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Batcat Is the Nonbinary Comic Book Hero Kids Need
Meggie Ramm’s latest graphic novel was inspired by their love of Oakland’s food scene.
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Tiny Desk Radio Brings You the Behind-the-Scenes Stories of Your Favorite Sets
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Palo Alto Scientists Just Caught a Colossal Squid on Camera (Finally!)
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Bay Area Groups Reel From Trump’s Cuts to the National Endowment of the Humanities
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A Cute New Illustrated Book Introduces Readers to 600 Breeds of Dog
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Mark Synnott Heads ‘Into the Ice’ to Chase the Mystery of Sir John Franklin
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Rightnowish’s Grand Finale: Words of Wisdom from Timothy B.
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Building a Native Arts and Culture Space From the Ground Up
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Artist and curator Marcel Pardo Ariza poses for a photo at the archives of San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society.
‘All The Nights We Got to Dance’ is a Tribute to Queer Nightlife in SF
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Nobody Asked for This
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SFMOMA’s Ruth Asawa Retrospective Honors the Patron Saint of San Francisco Arts
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A Cute New Illustrated Book Introduces Readers to 600 Breeds of Dog
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Mark Synnott Heads ‘Into the Ice’ to Chase the Mystery of Sir John Franklin
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Revisiting the 1968 SFSU Student Strike While Trump Targets Campus Protesters
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Panel from a comic: A pink creature looking dazed and happy. "Are...are they okay?" says a ghost looking at the creature. "They're fine, they just need to process their excitement," another ghost responds.
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Have You Spotted These Edwardian Chocolate Bunnies in San Francisco?
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Move Over Paleo Diet, TikTok Says It’s Dinosaur Time
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Panel from a comic: A pink creature looking dazed and happy. "Are...are they okay?" says a ghost looking at the creature. "They're fine, they just need to process their excitement," another ghost responds.

Batcat Is the Nonbinary Comic Book Hero Kids Need

Meggie Ramm’s latest graphic novel was inspired by their love of Oakland’s food scene.
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A Black man wearing a black sweater, pants, baseball cap and clear spectacles sits on a stool behind a microphone smiling. At his side is a Black man behind a keyboard, also smiling. They are both seated in front of packed bookshelves.

Tiny Desk Radio Brings You the Behind-the-Scenes Stories of Your Favorite Sets

NPR and KQED are bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.
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A transparent squid with glowing orange eyes and red tentacles glides through very dark water.

Palo Alto Scientists Just Caught a Colossal Squid on Camera (Finally!)

Let's watch the glassy lil’ bugger in action, shall we?
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A room full of boxes and smiling people

Bay Area Groups Reel From Trump’s Cuts to the National Endowment of the Humanities

Affected organizations include the Living New Deal, the Angel Island Immigration Station and the Chinese Historical Society.
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A Cute New Illustrated Book Introduces Readers to 600 Breeds of Dog

Not sure what kind of pooch to adopt? Lili Chin’s ‘Dogs of the World’ has everything you need to know.
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Mark Synnott Heads ‘Into the Ice’ to Chase the Mystery of Sir John Franklin

Part travelogue, part historical mystery and part memoir, this new work of nonfiction will appeal to fans of extreme adventures.
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Isaac Julien Dreams Up a Beautiful and Urgent World at the de Young

The exhibition of 10 video installations is capacious, impressively intricate and worth repeat visits.
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