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Elliott Sky Case on July 7, 2021
Key to long-term survival is constant renewal. At Reed Magazine, California’s oldest literary journal, mutability has kept the publication running for 150 years, with a rotating editorial staff of diverse backgrounds, educational experiences, literary tastes—even sentiment for the magazine. “I don’t spend any time thinking of Reed’s legacy,” admits Anne Cheilek, the…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Poetry Center San Jose’s monthly Well-RED event happens on the most poetic day of the month: the second Tuesday. At a recent reading, San Francisco poet and Writing Salon teacher Thea Matthews read from dazzling upcoming works that, among other things, likened urbanites in the “cold underbelly of the city” to sunlight…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
In a unique online singing competition from San Jose Musical Theatre, “Uptown at the Apollo” presents ten exceptional Bay Area vocalists performing songs made famous at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. But there’s a twist. At the end, one of these talented singers will be declared the winner and walk away with a cool…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Looks can be deceiving, as Jon “Polar Bear” Gonzalez knows all too well. Despite his pale complexion and rosy cheeks, the Polar Bear is half white and half Mexican-American, a fact about himself he regularly mines for comedy. After gigging in the local Texas scene, Gonzalez exploded to fame via Facebook and…
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The word “turbo” is in Turbo Entertainment for good reason. These guys go hard. The local DJ collective take chunky slabs of trap, house, dubstep and dancehall and blend them all into a neon slurry of bass drops and sizzling hi-hats. At Hacienda, they’ll be lighting up the floor all night along…
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Jay Edgar on July 7, 2021
Green Day’s 2004 album hit American pop culture like a train, putting much of the country’s marginalized sense of angst under post-9/11 politics front and center. And who better to act out that righteous furor in the brilliant stage adaptation than the teens of today, who’ve only added to their list of…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Ever since 2016, when JVNA burst onto the EDM scene with a stirring and emotional cover of “Dearly Beloved” from PS2 classic Kingdom Hearts, the LA producer has been blurring the lines between dance music, video game culture and pure emotional outpouring. You don’t have to be a gamer to get caught…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Every heavy music fan should know Zulu. On their incredible 2020 EP, My People… Hold On, the LA act mix hardcore with spirituals and performance art, and center the experience of African American women. “As a Black woman, I stand at the intersection of racism and sexism,” Aleisia Miller testifies over hypnotic…
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Jay Edgar on July 7, 2021
Those still looking to get hyphy after Mac Dre Day on the 5th can’t do much better than seeing San Francisco underground rap legend and Mac Dre collaborator Andre Nickatina—the killa whale—bring the party to South Side SJ’s Branham Lounge. Often spoken in the same breath as both the Thizz Entertainment founder…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
In just a few short years, Oakland musician Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, aka Fantastic Negrito, went from busking in a San Francisco BART station to collecting his first, second and then third Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Among other accomplishments, surely 2020’s Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? was the first Best…
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