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Put These 12 Eye-Opening Nonfiction Books on Your 2026 Reading List

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Your Guide to the Bay Area’s Biggest Art Month

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Pavement to Play Mosswood Meltdown 2026 in Oakland

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Asylum-Seekers’ Stories Come to The Freight in Berkeley

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The Korean Satire ‘No Other Choice’ Is a Masterful Thriller From Park Chan-wook

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‘The Housemaid’ Is a Twisty Horror-Thriller With Nudity and Empowerment

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Rewards Fans With 195 Minutes of Wonder and War

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Manic ‘Marty Supreme’ Smashes the American Dream

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Comedian Kaytlin Bailey Revives the Forgotten Histories of Sex Workers

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Cellist Mia Pixley Flourishes in Darkness

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