Arts and Culture

This weekend hundreds of East Bay artists will welcome the public into their studios for the final weekend of the annual East Bay Open Studios organized by the nonprofit Pro Arts.

Olivia Bouler, an 11-year old girl living in New York state, dreams of being an ornithologist when she grows up. Devastated by the BP Gulf Oil Spill, the largest oil spill in U.S. history, she [...]

For me an ideal museum experience is one that gives me the feeling that I am walking through history and gaining a better sense for the natural environment, art and culture of a particular place [...]

In December, I found a tall stack of Greg Mortenson’s new book, Stones into Schools, in a local bookstore after hearing of its release. This book (currently #5 on the New York Times best [...]

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” ~ Louisa May Alcott [...]

Mr. Hirad Dinavari, a reference librarian for the Afghan, Central Asian and Iranian collections at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. will be traveling to California between September 24 [...]

On June 23, 2007, the Foundation for Self Reliance presented a symposium called “East Meets West: Awakening to the Challenges of Afghans in Fremont” that turned into a monumental [...]

In my last post, “Green roofs on the rise,” I wrote about the new 2.5-acre undulating rooftop of the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. By the time [...]

Last week, California Academy of Sciences contractors began planting native California plants and wildflowers on a 2.5-acre undulating rooftop in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The living [...]

Since 9/11, generations of individuals and families from Afghan Diaspora communities in the United States have traveled to Afghanistan. Older generations have gone with hopes of rebuilding their [...]