The Lisjan fire creation story comes to Fairyland's 70-year-old puppet theater, with a Native Community Day planned for November.

The West Oakland blues landmark says a lost back patio wiped out 60 percent of its business overnight.

Mario Van Peebles appeared with his son at Oakland's 24th Film Festival, where Contagious was featured.

Festival Opera's first resident artists take the stage Sept. 27, with a fall series capped by a premiere about a deported asylum seeker.

Studio 880 in Jingletown hosted Beyoncé and Iggy Pop before Stick Figure and Ineffable Records purchased it in 2016 — now it's back on the market for the same price.

The JC Smith Band headlines Mt. Eden Mansion's free concert finale Sunday, following a show that drew over 1,200 fans in August.

A 34-year-old artist with a black top hat and 272,000 Instagram fans has turned Keller Beach into his overnight studio.

Fans lined up at 914 Grayson Street hoping to snag Jurassic Park jeeps and Star Wars relics from Phil Tippett's shuttered studio.

More than 60 original works, including Girl With Balloon, arrive in a brand-new basement gallery called The Henry J. Underground.

Marionettes from L.A.'s Bob Baker Theater join Oakland's own puppeteers at Lake Merritt for two days of shows and backstage tours.

The Western Railway Museum's new exhibit reunites BART's only complete surviving three-car train, saved from a 660-car scrapping.

Chris Thile, Blake Mills and a chamber orchestra join pianist Brad Mehldau for one night only at the historic Paramount Theatre.

The Womack Sisters play the historic Greek Theatre Saturday, years after driving Uber to pay rent in LA.