Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice Tour returns to the stage to celebrate the season, live and in-person! Once again, acoustic music lovers can celebrate the winter solstice and its warm traditions…
A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003–2020 (memoir) by David Sedaris A window into humorist David Sedaris’ mind and full access to his diaries is as entertaining as you would expect,…
By Heather Freyer– Bartender Ash Haussermann, who is a member of our LGBTQ community and is the drink duchess at Instagram, is the lead bartender at Sally Can Wait in…
By Julie Peri– Antique door hardware can be beautiful and ornate. But when you move into an old home, sometimes that hardware has been painted over, hiding the beauty and…
By Joanie Juster– There’s something about autumn that lends itself to reflecting on the past. So this issue’s items are largely about history, remembrance, and, of course, ways you can…
By Patrik Gallineaux– When I was almost three years old, my mother tells me she came upon me one day pretending to fish with a toy pole in the creek…
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– Five years ago, Evan Minton, a Sacramento-area transgender man, scheduled a hysterectomy as part of his gender confirmation surgery to be performed by his…
By Dr. Tim Seelig– Home for the holidays—these four words conjure up a variety of thoughts, different for everyone. Maybe for you they conjure up a movie, a television show,…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– At the November 9, 2021, Oakland Public Safety meeting, the Committee voted unanimously to forward the proposed ordinance introduced by me and coauthored…
Donna Sachet– The Academy’s third annual Legends Awards ceremony took place last Friday at the Swedish American Hall and nearly 200 people showed up to celebrate and socialize, including Jan…
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