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Thelonious Monk: a life rediscovered
At the Eastside Arts Alliance, historian Robin D. G. Kelley speaks about his new book examining the life of pianist Thelonious Monk, and upends the myth of Monk as a reclusive jazz genius.
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City buffer zone, separating abortion patients from protesters, faces lawsuit...
Oakland, like some other cities, requires right-to-life protesters to keep a certain distance from women entering or leaving abortion clinics. But clinic escorts--those who accompany women past the...
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Film on former Panther Richard Aoki debuts
Five years in the making, the documentary "Aoki," about the Asian-American activist who was one of the original Black Panther leaders, premieres Thursday night at Oakland's Grand Lake Theater.
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Study charges some streets are “dangerous by design”
On 64 year-old Karen Smulevitz's stretch of 73d Avenue, just trying to cross the street is "an adventure," she says. A new national report says that although Alameda County scores comparatively well...
View ArticleOakland moves forward in bid to host World Cup games
Oakland is one step closer to being chosen as the site for a future World Cup Series soccer match, that is, if the Federation Internationale de Football Association picks the US as a host country for...
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Thrift stores mark World AIDS Day with free HIV tests
Out of the Closet, a chain of second-hand stores, marked Tuesday's World AIDS day by offering on-the-spot HIV tests at all its locations, including the five Bay Area shops. "In a clinic setting,...
View Article12/07/09 Monday
Coming up later this week: Oakland North’s Lilly Mongeau and Laurel Moorhead follow an Oakland Unified School District lunch from finish to start, examining “natural flavors,” visiting an assembly...
View Article12/08/09 Tuesday
Hey hey Oakland North, Quick updates for the day: Elgin Garret, 45, was arrested today for kidnapping and robbery. The OPD posted a photo of Garret yesterday during a robbery at an ATM machine in North...
View ArticleStudent perspective: Neo-liberalism — how one wonky economic term just won’t...
Journalism graduate student Puck Lo writes about her encounters with neo-liberalism around the world and here on the UC Berkeley campus.
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In Oakland, it’s easier to buy booze than bananas
Angela Bass, Puck Lo, Diana Montaño, Special to OaklandNorth Anyone who has shopped for food in a poor urban neighborhood, in Oakland or elsewhere, knows how it goes: Twenty varieties of malt liquor,...
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