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Free Will Astrology: Week of Sept. 23
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the practice of niwaki, Japanese gardeners shape trees so they look both natural and artfully composed. They prune and style the branches to dramatize the tree’s inherent character. Their goal is to...
Frederick Noland draws Black history
Frederick Noland is the unofficial oracle of lesser-known stories about Black people in America, and especially in the Bay Area. As an Oakland-based visual storyteller, the New Yorker cartoonist and California College of the Arts adjunct professor...
New documentary tracks vanishing small-town theaters
Zoe Muth’s songs are saturated with sadness and a sense of loss. Her voice reaches Iris DeMent’s level of earnestness and the way she yearns for the possibility of a better world. Muth’s sorrowful tone isn’t yet...
The Hellas blend punk, ska and cumbia
Through a maze of blue-splattered walls, the Hellas have carved themselves a home base in a north San Jose rehearsal studio. Inside their space, one wall is covered in posters that feature previous shows, while the rest...
Truong Tran confronts language and identity
What happens when language is permanently fragmented without one’s control?
While far from a debut project, Truong Tran’s How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir is still laden with firsts. It marks the first time he has written solely...
Bay Area artists keep culture alive
According to the Culture Keepers, the heart of the Bay Area lies in its rich and multiplicitous cultural ecosystem. From art to music, from food to dance, and from literature to community, people thrive when seeking understanding...
Social Eyes: Week of Sept. 17-23
This week's calendar picks feature Rolling Quartz, Honey Pluton and Spike Einbinder, SHE’s, Alice Gerrard & Friends, Cortex, Vieux Farka Touré, Mohini Dey, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Lily Allen, and the Panturas.
