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May 3, 2023
Plants & Powwows: Muwekma Ohlone Push for Land Stewardship
A powwow is a joyous occasion, a gathering that celebrates inter-tribal relationships, Indigenous resilience and rich cultural heritage. At every powwow, the smell of...
Apr 12, 2023
The Border Crosses Everything in TheatreWorks’ ‘A Distinct Society’
Nothing much is supposed to happen in a library. Places of quiet refuge, repositories of knowledge and centers of community, libraries are like sanctuaries,...
Apr 5, 2023
Top Dumpling Rethinks a Classic Dish for a Modern Era
Seated at the bar at Sunnyvale’s Top Dumpling, I’m elated when my vegetarian dumplings arrive, delicately arranged in a traditional bamboo steaming basket. I’m...
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Mar 29, 2023
Reality Makes Them Dream: Recontextualizing 1930s Photography
The eye instinctively traces a curve, what looks like a spine hidden in lovely, firm, dark flesh. From the blade of what must be...
Mar 22, 2023
Mercado SanJo Markets Community
Armando Bravo would like to emphasize that he is not an entrepreneur.
“I don’t put entrepreneurship on a pedestal,” he says.
The plant store owner and...
Feb 8, 2023
Gareth Reynolds Brings More Than a ‘Dollop’ to Sunnyvale
Comedian, writer, producer, actor and podcaster Gareth Reynolds is no stranger to the Bay Area comedy scene—or, for that matter, nearly any comedy scene.
The...
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Feb 1, 2023
Stepping Inside Sugarcane and Lightning (pt. 3)
Upon entering artist Adrian Burrell’s Sugarcane and Lightning pt. 3 in the David Pace Gallery at ICA, one feels not only transported to another...
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Dec 7, 2022
Pertenecer: To Belong Held at San Jose MACLA
Alyssarhaye Graciano had many expectations for her first curated exhibit at MACLA, but the preview walkthrough still managed to catch her by surprise.
“I didn’t...