My worst middle school self
Off the Beat
Yes, sir, this is an ode to how I’m 21 years old and only slightly more socially adept than my worst middle school self.
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BAMPFA’s ‘The San Quentin Project’ exhibit redefines prisoner narratives, adding dimension to images of incarcerated people
An excellent representation of the prisoners’ humor is a photograph of a man holding a fish as big as himself, subtitled by a prisoner, “Who’s really caught!”
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Shotgun Players’ ‘The Flick’ depicts awkwardness, small joys of day jobs
The play’s characters bring us relief in their relatable awkwardness as they work together at a movie house sweeping up after moviegoers.
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In ‘What We Left Unfinished,’ Mariam Ghani recalls Afghan tales burned, lost, forgotten
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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