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This week in Oakland: an outdoor Valkyries watch party, and singer songwriter Laura Anglade at Yoshi’s
It’s time to enjoy the Town’s jam-packed roster of events before El Niño comes our way. You can check out live music with shows at Yoshi’s and Thee Stork Club, and if you’re looking for Halloween and Day of the Dead events, we got you. Look for a roundup dedicated to these two popular holidays on Wednesday.
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Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival
Last Saturday, the haunted halls of Balboa Theater in Outer Richmond reveled in tales of bloodsuckers from ghastly to heartwarming, as the 100-year-old theater played host to the International Vampire Film Festival. Organized by Kai Wada Roath as part of his Super Shangri-La Show film series, the all-day celebration featured...
East Bay Express
Berkeley retrospective spotlights Hong Kong New Wave
For stateside fans of foreign films, the so-called Hong Kong New Wave began approximately when director Ann Hui’s Boat People opened in U.S. movie houses in the early 1980s. The rising tide of new names, fresh faces and Hollywood-style production values created by the British Crown Colony’s filmmakers swept into American urban theater screens where once the Shaw Brothers and cheap “chop-socky” grindhouse fare ruled. Before the eager eyes of cinéaste hipsters and film bookers, Hong Kong was growing up.
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Oakland Post: Week of October 14 – 20, 2026
To enlarge your view of this issue, use the slider, magnifying glass icon or full page icon in the lower right corner of the browser window. Oakland Post: Week of October 7 – 13, 2026 — Oakland Post: Week of October 7 – 13, 2026. By. To...
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Black Panther Party Marks 60 Years of Black History
Sixty years later, the Black Panther Party’s impact reaches far beyond the history books. Founded in Oakland, California, in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, the Black Panther Party became one of the most influential organizations of the Black Power movement. While its black berets and...
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Photos: See what People’s Park student dorm looks like with facade in place
UC Berkeley’s 1,100-bed dorm at People’s Park is taking shape. The university recently finished installing the facade at Judith E. Heumann House, the centerpiece of a controversial project that is bringing student and affordable housing to the long-contested patch of land, a symbol of Berkeley’s progressive history and the former site of activism, homeless encampments and mutual aid.
Daily Californian
‘Past, present and future’: Library mural bridges Indigenous history, political activism, diversity
On a warm day last summer, Hannah Pae stood on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue with two Berkeley High School students, gazing up at the People’s Park mural, “A People’s History of Telegraph Avenue.”. Pae, an artist and landscape designer, pointed out how each...
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El Cerrito Library tour reveals crowded building in disrepair; task force assigned to find a solution
Signs of age are everywhere at the El Cerrito Library. Only two windows open, and there’s no air conditioning. Bloated linoleum tiles adhere to the floor with duct tape. The building has closed midday several times in recent years because of unsafe temperatures. “We sign forms every year acknowledging...
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‘Magic Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Live at Berkeley (First Show)’ Arrives Tonight
The Jimi Hendrix video channel hosted a one-time live screening of the 1971 film Jimi Plays Berkeley on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. A new live album, Magic Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Live at Berkeley (First Show), arrives tonight, Friday, Oct. 16. The screening showed a longer...
Alameda Post
Famous Comedian Phyllis Diller Called Alameda ‘Home’
In 2009, historian Ron Ucovich made a very special trip to the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood, Brentwood. Phyllis Diller lived there and had offered the Alameda Museum her organ, but left the shipping up to the museum. Ron got in his truck and drove to Phyllis’s home. He not only picked up the organ but one of her dresses as well. The museum displays both of these cherished items in a special exhibit that features the Alameda housewife who became a pioneer comedian.
Pleasanton Weekly
News Digest: No Kings Vote Early Family Fair | Halloween scavenger hunt | Oktoberfest and SmokeFest
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Indivisible Tri-Valley is hosting a free No Kings: Vote Early Family Fair this Saturday, as part of a national day of action, at Emerald Glen Park in Dublin from 2-4 p.m. Non-partisan voter registration, guidance on early voting and ballot safety information will be...
SFGate
BCNARTS: Best Bets: Judy Collins Brings Farewell Tour To Berkeley
Judy Collins, one of the more acclaimed and influential singers/musicians in folk music history, has embarked on a farewell tour that lands in Berkeley this weekend. Despite releasing more than 50 albums over a six-decade career and her dogged involvement with a variety of social causes, she remains best known for two hits that were not-particularly-rabble-rousing covers of others' songs: "Both Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell) and "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim).
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Oakland Public Conservatory of Music celebrates 20 years and founding Director Angela Wellman's retirement
Music educator and scholar Angela Wellman, Ph.D. wanted to make music education accessible to adults and youth, especially Black and brown youth. So she founded the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music back in 2005. For just over 20 years, this musician, originally from Kansas City, has been impacting the creative spirits of Bay Area artists. Now, Angela Wellman is retiring, buut she’s going out on a big celebration. The Oakland Public Conservatory of Music is hosting a gala on Saturday, October 24, at the Downtown Oakland Science Academy. Angela talks about what led her to launching the conservatory and what's next for her.