Erin Baldassari
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Past articles by Erin:
Setting Down Roots in Oakland
In 1997, when the ongoing civil war in his native Burma made it impossible for him to continue working, Sein Win knew it was time... → Read More
Sick Fest: A Lesson in 'Sick Woman Theory'
One day in late 2014, when demonstrators were spilling out into streets across the country to declare that Black lives matter, author and activist Johanna... → Read More
St. Andrews Plaza: More than a Triangle
Locals call it Triangle Park. At less than a quarter-acre, bounded by San Pablo Avenue and 32nd and Filbert streets, the concrete plaza is officially... → Read More
East Bay Old School
Known as much today for its gritty DIY spaces as its elegant performances venues, the East Bay's entertainment scene has always catered to an eclectic... → Read More
Getting into Arboreal's Headspace
It's easy to tune out the rest of the world when listening to Arboreal's intricately arranged electronic tracks. The songs build up and then strip... → Read More
The Kinkification of the East Bay
For the uninitiated, the small gathering of fewer than a dozen people at the Albatross Pub in Berkeley last Thursday could have been a meeting... → Read More
Maya Songbird Writes Music for the Wild and Weird
If you had to know only one thing about the singer Maya Songbird (Maya Ivy Benton), it's that she wears her heart on her shoulder... → Read More
Healing and Redemption in 'Placas'
Sitting in a circle inside a community performance space in Richmond, not everyone seemed entirely comfortable with the task at hand — sharing intimate feelings... → Read More
Black Oak Books to Close
Gary Cornell, who brought Black Oak Books in Berkeley back from the brink of closing in the mid-Aughts, said today that he will shutter the... → Read More
Oakland Archivist Revives 1917 Feminist Film
In Mothers of Men, a 1917 film set in the Bay Area, heroine Clara Madison (Dorothy Davenport) faces a moral dilemma: As the newly elected... → Read More
The Healthful Corner Store Movement
Jennifer Freese and her husband lived across from Franklin Bros. Market in West Berkeley for more than a decade and a half before its longtime... → Read More
DJ Leydis Left Her Heart in Cuba
On a cold December Sunday, people filtered into the New Parish in downtown Oakland where DJ Leydis (Leydisvel Freire) hosts her recurring Cuban dance party,... → Read More