May is still Asian-American Pacific Heritage Month despite the Orange Domestic Terrorist’s efforts to wipe the celebration from public memory.  While the better films and tv series on Hulu this month come from Japan and South Korea and don’t feature Asian-American talent, at least their existence shows that Asian pop

KQED Headquarters, San Francisco – A two-day festival of ideas, innovations, and conversations with some of America’s most impactful journalists and thinkers was interrupted Thursday, with a breaking news announcement that President Trump issued an executive order to cease all federal funding to NPR and PBS. The announcement came as

This March 27-29th thousands of people will gather at the Bioneers Conference – now situated in Berkeley at Zellerbach Hall and in various Downtown Berkeley venues

We all know the first couple weeks of Trump’s Presidency have been a whirlwind of inflammatory headlines, reckless declarations, and probing attacks on US trade partners and Federal institutions. And many of my liberal friends are worried, stressed, and depressed. And this is what I tell them to give some

How much of what happened on January 6 is behind us, and how much of it lingers in the shadows, ready to reemerge?

To this day, Monkeybrains continues to support the 50+ sites that they built during those phases at zero cost to the City.

If you’ve ever lived abroad, the comedy of globe-trotting Desmond ‘Des’ Bishop will strike a chord. Despite having the perhaps the blackest sounding name in comedy, Bishop looks like John Slattery from Mad Men, and talks with a Queens NY accent, in an Irish cadence. Bishop was born in Queens,

Call the Fall 2024 programs at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) demonstrations of the possibilities of the cinematic medium.  There is nothing inherently wrong in watching a movie just to be entertained.  (This writer would add the caveat that the entertainment would have to be done well,