By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– September is the month that Pride comes to Oakland. It is the month when Oakland gets to focus and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community…
Dear Readers and Beloved Community, As the vibrant City of Oakland gears up for an extraordinary weekend of love, acceptance, and pride, we extend a warm welcome to all of…
By Gary M. Kramer– Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, opening September 8 in the Bay Area, is trans writer/director Aitch Alberto’s superb adaptation of the award-winning…
By Jan Wahl– Oppenheimer joins Barbie as they take the box office by storm. Nobody expected the movie about America’s blonde doll and her hunky boyfriend Ken to join up…
By Jewelle Gomez– A lot of attention has been showered on the film Barbie, and deservedly so. It’s a lot like its director Greta Gerwig: smart, funny, and feminist. I’ve…
By Kate Brown, Ph.D.– It’s hard to imagine that Summer 2023 is almost at a close. In August, some members of Dykes on Bikes, as well as friends from other…
Michele Karlsberg: In The Lede to Our Undoing, Donald Mengay takes us to 1970s rust-belt America. It was the era of civil rights, women’s rights, and gay rights, and saw…
Only This Beautiful Moment (fiction – hardbound) by Abdi Nazemian From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping tale of three generations of boys: an out…
Photos by Rink and Juan R. Davila San Francisco Bay Times lead photographer Rink and volunteer coordinator Juan R. Davila made their way to U.N. Plaza to observe and participate…
By Debra Morris– Apples are some of the first fall fruits to arrive for the season—with some varieties arriving as early as August. However, farmers say that the wet winter…
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