Commuters Grimmace and Bear Transit Fare Hikes
July 2, 2009 – 5:41 pm | No Comment

by SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE BART commuters said the 25 cent fare raise that went into effect yesterday is unlikely to change their habits, even if they don’t like it.

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Beauteous bike art
March 27, 2009 – 1:27 pm | No Comment
Beauteous bike art

My friend Chris McNally is an illustrator who lives in San Francisco and loves riding, racing, fixing and collecting bikes. (It’s almost bordering on obsession.) Lately, he has been making these screen prints of vintage …

Finger-picking guitar down at Lake Merritt
March 17, 2009 – 1:05 pm | No Comment
Finger-picking guitar down at Lake Merritt

By Dara Kerr/Oakland North

I went down to Lake Merritt last weekend with my friend Jack Woodruff to shoot this audio-profile video of him working his recession-time gig as a street musician. He has played acoustic …

Time Travel in Emeryville: The Factory Party
March 9, 2009 – 5:48 pm | 8 Comments
Time Travel in Emeryville: The Factory Party

by Carlos Davalos / Oakland North
Photos by Howard Hsu / Oakland North

A congregation of look-alike Andy Warhols is not something that happens often. But on Friday March 6, in an Emeryville warehouse that …

“Rock, Paper, Scissors” churns art with recycling
December 3, 2008 – 2:00 pm | 5 Comments
“Rock, Paper, Scissors” churns art with recycling

The Telegraph Avenue collective, part of this Friday’s Art Murmur, keeps re-inventing itself: gallery, school, champion of re-use. Click here for the story.

Korean Americans find roots in traditional drumming
November 22, 2008 – 1:25 am | 2 Comments
Korean Americans find roots in traditional drumming

by KRISTINE WONG
The first time Amie Kim heard traditional Korean drumming, the beats went straight to her heart. At 20 years old, the Korean adoptee — raised in the Minneapolis suburbs since the age of …

At “GO!,” and for Peralta, artists make happy mess
November 13, 2008 – 5:28 pm | 3 Comments
At “GO!,” and for Peralta, artists make happy mess

Let eight artists loose on a very tight deadline (eight minutes!) for a very good cause–and OK, there’s some mess to clean up afterward. Click here for the story.

City’s oddest supplies shop facing hard times too
October 23, 2008 – 10:21 am | 2 Comments
City’s oddest supplies shop facing hard times too

There’s only one store in Oakland that might carry embalming fluid, doll parts, and toilet paper rolls–and economic hard times have landed here, too. Click here for the story and audio slides.

Friends of newly-reopened art center fret over its future
October 13, 2008 – 6:31 pm | 2 Comments
Friends of newly-reopened art center fret over its future

After a $10 million renovation, North Oakland’s reopened Studio One is still waiting for the community to come back at full strength. Click here for the story and a historic timeline of the century-old building.

A celebration of Latino art, health and community
September 16, 2008 – 3:01 pm | One Comment
A celebration of Latino art, health and community

By MAGGIE FAZELI FARD
SEPT. 6 —  A short stretch of 58th street in North Oakland was alive with the sights, sounds and smells of Latin America this morning as local artisans lined the sun-bleached curb with …