintain your faith in the diligent, determined approach. Give yourself pep talks that renew your deeply-felt motivation. Ignore the judgment and criticism of people who have no inkling of how hard you have been working. In the long run, you will prove that gradual progress can be the most enduring.
Local bands take center stage at free Tenderloin Music Festival

3 days ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

Music festival season is upon us. And while the Bay Area has a few to offer, Guillermo Goyri of Psyched! Radio is presenting the second Tenderloin Music & Arts Festival—given to the people at no cost. That’s right it’s FREE, no strings attached. Daytime shows will be held at Dodge Alley, Civic Center Plaza and The Phoenix Hotel on May 16–May 18, with a selection of evening shows at Edinburgh Castle and Kozy Kar.
Spicing up our lives

1 week ago | eastbayexpress.com | Janis Hashe

Both the use and the mystique of spices goes back centuries. Ancient Egyptians used spices such as coriander, cumin, myrrh, frankincense, cinnamon and ginger in cooking, as well as mummification. The ancient Chinese developed the classic “five-spice blend” of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seeds, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns. In Africa, spices such as pepper, cardamom, cumin and ginger were used as currency, as well as in cooking.
Bar Shiru and Gold Palm amplify Oakland's Uptown

1 week ago | eastbayexpress.com | Jeffrey Edalatpour

Daniel Gahr and Shirin Raza are co-owners of Bar Shiru and, since last fall, Gold Palm, which opened in Palmetto’s former space. Raza is the general manager of both establishments, and Gahr is the creative director. Before they opened Bar Shiru, Gahr worked at Pandora. The offices are nearby in the uptown/downtown neighborhoods. They chose to open a bar there because they loved the musical energy, the overall nightlife and the general feeling of hospitality.
Social Eyes: Week of May 8-14

1 week ago | eastbayexpress.com | Samantha Campos

THURSDAY, MAY 8ROCKChicago-based trio French Police has quietly become a cult favorite in the underground post-punk scene, weaving dreamy synths and melancholy vocals into a sound they call “sad disco.” Fronted by Brian Flores, the band formed in 2019 and quickly gained traction with their self-titled debut, earning comparisons to Cold Cave and Joy Division.