Kaiser Auditorium Renovation Underway
Emeryville’s Orton Development gets the go-ahead to mastermind the revival of the 101-year-old venue that’s been dormant for a decade.
Diana Gameros Can’t Say No
Pluck and good luck are trademark traits of the Berkeley-based singer-songwriter with a gift for innovation and collaboration.
Alameda, Post-Punk Paradise
How did our Mayberry by the Bay become a mecca for so many misfits, outcasts, and rebels?
Tiffany Austin Seeks a Soulful Path
A Berkeley law school graduate gives her singing a career a chance in her search for a more soul-filled existence.
Brandon Biggs Won’t Let Sightlessness Interfere With Opera
A Cal State University, East Bay bass/baritone lands in Milan, where he is connecting Italians and international students through a website he created.
How Midnight Cinema is Bypassing the Record Industry
Oakland pop rockers Midnight Cinema has a new business model for getting its music out, and at the moment it doesn’t involve major recording studios or record labels.
Tina Blaine Inspires Dance and Drumming at Rhythmix
Better known as “Bean,” this drumming and dance phenomena takes her students on percussive tours of African and Middle East from the confines of Rhythmix Cultural Works.
And Now, the Linen Guitar
The lightweight instruments are perfect for traveling, sound great, and have roots traced back to Oakland.
Fantastic Negrito Earns the Limelight
Xavier Dphrepaulezz is an Oakland musician whose star seems to be rising, thanks to beating out 7,000 other contestants from around the world for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert Contest.”
Toro Y Moi’s What For? Is More Alt, Less Chill
The Internet’s hottest electronic pop artist Toro Y Moi (real name Chaz Bundick) talks about his April 7 release and life the East Bay.
