FOLLOW US
Midcentury meets modern
Oakland’s Narrative is a hotspot for Bay Area vintage lovers. The vintage design collective brings together more than 35 vintage dealers specializing in midcentury modern pieces, fine art, home decor and antiques.
For two years, Narrative has occupied...
Richmond’s Les Lunes elevates grapes with natural ascent
Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig have come a long way since shoveling grapes through a basement window in Orinda. Walking into the Les Lunes facility in Richmond makes that clear. High ceilings and climate-controlled storage rooms house...
Asawa’s art revealed in SFMOMA retrospective
In a fourth floor gallery at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, two women stand transfixed. Gazing upward at a hanging sculpture made with galvanized steel wire and lit by a diffuse spotlight that casts a...
Channeling an indomitable spirit
At 95, Dolores Huerta could rest on her laurels with no reproaches. Labor leader, tireless fighter for immigrant rights and civil rights, as well as feminist,...
West Edge Opera Presents Its Summer of the Supernovas
Cellist Jacqueline du Pré died at 42 of complications from multiple sclerosis. But during her brief, brilliant life, she was “a supernova,” said Marnie Breckenridge, the...
Hope is homegrown
I walk by a row of sweetgum trees on my way to work. This time of year, the sidewalk is still scattered with their spiky seed...
Bringing home the bacon
Money is emotional. It carries baggage—shaped by our earliest memories, our missteps and sometimes real trauma. Fear, guilt and shame often shape financial decisions. And financial...
