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Pragati Sharma Mohanty reimagines the ‘Ramayana’ through Sita’s story
When Pragati Sharma Mohanty was a little girl growing up in India, the nation was riveted to a television show telling the epic tale...
It’s still about all that jazz
In its 42-year history, the organization now known as Living Jazz has had only three executive directors: co-founder Stacey Hoffman, who served from 1984...
Maren Hassinger turns trash into art at BAMPFA
Watch for a scramble in September, when Cal undergraduates will line up to help scatter—and then reclaim—trash. As part of the ongoing retrospective at...
No Coal says ‘Bring it on’
To anyone not keeping up with the bumpy road of the fight over the proposed coal terminal in Oakland, it might seem recent news...
There’s no place like Dome
Some artists prefer to work in complete solitude, isolated with their materials and their creative visions. Others, however, thrive in the hive of an...
When it rains, it pollutes
It’s rained a lot in Contra Costa County in 2026. According to Contra Costa County Flood Control District stats, by mid-May parts of the...
California voters voice concerns about American democracy
American democracy is facing some serious challenges, according to California registered voters in a recent poll. A UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies (IGS)...
The rest is just Gravy
The story goes like this: In 1969, Hugh Nanton Romney Jr. was lying on stage at the Texas International Pop Festival, when he asked...
