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Community Voices Amid ICE Fears
The Church of the Joyful Healer was packed on a recent Thursday evening, with those gathered watching in silence as a video started playing with soft piano music. On screen, a series of women, sheltered…
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Mail-in Voting Limits as November Election Nears
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected — for now — the Trump administration’s efforts to limit mail-in voting ahead of the Nov.…
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Sara Bareilles: Good Grief- A Fundraiser for the Eureka Theater
Sat., Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.
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The World is No Better Than its Places
Recently, listening to the soundtrack to the seminal Jamaican gangster film The Harder They Come after a long time away from it, I flashed back to a long-forgotten nihilistic fantasy of dressing like a dandy,…
Clue Kills at Ferndale Rep
OK, Ferndale Repertory Theatre, get it! This sentiment amplified by flamboyant snaps and giddy claps encompasses my experience at their season opener Clue On Stage. The entire sold-out production from the actors onstage to the concessions has…
Explode, Don’t Tell
FUZE. Given the death of concise action-oriented picture-stories currently on offer, the promise of such a thing, particularly with movie stars in the cast and a reliable director in charge, is even more compelling than…
Music Tonight: Sunday, Sept. 13
I recently had a blast and reconnected with a childhood mate when I went to a movie night at the Shanty to watch part of an early Abel Ferrara flick presented by Wild Billy Burgess,…
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Thank you for bringing us back.Thank you, everyone,for all the hard work you’ve donepreparing for our returnafter so many years. Now we can see how you live.We’re watching you from above.We see what you’ve changed.…
Jeremy William Fugate
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The Good and Bad News at CPH’s Fall Welcome
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A Stage of Wonder
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‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation
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Music Tonight: Friday, Sept. 4
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Barbara Alves Laplace
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‘More of the Moment’
William Pierson recalls his kindergarten teacher giving out brown slabs of rolled clay with which he and his classmates were to form and decorate candy dishes as Mother’s Day gifts. After looking around, he says…
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