In ‘What We Left Unfinished,’ Mariam Ghani recalls Afghan tales burned, lost, forgotten
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These directors, actors and writers produced art for the sake of both history and a chance to process the violence around them.
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‘Sounds of Cuba’ brings gleeful night of salsa to Rhythmix Cultural Works
While the rest of the city may have been asleep, the Jesús Díaz Quintet had brought couples and families to their feet in a cha-cha frenzy to the “sounds of Cuba.”
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UC Berkeley alum Dulce María López creates her visual art to ‘cross cultural and national borders’
López attended school in Ciudad Guzmán, a center of murals from a revolutionary era in Mexico. These murals were the background of López’s childhood.
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How ‘The Good Place’ star Jameela Jamil is calling for more considerate body representation
Jamil’s advocacy fell under the limelight last month, after she called Khloé Kardashian out for an Instagram post advertising detox drink Flat Tummy Tea.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks to maintaining radical roots while navigating academia
On a seemingly typical Tuesday afternoon last week, Wheeler Hall’s Maude Fife Room hosted a very special guest — Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “The Sympathizer.”
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At Slim’s, members of Ezra Collective are truly ‘best friends playing different instruments’
Throughout the performance, Ezra Collective stood true to its name by upholding a synchronized and blended sound founded on a basis of togetherness.
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Golden coins
So here I am, a few days before my 21st birthday, demanding myself to incorporate art into my day and honestly, it’s exhausting. But yesterday, when I arrived at Slim’s and Ezra Collective started dancing on the stage for us, I rediscovered what Balmeo had been saying this whole time.
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Nadhi Thekkek, Rupy C. Tut explore impact of British Indian partition through traditional Indian art
There’s a fine line between reflecting and appropriating a struggle, and Tut vocalized that the pair was very careful to not fall into the latter category.
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W. Kamau Bell talks Oscars, civil rights and ‘Front Row’
Knowing that UC Berkeley has an unmistakably poor diversity of students, with about 3 percent of students being Black, Bell said he felt as though the event might be interpreted as trying too hard to appeal to students. But only time could tell.
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Writers of color share provocative pieces published in anthology ‘Endangered Species, Enduring Values’
In poignant moments such as these, the level of attention and care in the room was palpable — everyone was dedicating their whole selves to understand where the reader was coming from.
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