The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture & Commerce
Top photographer Cindy Sherman has served as her own model for more than three decades, posing as myriad characters in front of her camera, from sexy starlet to clown to aging socialite. Monthly co-editor Autumn Stephens scopes out the SFMOMA retrospective that opens this month and reports back on why Sherman’s work, over 30 years into her trailblazing career, is hotter than ever.
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The Summer of Gertrude Stein is in full swing, with major exhibits at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Jewish Museum focused on the avant-garde writer, Parisian expatriate, and Picasso collector who grew up in—of all places—Oakland. Our co-editor Autumn Stephens, author of the Wild Women book series, takes a look at the East Bay origins of the girl who grew up to be, as she liked to proclaim, “a genius.”
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Art therapy doesn’t cure cancer. Ditto for yoga, meditation, acupuncture, hypnosis, support groups, or drumming circles. Monthly co-editor Autumn Stephens explains why people living with cancer are seeking out these and other complementary practices—not instead of the classic Western surgery-radiation-chemo trifecta, but in addition.
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Oakland’s Pan Theater offers comedy improv classes for would-be stars, and good times for all. Albert & Eve Organics delivers farm-fresh fruits and veggies to your doorstep. Bohemian Nefeli Caffe, located near the U.C. Berkeley campus, hosts literary events left and right. Remember Bo Derek? Berkeley’s Lounge Nail Spa revives the “perfect 10.” Shop Talk alternates monthly with Bay Tripping.
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This month’s Shop Talk offers the latest on local shops, getaways, and services: Ifshin Violins, StressCare, Harbin Hot Springs, and Castello di Amorosa. Shop Talk alternates monthly with Bay Tripping.
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Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
The pandemic created the urgency for many East Bay families to set up an estate plan. Richmond Estate Planning Attorney, Sara Diamond answers questions about wills, trusts, powers of attorney and advance health care directives.
Jacomena van Huizen Maybeck’s life began in 1901 on a Javanese sugar plantation and ended ninety-five years later in her house in the Berkeley hills. I met her in 1977, as my boyfriend and I followed the rumors of a unique cottage for rent. From the time of our first...
Ray Darten means for its color clothing to be worn.
A Cal psychologist has a simple prescription for race relations.