Salah Sarsour was taken into custody by nearly a dozen US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday in Milwaukee after he left his home. Supporters called for his immediate release on Thursday and his attorneys said he was detained on the grounds that he is a foreign policy threat.
DoKnow, born Daniel Lopez in Los Angeles, is a comedian who torpedoed the glass ceiling by podcasting his relatable, laid-back way of looking at the world.
Keepers of the Steps, the living archive and cultural program at the United Irish Cultural Center dedicated to preserving generations of Bay Area Irish dancers, teachers, and families. Through stories, images, and lived experience, we'll reflect on how dance carries lineage, identity, and community forward.
You will be guided by seasoned paranormal investigators to participate in this evidence-based investigation. Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, give this a go and experience the otherworldly realm.
What we found was just shocking, heart (and) gut-wrenching, just to see, wow, what our students did or what our university did to our own neighbors, our own people. In 1942, Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, which used to be the university's men's gymnasium, was used as a registration center for Japanese Americans in Santa Clara County before they were sent to the incarceration camps.
Hundreds of Muslims gathered in New York's Times Square on Friday, Feb. 20, to break their fast and perform Taraweeh prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. The event, organized for the fifth year by social media personality Wayoflifesq, brought together men and women at the busy intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. As the call to prayer marked the end of the day's fast, participants broke their fast with prayers and chants before performing evening prayers in the square.
The radically inclusive SASV is a secular and service nonprofit that celebrates life, welcomes all people and supports everyone fulfilling their potential. It aims to help people "live better" with inspiring, thought-provoking and practical ideas that help people lead the lives they want; "help often" by encouraging community action and lives of purpose; and, "wonder more" with talks, singing as one, readings and games to connect with each other and world. Most of all, have fun, be nice and join in.
Los Tigres del Norte are ready to greet their loyal Bay Area fans. The famed Mexican norteno act which kickstarted its career in San Jose way back in the mid-1960s brings its La Loteria Tour to San Francisco on Feb. 20. It's your chance to see one of the most important Bay Area bands of all time, one that has attracted fans around the globe with its brand of thoughtful corridos that speak to the Latinx and immigrant experience.
It was less than 24 hours after the news of a horrifying attack at a similar Menorah lighting in Sydney's Bondi Beach reverberated around the globe when Menlo Park's Jewish community gathered in Fremont Park to light the Menorah. Together, those assembled had the victims across the ocean in mind and prayed for them to find healing and comfort. The message of the Menorah has always been the resilience of light, and its message could not have been more relevant for a day which bore such difficult news.
The Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2026. The legendary basketball squad, which was founded in 1926, has been delighting sports fans and families now for a full century. So, you're invited to help the Globetrotters celebrate the occasion when they bring their 100 Years Tour to Northern California. It's your chance to witness one of the most famous sports/entertainment franchises of all time while being amazed by plenty of crazy trick shots, incredible no-look passes and humorous hi-jinks.
Is there anyone who doesn't love magic? You know you're being tricked; but try as you might, you can't figure out how. The only thing you can do is laugh and enjoy it. The Oakland Magic Circle was founded on July 25, 1925, by, among others, Alfred J. Battle, above, who performed under the stage name Professor El-Tab. (photo courtesy of Byron Walker)
The building, designed by Walter Ratcliff, Jr. was declared one of the most beautiful and chaste buildings in the Bay region according to the Berkeley Daily Gazette. Heavenward pointing in its Gothic lines, the architecture, said Dr. Swartz (President of the PSR) was of the most inspiring character. Final plans call for a central tower as the crowning feature of the architectural scheme.
For the first time in 25 years Cha's work is getting a major retrospective, opening Jan. 24 and running until April 19 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, where she once worked (back when it was the University Art Museum) as an art handler and film usher. Titled Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, the exhibit presents more than a hundred pieces of ephemera from her life and work much of it never shown in a museum until now.
The husband-and-wife team of vocalist Jean and drummer Marcus Baylor have mined a rich vein of Black music where jazz, R&B, gospel and fusion coalesce, and the group featured on the Baylor Project's only Bay Area date includes trumpet great Freddie Hendrix and pianist Keith Brown, who's performed widely in the Bay Area with vocalist Jazzmeia Horn and alto sax great Kenny Garrett. Thursday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m. The Freight. $39-$44