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Two San Jose Festivals Celebrate Salsa and Afro Latin Music in June
Dance lessons at the Queer Afro Latin Dance Festival, plus a free concert at Día de San Juan Salsa Fest.
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At CJM, Jewish Artists Explore ‘Connection’ During a Time of Division
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‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ Is the Smart Backstory of a Complicated Style Icon
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Lindsey White’s ‘Fantastico!’ Is an Elegy for SFAI — and an Indictment of Academia
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The Bleak and Menacing History of San Francisco’s Farallon Islands
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Metal Symphony: How Bay Area Composer Jens Ibsen Is Shaking up the Classical Music World
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A black and white photo of Giulio Xavier Cetto playing the upright bass.
Jazz Meets Hip-Hop in Bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto’s World
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Miguel ‘Bounce’ Perez’s Culture Flows Through His Ink
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When the Youth Speak, Mush Lee Listens
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For These Young Latino Voters, It’s Neither Biden nor Trump
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Michael Jang, 'Self-Portrait,' San Francisco Financial District, 1973.
‘Who is Michael Jang?’ Is a View of the Artist as Performer in SF DocFest Debut
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How Swagger Like Us Pushed Queer Hip-Hop Forward in SF
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Two San Jose Festivals Celebrate Salsa and Afro Latin Music in June
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Kinda Is Bringing the Fun Back to Bay Area Izakaya
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Clarissa’s Wei’s ‘Made in Taiwan’ Is the Taiwanese Cookbook I’ve Always Wanted
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This Wildly Popular IG Account Is Throwing a Huge Latin Music Festival in San Jose
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Turntablism’s Mightiest Heroes: The Legacy, Impact and Aesthetics of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz
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The San Francisco Couple Whose Lifelong Love Changed America
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Two San Jose Festivals Celebrate Salsa and Afro Latin Music in June

Dance lessons at the Queer Afro Latin Dance Festival, plus a free concert at Día de San Juan Salsa Fest.
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Black and white image of river and brush with gold abstract shape

At CJM, Jewish Artists Explore ‘Connection’ During a Time of Division

‘California Jewish Open’ presents work by 47 artists alongside blank spaces to represent withdrawn work.
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Two men stand with their bodies close together in front of a clothes rack. They are both looking towards the camera.

‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld’ Is the Smart Backstory of a Complicated Style Icon

A new Hulu show takes us surprisingly deep inside a controversial figure who moved constantly forward, spurred on by ambition.
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Lindsey White’s ‘Fantastico!’ Is an Elegy for SFAI — and an Indictment of Academia

The artist’s show at Casemore Gallery offers a sly yet poignant take on the failings of higher education.
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A sepia toned photo of tall rocky land masses surrounded by foamy sea water.

The Bleak and Menacing History of San Francisco’s Farallon Islands

Radioactive warships. Furious rabbits. Murders for eggs. The Farallons aren't nicknamed the Islands of the Dead for nothin'...
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Kinda Is Bringing the Fun Back to Bay Area Izakaya

The year-old Berkeley Japanese restaurant keeps it casual — and mostly not too expensive.
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The Pharcyde plays Hiero Day in Oakland on Monday, September 3, 2018.

The Pharcyde Headlines a Free Music Technology Fest in Oakland

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