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seven colorfully dressed people singing on stage

In ACT’s ‘Co-Founders,’ High Tech Meets West Oakland Hustle

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A black and white photo of three young white men and a white woman, all wearing early 1980s-era clothing.

A New Biography Goes Deep on the Rise and Fall of Talking Heads

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Paper plate with ribs, mac and cheese, and black-eyed pea salad.

Hella Juneteenth Brings a Good Old-Fashioned Cookout to the Museum

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A beautiful white woman with tied-back brown hair closes the trunk of a yellow cab in an urban street. She is wearing classic casual white shirt and blue jeans.

Celine Song’s Follow-Up to ‘Past Lives’ Explores Another Complicated Love Triangle

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Thomas Mallon’s Diaries Get to the ‘Very Heart’ of the AIDS Crisis

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Three women pose for a portrait while sitting on a sofa.

The Bay Area’s First Women’s Sports Bar Is Open for Business

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Videos at Asian Art Museum Capture the Anxiety and Explosions of ‘Everyday War’

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A man and a woman, both wearing black shirts, pose for a photo.

It’s a Bay Area Film Night, For Real For Real

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Veteran Journalist Explores Impact of Private Equity on US Society

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Four men in 1800s clothes frolic and laugh at an old wooden table

At the Opera House, Summer’s Here and the Time Is Right for ‘La bohème’

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