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Amani Hamed on November 24, 2021
This Thursday, the Mexican Heritage Plaza holds its 10th annual Native UnThanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony, honoring the Indigenous peoples of the Americas and commemorating the 1969-1971 reclamation of Alcatraz.
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Bill Kopp on November 24, 2021
In California of the ’60s, a style of music known as Chicano soul (sometimes referred to as “brown-eyed soul”) took hold among listeners. Groups like Cannibal & the Headhunters (“Land of a Thousand Dances”) and Thee Midniters (“Whittier Boulevard”) thrilled audiences and achieved national success. But as prevailing styles came and went,…
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Charles Addams’ lovable family of macabre aristocrats are so identifiable that it’s hard to remember how long they’ve been around. The 1938 comic strips led to the TV series of the ’60s, which led to the classic movies from the ’90s, and have all given these goth weirdos a permanent place in…
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Grace Stetson on November 24, 2021
The past isn’t so far removed from the present, and playwright Jennifer Maisel showcases that fact in her play “Eight Nights.” Winner of the 2021 Ovation Award for Best Playwriting, the play tells the story of Chanukah from 1949 to 2016. Protagonist Rebecca Blum arrives in the U.S. at just 19 years…
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Grace Stetson on November 24, 2021
What’s it like to be a girl in 1960s Baltimore with big hair and even bigger dreams? Well, with John Waters’s 1988 classic Hairspray—which has since become a hit on Broadway and in London’s West End—audiences can join in 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad’s dreams, all while she attempts to change the world. The…
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Mike Huguenor on November 24, 2021
This Friday, Record Store Day teams up with Black Friday for a particularly powerful bang/buck combo for music lovers. In the South Bay, local favorites like On the Corner Music, Needle to the Groove and Streetlight Records all participate, stocking up on limited edition copies of 2021 RSD releases by greats like…
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Kyle Martin on November 24, 2021
On Wednesday, the illustrious banda musician Chuy Lizarraga will take over Club Rodeo for a banda spectacular in San Jose. The famous singer from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico first soared to fame and success in the early 2000s with his distinguished banda blasting trumpets, drums, percussion, tubas and more. He has made a…
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Jay Edgar on November 24, 2021
Figuring out what to do the night before Thanksgiving can be tricky. Old friends are back in town, restaurants are crowded and family weirdness weighs heavy on the mind (or maybe I’m just projecting). Luckily, indie soul project Noah & The Arkiteks have been building a new tradition for Thanksgiving Eve in…
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Alec Adams on November 24, 2021
Rock and roll music in its meteoric rise in popularity has always been enhanced by the narrative surrounding it—the stories of ordinary people teaching themselves the skills to bare their musical souls to the universe. El Tri has been baring theirs since 1968, and played a crucial role in helping shape the sound…
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Mat Weir on October 6, 2021
After 19 years together, a band can go through a lot of changes. Over the past two decades, LA punks The Bronx went from indie stars to a major label only to go independent again. They’ve lost members, gained a couple more and even started a mariachi side project—Mariachi El Bronx—that has…
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