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A Ride on the ‘Arty Bus’ with Oakland Painter Sloane Gross
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Jesse Colin Young, Singer of The Youngbloods’ ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83
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Fillmore Developer Who Owed City $5.5 Million to Pay Just $100,000
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Temporary Public Art for Great Highway Unveiled
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Don’t Change the Channel on ACT’s Witty, Potent ‘Nobody Loves You’
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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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Two Bay Area Memelords Take on Gentrification in a New Doc
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Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland Is in Danger of Closing, Owner Says
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D’Wayne Wiggins, Legendary Oakland Musician and Mentor, Dies at 64
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Ticket Alert: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Davies Symphony Hall
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A Tiny Takeout Window Sells Some of the Tastiest Pies in San Jose
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With Casual’s ‘Starduster,’ a Rap Legend Reaches New Heights
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Saafir, Inventive and Dextrous Oakland Rapper, Dies at 54
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Three people, elegantly dressed, stand against a red background

Ticket Alert: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Davies Symphony Hall

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A group of people posing for a photo inside of an art gallery.

A Ride on the ‘Arty Bus’ with Oakland Painter Sloane Gross

She invited art-lovers on a tour of her work, and a celebration of Black creativity, around the Bay Area.
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A man with an excellent 1970s hairdo and mustache plays guitar with a brown leather strap and briwn flannel shirt while singing into a microphone

Jesse Colin Young, Singer of The Youngbloods’ ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83

The prolific musician and onetime Marin County resident was known for a ’60s anthem with a simple message.
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Fillmore Developer Who Owed City $5.5 Million to Pay Just $100,000

Michael Johnson developed the ill-fated Fillmore Heritage Center, which once housed the jazz club Yoshi's.
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colorful design of woman holding surfboard and man surfing against sunset

Temporary Public Art for Great Highway Unveiled

Eleven murals and five sculptures are planned for the two-mile stretch of road alongside Ocean Beach.
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Don’t Change the Channel on ACT’s Witty, Potent ‘Nobody Loves You’

Set on a reality TV dating show, ‘Nobody Loves You’ has excellent performances and a rich modern setting.
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How the Pandemic Changed Music

COVID threw nearly everything about the industry into disarray. For many, things have never been the same.
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