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Sam Green’s Latest Documentary Searches for Longevity and Meaning
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Small-Town Movie Theaters Glow in This Elegiac Documentary
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The Jewish ‘Red Angel’ Who Withstood Incarceration for Workers’ Rights
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Tone Capone, Producer of ‘I Got 5 On It,’ Dies at 59
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Mac Dre Will Get a Vallejo Street Named in His Honor
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20 Years Later, Traxamillion’s ‘Slapp Addict’ Remains the Royal Hyphy Standard
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At the Internet Archive, Negativland Reminds the World Why They Matter

Two Bay Area institutions came together for a night of soundscapes, sampling and discussion about art.
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Sam Green’s Latest Documentary Searches for Longevity and Meaning

In ‘The Oldest Person in the World,’ the filmmaker grapples with aging, mortality and life’s other great mysteries.
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SF Opera, Musicians Reach Tentative Agreement, Ending Strike

Performances are set to return to the Opera House on Tuesday, Sept. 22, with Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra.’
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Illustration: Two men seated at a sushi bar devouring large quantities of sashimi served in elegant wooden boxes.

Nobuya Brings Elegant Late-Night Sushi Boxes to the East Bay Suburbs

Pleasant Hill finally has a destination for excellent sushi until 11:30 p.m. on weekends.
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How a Bauhaus-Trained Potter Built an Art School in Guerneville

Marguerite Wildenhain ran workshops at Pond Farm Pottery for nearly 30 years, teaching craft as a way of life.
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Small-Town Movie Theaters Glow in This Elegiac Documentary

Rustin Thompson’s ‘The Last Picture Shows’ is an homage to the movie theaters of the American West.
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Berkeley’s Stained Glass Garden to Celebrate 50 Years of Art

Founded in 1976, the store and studio rental space celebrates its half-decade of glassmaking with a block party.
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