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Music

Portola Fest founder: ‘We learned a lot from year one, we’re moving in the right direction’

Adrian Spinelli - September 25, 2023

Danny Bell on what to expect at this year's huge electronic music affair—like fewer cell phone problems and a beloved '90s pop star

Lit

Litquake turns the page with a new leader, who tells us what to catch

Lou Fancher - September 22, 2023

Executive Director Norah Piehl on what it's like joining the sprawling literary extravaganza, and who's top of her reading list

Lit

Something rotten: Nazi-occupied Denmark through young eyes in Richard Kluger’s latest novel

Lou Fancher - September 19, 2023

Seasoned journalist explores a country's moral quandry via historical fiction of 'Hamlet's Children.'

Lit

Ann Patchett on new ‘Tom Lake’: ‘We experience love in different ways at different times in life’

Lou Fancher - September 13, 2023

The lauded author's 'pandemic novel' sequesters a family on a farm in Traverse City, MI—and was written on a treadmill

Opinion

OPINION: Kafka’s Statue of Liberty

Joel Schechter - September 11, 2023

Is the symbol of the US holding a torch—or a sword?

Lit

‘Weed’ sparks up candid cannabis education for young people—and the rest of us

Marke B. - September 10, 2023

Caitlin Donohue's latest book for teens takes a big picture view of cannabis policy and culture in the Americas

Music

Under the Stars: Mt. Tam’s Sound Summit brings golden tunes to the slopes

John-Paul Shiver - September 5, 2023

Plus: A 'High Fidelity' revival, an 'Omakase' of rap, Chaz Bear's limitless euphonic ecosystem, more music

News + Politics

The scariest book I’ve read this year

Bruce Mirken - August 31, 2023

'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' has lessons for us all—right now

Lit

The Shortish Project celebrates mighty impact of tiny tomes

Lou Fancher - August 29, 2023

Outpost19's lit database and publishing platform features 600 novellas by star and rising authors alike.

Lit

In ‘Leaning Toward Light,’ tending to life through a garden of poems

Marke B. - August 22, 2023

Tess Taylor's anthology gathers verse giants and local greenhorns, recipes and short essays into an almanac of living

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