Lou Fancher
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- Sep 2, 2026
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Authors explain why Californians accept inequality (opens the original)
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If income disparity in the U.S. were served as a sandwich, it would be sent back to the kitchen. Instead, creeping lethargy and other forces normalize the inequitable reality of life in 2026. No eyebrows rise when data shows the top 1% of wage earners receive roughly 15% of all income in the country (Gould and Kandra, 2021). The middle class “American Dream” of economic stability and homeownership declines while the rich grow obscenely wealthy and the impoverished increase in number. That imbala
Oakland Theater Project delivers ambitious theater in the East Bay (opens the original)
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Oakland Theater Project (OTP) specializes in productions involving crimes, misdemeanors, courage, collaboration and chutzpah. During the mid-size theater company’s every season since its founding in 2012, crimes of the heart, history, society, governments, nations and the “misdemeanors” of power-hungry monster-leaders play out across stages in the East Bay and beyond. Re-imagined classic works and contemporary premieres clobber expectations and capture hearts. Behind the more uplifting stories,
Cape & Cowl Con showcases Bay Area comics and community (opens the original)
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Everyone knows a kid who spends her entire weekly allowance on comic books, or a child constantly scolded for “doodling” instead of doing homework. Then, there’s the immigrant family in America in which the parents speak only their native language. The children learn English while watching cartoons on television and soon serve as the family’s essential translators. Lastly, there are the countless Black and brown children who wonder if superheroes can be something other than white men with bulgin
Death and Taxes Swing Band brings dancing to the USS Hornet (opens the original)
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Time travel is possible when Death and Taxes Swing Band and guests grace the hangar deck on the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum. Joining forces Aug. 15 for a “South Seas Swing Dance” party, the evening aboard Alameda’s historic aircraft carrier includes live music, swing dancing, food catered by Pacific Fine Foods, a cash bar with tiki drinks and more. The celebration harkens back to Harlem in the 1920s and ’30s, when the West Coast Swing, Charleston, Lindy Hop and other dances were all the
Cece Carpio transforms memory into community art (opens the original)
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For as long as memory serves, visual art has been a means of connection, adaptation and survival for Cece Carpio. Expressed through paper, pencil, ink, acrylic and aerosol paint, or installations that might include sticks, fabric, shoes, bottles, blades, candles and more, the Oakland-based artist/educator tells stories highlighting the dignity of everyday people and others often overlooked. Carpio’s great-grandmother raised her in the Philippines until she joined her parents in the Bay Area at a
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