. Nosh on a multi-course meal and marg from Nido s Backyard during Oakland Restaurant (and More) Week. (Courtesy of @nidosbackyard) 21 Fun Things to Do This Week (1.11.21)
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Jan 11, 2021
Looking to up your takeout game? Order from more than 50 eateries think Nido s Backyard and Daughter Thai participating in Oakland Restaurant Week. Psst: It s also Napa Valley Restaurant Week(s).
Plus, explore Martin Luther King, Jr. s question, Where do we go from here? during a four-day documentary film festival featuring 20 docs, poetry, and musical performances; groove to local bands during the online music festival Real Neato; and order a majestic galette and some bubbly from Maison Danel.
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The sweet-singing pop artist and the fire-spitting rapper: for decades, that’s been a winning combination. It’s the musical equivalent of a buddy movie, a marriage of styles, a perfect balance between the gritty and the glamorous. When the singer has an affinity for hip-hop, and the rapper understands pop presentation, that makes hybrid tracks particularly rewarding. Michael Lanza is a singer with the precision, unerring sense of rhythm, and easygoing swagger of an emcee. Even though he’s best known for his future bass and house music collaboration with KEPIK, his opening slot for Major Lazer, and recognition by The Chainsmokers, his artistic adjacency to hip-hop is immediately apparent. “Lion,” the #23 Billboard Dance chart hit he cut with GhostDragon and Ron Reeser, was pitched for the clubs, but it had the soul of a rap-influenced R&B banger.