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Orlando Smith’s Urgent Dispatches From San Quentin Arrive at SFMOMA 
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In San Francisco, a Reckoning With Toppled Statues Gives Rise to New Monuments
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The Jewish ‘Red Angel’ Who Withstood Incarceration for Workers’ Rights
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Too Short, Going Strong at 60, Makes the Case for ‘Senior Citizen Rappers’
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After 20 Years of Blaps, The Mekanix Thrive on Willpower and Alignment
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A DJ poses for a portrait at his turntable, which is set up inside a grocery store.

Seafood City DJ Brings the Filipino Party Home to Vallejo 

Filipino food, DJs and musicians round out a new, free party called Isa Pa.
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An East Palo Alto Youth Center Makes Space for Adults — With a Side of Funk

At EPACENTER, generations bonded together during Con Funk Shun’s summertime set.
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Olivia Wilde Shines in Playful BDSM Comedy ‘I Want Your Sex’

Wilde plays a famous artist and provocateur who initiates a relationship with a younger employee.
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Too Short, Going Strong at 60, Makes the Case for ‘Senior Citizen Rappers’

‘Who laid the rule down that in hip-hop you gotta stop at 40?’ asks Short, whose 23rd album drops Friday.
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A Latino man, seen from a low angle, holds a pen and goes through papers against a wall background with theatre advertisements and photographs.

Luis Valdez Claims the Spotlight in ‘American Pachuco’

The writer-director of ‘La Bamba’ and ‘Zoot Suit’ was also the first Chicano playwright on Broadway.
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Glen Hansard, Irish Musician and Star of ‘Once,’ Dies in Motorcycle Crash

The Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin. He was 56.
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Here Are the 13 Books That Made the Booker Prize Longlist

The 2026 list includes new works from household names Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout as well as a few debut authors.
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