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Johnny Depp, Margaret Cho & Thousands of Atheists Descend on DC for the Reason Rally
Guest post by Joe DeLong Religious conservatives Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry all believed their god wanted them to be President this year. They’ve all since dropped out of the race as a giant oompa loompa with a reverse comb over leads their party off a cliff. Does
Berkeley Curiosity Shop, The Bone Room, Is Closing its Doors
I’m all for evolution but in the grand scheme of things I would be pretty happy with a more sloth-like pace. It was this reality that I was made to deal with when The Bone Room announced yesterday via Facebook that on June 1, 2016 they will be shuttering the
We’ve got the hookup on La Cocina’s “Voices from the Kitchen” featuring Chef Gabrielle Hamilton
Voices from the Kitchen is a storytelling project from La Cocina that seeks to share the voices and stories from the cooks and kitchens that are less often heard. The event is a twice-yearly performance that revolves around (and includes) food and drink on a singular topic or theme. The
Passover vs Easter: A showdown of Biblical Proportions
The springtime holidays are upon us. Shortly after the vernal equinox we have Easter Sunday and a few weeks later we have the beginning of Passover. Some years they even overlap. Like 50% of young Jews in America I come from an interfaith family so I’ve had the opportunity to
What to Do When There’s a Terrorist Attack Far Away
A day that begins with several explosions that leave tens of people dead and hundreds wounded is a bad day. Today, the bad day was in Brussels. I’m not there, but several of my friends are. They were lucky to have escaped mostly unharmed, but it was a scary and tense morning.
Mills College Adjunct Professors Win Best in Nation Job Protections
Via – Nato Green (Oakland, CA) – Mills College adjunct professors ratified their first ever three-year agreement on Friday, March 18. The new agreement makes significant progress in job security, recruitment & retention of quality professors, and fair compensation. Among the major gains in the three-year contract: *Best-in-the-nation gains on
Here’s your chance to see Mynabirds perform @ Noise Pop’s Swedish American Hall!
After touring the world as a member of the Postal Service in 2013, Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) took a year to get lost. She drove across the US twice, toured South Africa solo, made her first solo appearance in London, and trekked all over Europe with William Faulkner’s words ringing