Val Kilmer is standing on the stage of the Clay Theater and his microphone won’t work. He slumps over, hanging his arms, the classic representation of comical dejection. From the packed house comes a feminine voice, shouting: “I’m your huckleberry!” Without missing a beat, Kilmer mimes and mouths back: “No,

Looking for answers to the affordable housing crisis we spoke to an expert on preserving safe, legal, and permanent spaces for artists. C.A.S.T is the nonprofit that preserved SF Luggage Store Gallery and got the creative incubator known as CounterPulse a permanent spot.

Last week was the 4th annual OMF (Oakland Music Festival for those that don’t know) and, hot damn, was it an intensely packed week of much of the glorious local music Oakland has to offer.  This year’s festival set up completely different from last year’s event; which was an all

The tent was situated in the middle of a huge empty lot, no signs or reassurance that I wasn’t  about to walk into some American Horror Story scenario.  I started the night of the Bohemian Carnival’s 10 year anniversary party rolling around the deserted industrial bay coast of Alameda until I

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a twice a month column about the horror genre, past, present and future. This edition of Bay of the Living Dead is a little late–I’ve been recuperating from the flu. Thanks to a visit to Dr. Frankenstein, I am healed! Moving forward you can look for this

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a twice-a-month column dedicated to the horror genre, past, present and future. Before there was Showtime’s just cancelled series Penny Dreadful, there was Penny Dreadful’s Shilling Shockers. Penny Dreadful (the character, not the series) is a New England based witch who loves to

We go behind the scenes at BBB with King Louis, aka Bernie Sanders, aka Michelle Bauchman, aka actor and singer Curt Branom, to find out how the performers pull off this incredible variety show night in and night out. On any given night the performers at BBB will do over 120 costume changes per show, and we’re not talking about simply changing hats.

Working actor” is not a term that many understand. When you say the word “actor,” people picture Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts. But an actor’s success isn’t determined by their level of celebrity, but by the integrity of their work.  Many wouldn’t know the names of thousands of working