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Bigger and Better

Judith M. Gallman

Wendy Wheeler

     Like what you see? It’s a bigger, better Oakland Magazine, thanks to the Herculean efforts of art director Debbi Murzyn, assistant art director/designer Stephen Bissinger and designer Erin Barclay. They spent the last several months redesigning the magazine (which is back to a seven-issue annual frequency) to give it a hip redo that looks and feels more like Oaktown, the happeningest burg in the East Bay.
     This newly formatted, larger, hot-off-the-presses pub is chock-full of good reading, from Jen Trolio’s foodie kitchens and Marcus Thompson’s homage to the East Oakland Youth Development Center to Noelle Robbins’ profile of Rainforest Action Network activist Michael Brune.
     Our upfront In the Mix section, a jam-packed roundup of Oakland-centric gems, is meatier than ever. Snapshots gets a new look, too, as does our calendar, enhanced by a George Shirk–style revamping to produce an easier-to-use guide to the best local events. Dining coverage is as deep as ever, with Derk Richardson weighing in on Angela’s Bistro & Bar’s reemergence in Alameda, Kent Rosenblum championing the Pope and Chiles valleys and Roy Creekmore sharing his recipe for gnocchi.
What’s especially gratifying is presenting this great work, particularly the eye-popping photography of Lori Eanes and Mitch Tobias, in a larger format that conveys added elegance to East Bay living.
     It’s the same great Oakland Magazine—but better.
      A final note: the East Bay Press Club recognized Oakland Magazine for excellence in May with Marcus Thompson earning second place in the lifestyle feature category for “ExtraOAKLANDary Students” [May 2008] and this editor garnering a tie for third place in the medium-length feature category for “Budget Kitchen” [July 2008].

judy@oaklandmagazine.com