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Writer Orlean to discuss new memoir ‘Joyride’ next week in Oakland hills
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (634+ words) Everyday commonalities and the anomalies burrowing within them are like catnip to best-selling writer Susan Orlean. The author of 12 award-winning books (among them, “The Orchid Thief,” “The Library Book,” “Saturday Night” and her new memoir “Joyride”) is a regular columnist…...
Sports writer Art Spander reflects on his hall of fame career
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (461+ words) his vision and struggles to walk. But he keeps writing with a big assist from his wife. Spander has had...greatest moments in sports history. His sports writing career has spanned some 65 years. “I got to go...to write. “Why…...
Alameda’s Masha Ellsworth mastermind behind Pixar’s short film ‘Bound’
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (791+ words) Ukrainian-American storyteller Masha Martynenko Ellsworth’s new short film, “Bound,” is a fresh retelling of a well-known Ukrainian folk song, “Nese Halia Vodu” (“Galya Carries Water”). The Alameda-based independent filmmaker and lead technical director at Pixar Animation Studios presents a pebble-size…...
Get your spontaneity on with classes at Alameda’s new Improv Central
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (589+ words) Comedians like the late Robin Williams have relied on their finely honed improvisational skills to take audiences on a laughter journey at comedy clubs for decades. What many don’t realize, though, is that these very same techniques can be put…...
Con artist-turned good guy Abagnale to speak Sept. 30 in Walnut Creek
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (499+ words) Emma Mayta Canales l Contra Costa Youth Journalism Frank Abagnale, a former con artist who turned into a respected authority on fraud detection and cybersecurity for the FBI, will be the featured speaker Sept. 30 in this season’s seventh installment of…...
Legendary animator has puppy love for new character
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (578+ words) Call it a tale of life imitates art. That’s kind of how it worked out for Jamy Wheless, an animator who’s brought big screen characters to life — from Yoda to the Hulk to Davy Jones and his beard of tentacles…...
Roblox curbs on ‘sensitive’ games criticized by advocacy groups
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (428+ words) calling Roblox’s policy “a step backward for both creative expression and social justice.” The groups are...
Pulitzer-winning author Everett to discuss novel ‘James’ in East Bay
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (536+ words) Though millions of people have read Mark Twain’s classic American “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” novel, most folks have not read it 15 times in a row. Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning writer Percival Everett did exactly that, though, while preparing…...
The Gift of Conversation In Any Language
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See global music icon Angélique Kidjo on Oct. 9 at The Freight in Berkeley
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (737+ words) Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage (aka “The Freight”) will feature five-time Grammy Award-winner and global music icon Angélique Kidjo when its annual benefit concert returns Oct. 9 this year. Golden State of Song, The Freight’s “flagship arts integration program” according to its website…...