Oakland FamilySearch Library Helps Would-be Genealogists Trace Their Roots
Oakland’s FamilySearch Library at the Mormon Temple helps people find their people in a state-of-the-art setting.
January 15, 2015
Shebooks Publishes Books by Women for Women
Shebooks, a new digital publisher, hopes to give women readers what they want, the way they want it: short e-books, all by women, which can be downloaded and read in an hour or two.
January 6, 2015
Rusty Blazenhoff is the Queen of Kitsch
The Alameda resident captures the zeitgeist of now—and back then.
December 8, 2014
Rusty Blazenhoff is the Queen of Kitsch
Rusty Blazenhoff captures the zeitgeist of now—and back then.
December 2, 2014
She’s Jamming in Dallas
Amanda Jamitinya brings it on in the Roller Derby World Cup.
December 1, 2014
She’s Jamming in Dallas
Amanda Jamitinya brings it on in the Roller Derby World Cup.
December 1, 2014
Gathering for the Arts Pops Up in the East Bay
Alameda resident Yollanda Gonzales started hosting an art salon in her apartment every month last year until her audience outgrew her space. Now she holds her salon in various places around the East Bay, as a pop-up venue that may move its location but doesn’t lose its vibe.
October 2, 2014
Julia Park Tracey Appointed Alameda Poet Laureate
Alameda has a new poet laureate, the second it the city’s history: Julia Park Tracey. Tracey, 51, is an award-winning writer, editor, journalist, and activist who was appointed in September to a two-year term in the honorary position.
October 2, 2014
