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Avi Salem on May 17, 2018
Matt Beilis may be the only singer-songwriter who has opened for both Inspectah Deck and REO Speedwagon. After trading in his cushy job in the finance sector for a gig in a piano store, he began uploading original compositions to YouTube, where he caught the attention of celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, Ryan…
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Avi Salem on May 17, 2018
A multitude of words could describe the gay male experience at age 50, but playwright and actor Joe Gulla thinks it can be distilled down to just one: faggy. Gulla makes his Bay Area debut with his one-man monologue show, which describes in vivid, often cringeworthy, detail the trials and tribulations of…
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Avi Salem on May 17, 2018
Sandra Cisneros’ 1984 coming-of-age novella is adapted for the stage in Teatro Vision’s first youth production. Featuring a cast of local performers ages 12 to 18, the story of Esperanza Cordero’s life on Mango Street—including her newfound friendships, struggles with her family, and even sexual abuse—is told from the perspective of these…
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Wallace Baine on May 11, 2018
If for no other reason, Bill Withers achieved pop-music immortality by giving the world “Lean On Me,” the moving anthem to intimacy and loyalty that has been comforted people since its heyday as a No. 1 hit in 1972.
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Avi Salem on May 10, 2018
Back in 2010, when sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf dropped out of school to form electro-dub duo Krewella, the Illinois natives hardly predicted the explosive success they would see from their debut studio album, Get Wet—which climbed the Billboard Top 200 chart all the way No. 8 in 2013. After headlining performances…
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Avi Salem on May 10, 2018
In their three years together as a band, the Echo Park-based members of Cheap Tissue have taken their origin story and transformed it into a mantra: punk rock straight from the gutter. Formed under a fire escape next to a dumpster, the band pays homage the proto-punk and garage rock outfits that…
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Avi Salem on May 10, 2018
The Stanford American Indian Organization and the Stanford Planning Powwow Committee host the biggest student-run powwow in the country. People from native and non-native backgrounds alike flock to Eucalyptus Grove to view the sea of ornately decorated headdresses and traditional regalia worn at powwows, and can participate in the annual fun run…
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Mike Huguenor on May 10, 2018
Hot Snakes a tendency to show up in dire times. In the early 2000s, the San Diego all stars released a trio of dark, vaguely threatening punk albums that followed closely on the heels of Y2K, 9/11 and the Iraq War. Then, in 2005 they disbanded. Now, as we slip through the…
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Wallace Baine on May 10, 2018
The brightly colored ao dai dress is a powerful symbol for everything elegant about old Vietnam. Worn mostly by women, but also by men, the tunic-style garment has informed currents in Vietnamese fashion for centuries.
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Avi Salem on May 9, 2018
If you want to get a preview of the shockingly honest, seriously self-deprecating humor that comedian Jenny Zigrino brings to the stage, look no further than her Twitter feed. There, you’ll find her dishing the latest updates about her Tinder flames (or lack thereof), political observations (could Voldemort actually be a viable…
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