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Perspective and commentary from the award-winning team at KQED Arts & Culture.

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The Valkyries Make it Easy to Be a Women’s Sports Fan

In a Disconnected World, ‘Finding Your People’ Is More Important Than Ever

Michael Tilson Thomas Showed Us How to Love

My First A’s Game in West Sacramento

A group of elder women on stage in wheelchairs, holding flowers as they're honored for their service.

How Much Has Changed Since Rosie the Riveter’s Day?

A large building at night with a light-up marquee advertising the movies 300, Music and Kyricws, Wild Hogs and Bridge to Terabithia.

The Grand Lake Theatre, My Hometown Movie Palace, Is Turning 100

A Black woman with braids poses in front of a colorful background.

‘Black Joy’ Is a Form of Currency

A panoramic view of an ornate 1920s movie theater, with a large ceiling in hues of yellow and orange

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Castro Theatre Again

2025 Was the Year of the Great Crash Out

A white blond woman performs on a dark stage with a guitar. She is wearing a bejeweled body suit.

What We Lose in the Gamification of Music

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