.Arts & Culture

Coco Chanel’s famous aphorism, “Fashion changes, style remains,” is as true as ever. Images from bygone eras often include one person clad in an outfit that stands the test of time. Here are three very different East Bay...

Over the past 12 years with her studio team at Ink Dwell, Jane Kim has painted dozens of larger-than-life monarch butterflies, 270 different types of birds, entire coastal ecosystems and an endless array of illustrations for cities,...

Jubu Smith has made a career out of applying his considerable talents to the creative pursuits of other artists. The Oakland-born guitarist got his start in church, honed his craft and landed gigs working with some of...

When husband-and-wife team Sage and Tari Loring started their arts consultancy agency, Local Edition Creative, the vision for their company wasn’t fully formed. It didn’t matter. They had been sketching it out, year by year, with the...

“When you do aerial, you’re doing something that you think is impossible,” says Drago Nesa, entrepreneur, international circus performer and longest-body-burn-while-hanging-from-their-teeth world record holder. “And when a person can conquer their ability to do the impossible, they...

Elizabeth Rosner‘s new book, Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening, is by no means a prescriptive, how-to, self-help book. But it could be. Focused on listening and hearing, the Berkeley-based writer remembers and...

Out of the ashes of a groundbreaking Bay Area music collective comes another group. Musically different but built upon the same creative values, Daggerboard is forward-looking and rooted in tradition. And at the same time, its founder...