The respected music director passed away on Aug. 20.
Category: Arts & Community
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East Bay Afghan residents process grief amid rush to resettle refugees
In addition to transportation, immigration, and housing, mental health services are needed by many fleeing the Taliban.
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This week in Oakland: a market at Storefront Records, ‘paint and sip’ at Lake Merritt and a bulky pickup party
Other events include a resource fair at Frank Ogawa Plaza, and a comedy show at Mad Oak.
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A shop owner in the Dimond district imagines: ‘What if everything was free?’
Oakland artist Jocelyn Meggait started Free Oakland UP to discourage unnecessary waste and challenge the culture of excessive consumerism.
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From underground anonymity to national acclaim: the life and art of Steve “Zumbi” Gaines
A dynamic presence in the Bay Area hip-hop community for over two decades, the prolific Zion-I rapper was remembered during a Sunday celebration.
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OMCA’s ‘Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism’ is a story of survival
The Oakland museum’s latest exhibit melds historical and current works by Black artists into a tapestry of color and sound.
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Damien McDuffie sees augmented reality as the future for preserving Oakland stories
His app, Black Terminus, is currently paying homage to the Black Panthers, with more to come.
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Fundraiser honors Steve “Zumbi” Gaines of Zion I
Gaines, who lived in Oakland, died at Berkeley’s Alta Bates Hospital early Friday morning.
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This week in Oakland: Outdoor movies at Jack London Square, picnic on Telegraph, and open mic at the Queer Arts Center
Other events include remembering Shock G and a walk down memory lane through West Oakland’s 7th Street corridor.
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Artist David Huffman pays tribute to his activist mother
In the Berkeley Art Center’s first solo show in six years, David Huffman honors his mother, Dolores Davis, who picketed against racism in the streets of Oakland and made psychedelic, otherworldly pastel drawings at home.