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How Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul Rose from Gaza’s Refugee Camps to the World Stage
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Honoring the Black Panther Party on Its 60th Anniversary
As Other Minds Festival Turns 30, an Experimental Music Giant Takes a Bow
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A spread of takoyaki, other Japanese street food dishes, and wine.
Japan’s Favorite Boutique Winery in Berkeley Throws a Japanese Pop-Up Party
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A Bay Area Cheesecake Sensation Finds a New Home — in Taipei
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A Ritzy New Japanese Barbecue Spot Revels in All-You-Can-Eat Beef and Sushi
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A spread of takoyaki, other Japanese street food dishes, and wine.
Japan’s Favorite Boutique Winery in Berkeley Throws a Japanese Pop-Up Party
A man faces a kid in bed
A ‘Club Kid’ Grows Up in Poignant, Original Feature Debut
In Vallejo, a Benefit Concert Raises Funds for the Missing Sister of an SF Rapper
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Rebel Girls From Bay Area History
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The Indian American Essayist Who Championed Social Justice and Feminism
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The Jewish ‘Red Angel’ Who Withstood Incarceration for Workers’ Rights
An older Arabic woman stands on a lawn looking windswept but joyful.
The Palestinian Therapist, Teacher and Music Lover Who Built Cultural Bridges
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That’s My Word
In New Memoir, Lil Jon Salutes The Bay Area
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Tone Capone, Producer of ‘I Got 5 On It,’ Dies at 59
Mac Dre Will Get a Vallejo Street Named in His Honor
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A spread of takoyaki, other Japanese street food dishes, and wine.

Japan’s Favorite Boutique Winery in Berkeley Throws a Japanese Pop-Up Party

Broc Cellars has leaned into its Japanese connection after a manga helped the winery build an unexpected cult following.

James Gray Delivers a Milestone Crime Drama in ‘Paper Tiger’

Miles Teller and Adam Driver play brothers trying to work on a deal in 1986 New York in the new film.

New Details Emerge for Live Music at the Former New Parish in Oakland

R&B, funk and hip-hop shows will be part of a ‘high-end experience’ at the Oakland Theater Project’s new space.
A DJ in a dark nightclub looks down at his music equipment.

Malik Bey Is Pushing Black Electronic Music Forward

With his new EP and parties like Silk, the San Francisco DJ honors house music’s roots while looking towards its future.
A man faces a kid in bed

A ‘Club Kid’ Grows Up in Poignant, Original Feature Debut

Jordan Firstman’s movie, about a party promoter with a surprise son, is filled with characters to root for.
A large empty venue with a mahogany bar to the left and small stage to the right

Crybaby, Cherished Oakland Nightclub, to Close at End of November 

The venue opened in 2022 and quickly filled a void in the Oakland nightlife scene.
Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, called Harrison a "a genuinely original thinker, a genre-defying writer who takes ideas seriously."

Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Novel ‘The End of Everything’ Wins This Year’s Booker Prize

M. John Harrison’s slim novel is the first Booker Prize winner that’s “emerged from the bona fide [sci-fi] world.”
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