Arts & culture

A dressed person sits by a table decorated with rainbow embellishments and flag on the stage of a hall. Under the stage are audiences, and one of them raises their hand.

Creating a community for queer seniors – one drag bingo lunch at a time

Katana Barnes spent an hour and a half on a recent Friday driving from Sacramento to the Emeryville Senior Center, just to attend the annual drag bingo event.  “I don’t know a lot of senior queer Black people, especially this level of senior,” said Barnes, 65. “It gives you an opportunity to see what life looks like as you progress,” she said. Over the past three years, Emeryville Senior Center and local drag artist Ms. Sweet Nothing have created a…

By on October 21, 2026
In a large warehouse like room with a wood and metal industrial-type ceiling and cement floor, paintings hand on white walls.

Emeryville’s annual art exhibition turns 40, runs till Oct. 25

For the last 40 years, M. Louise Stanley has submitted her work to the Emeryville Art Exhibition. She’s hung a painting in every single one.  Now attendees tell her they came looking for her work. “I could walk around my studio,” she said, “every single painting in my studio has been in one of those annuals.”  This year’s exhibition opened last weekend at the former Urban Outfitters space in the Public Market. It will run until Oct. 25. Admission is…

By on October 9, 2026