Celebrating the Guidi Era
With Lustig at the helm, the Oakland Ballet Company honors 50 years of dance this spring.
Read MorePosted by Rita Felciano | May 1, 2015 | Culture |
With Lustig at the helm, the Oakland Ballet Company honors 50 years of dance this spring.
Read MorePosted by Rita Felciano | Aug 1, 2011 | Up Front |
Ever since school let out for summer, 56 underserved middle-school students have been spending their days at Cal Performances’ annual AileyCamp, learning dance and vital life skills—for free—from the pros at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. On Aug. 4, the transformed teens go public with a performance at Cal’s Zellerbach Hall.
Read MorePosted by Rita Felciano | Oct 1, 2010 | Critic's Choice |
Our quintet of culture critics recounts the past glories that underscore the vibrant local arts scene today.
Read MorePosted by Rita Felciano | Dec 1, 2006 | Up Front |
The California Revels invokes the storytelling and spirit of the holidays this year by dancing the quadrille that hails from 18th-century France and telling the story of backcountry hunters who make a deal with the devil.
Read Moreby Rita Felciano | Feature |
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Rita Felciano | Feature |
by Rita Felciano | Feature |
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.