ARTS & CULTURE
Oakland

Acclaimed artist Binta Ayofemi, who aims to transform vacant buildings in the Bay Area into centers for Black culture and art, faces accusations of owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent.

Oakland-based DJ Erika Kayne leaves an impressive legacy as a transcendent artist and dublab resident, while the world mourns her loss.

The fifth annual incarnation of Oakland's Drunken Film Fest will show no less than 74 independent short movies over six nights, with showings taking place at a different bar each night from Sunday, Oct. 9 through Friday, Oct. 14.

The dream to turn an almost century-old movie theater near the eastern side of Lake Merritt in Oakland into the first-ever cannabis-friendly movie house is on hold, but it is apparently still in the works.

Called “Seize the Time,” the Oakland Museum of California’s upcoming exhibit will be curated around the influence of Angela Davis and includes over 130 pieces organized into four sections, each one themed around a specific topic around her advocacy work.

Friday night is opening night for Crybaby, which fills the big shoes and big neon guitar sign of the Uptown Nightclub.