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Arts + Culture

Throwing out a rope to creatives: Rainin Fellowship announces 2023 grantees

May 17, 2023

"I’ll be able to think about what happens when I’m 85."

Culture

A Mother’s Day lament (and celebration of all who nurture)

May 10, 2023

A reflection on the recent loss of my mother, and the wider circle of those who help us through life

Lit

From ‘Vagina Monologues’ to ‘Reckoning,’ V still fights for women’s voices and dreams

May 3, 2023

'We’re living in the karmic sludge of so much un-apologized-for behavior in the world,' says renowned activist, appearing at Bay Area Book Fest

Lit

Bay Area Book Fest turns the page to a new era—but first, a weekend worth a million words

May 1, 2023

'The festival’s not a flippant, celebrity event. Our authors have something significant to give,' says outgoing director Cherilyn Parsons

Lit

Social psychologist Brian Lowery looks for the true you in ‘Selfless’

April 24, 2023

The Stanford professor's accessible and well-researched book makes a strong case for fluidity.

Culture

34th annual Bioneers conference will tap young and old for big answers

March 26, 2023

Structural "othering" and the intelligence of animals take the fore at Berkeley thinker's ball.

Art Review

William Kentridge examined our elusive yet definite mortality in “SIBYL”

March 25, 2023

Film-opera program's astonishing collage culminated in story of titular, ancient Cumaaean prophetess

Art Review

Legion of Honor showcases the rumble and roar of an unstoppable painter

March 15, 2023

John Singer Sargent's Spanish works may hail from a certain time and place, but his dedication was timeless.

Lit

Civil Rights leader Ben Jealous on new book: ‘The insanity of racism diminishes all’

February 27, 2023

In 'Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing,' the former NAACP head gets personal

Onstage

‘Out of a dream’: Cat Brooks was guided by Natasha McKenna to tell slain woman’s story

February 23, 2023

Playwright-activist's poetic ''Tasha' is a powerful, shocking biographical work at 3Girls Theatre’s New Works Festival.

Lou Fancher

Throwing out a rope to creatives: Rainin Fellowship announces 2023 grantees

A Mother’s Day lament (and celebration of all who nurture)

From ‘Vagina Monologues’ to ‘Reckoning,’ V still fights for women’s voices and dreams

Bay Area Book Fest turns the page to a new era—but first, a weekend worth a million words

Social psychologist Brian Lowery looks for the true you in ‘Selfless’

34th annual Bioneers conference will tap young and old for big answers

William Kentridge examined our elusive yet definite mortality in “SIBYL”

Legion of Honor showcases the rumble and roar of an unstoppable painter

Civil Rights leader Ben Jealous on new book: ‘The insanity of racism diminishes all’

‘Out of a dream’: Cat Brooks was guided by Natasha McKenna to tell slain woman’s story

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