Zoom drowning: A personal essay
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The sweet sensation of used muscles became my favorite feeling just after waking up every morning.
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Jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker reflects on Cal Performances, musical upbringing, future projects
At age 19, Whitaker has already achieved massive feats as a growing musician, being the youngest person ever to be endorsed by Hammond Organ USA.
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Apple TV+’s ‘Dear…’ is inspirational, uplifts diverse everyday voices
With warmly cinematic prowess, each storyteller reads their letter while traipsing through their hometowns, soccer fields, college campuses or wherever else their individual journeys of growth and realization took place.
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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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Recognized Berkeley musician Natan Kuchar talks musical influences, ‘BoJack Horseman,’ singing to win a housing bid
Kuchar is a musician, an educator, a performer and a member of the Jewish community — a background shared with Troye Sivan. “He’s another Jewish kid from Australia, and he has a lot of ties particularly to the Jewish community that I grew up in,” Kuchar says.
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Travis Scott’s ‘Astroworld’ shoots for the stars
Through production tricks and pitch-perfect sample choices, Scott builds an immersive fantasy world of hedonism and decadence.
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March into March: An upbeat playlist to keep spirits high
Spring back from all the L’s you took. Plug your headphones in and enjoy this upbeat playlist as you march your way into the month of March!
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Spooky stuff that maybe happened in UC Berkeley buildings (but definitely did not)
In this city of wild characters, activist spirit and rich historical background, Berkeley is flush with possibly true (but definitely fake) scary shit.
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Arts diary of DC, in six parts
Arts Abroad
I. Three days before I turn 20, I move to Washington, D.C. It’s August, and I’m here for a semester “abroad” with the UC Washington Program (UCDC). While it’s not international, D.C. is so cosmopolitan that it may as well be on the other side of the world. On my
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Inside Outside Lands: 2012 Recap
They came. They saw. They most likely got cold due to all the fog. Our arts staff, Sarah Burke, David Bradford and Ian Birnam recap the best of Outside Lands 2012. Passion Pit Passion Pit played just as the sun was setting. Behind them glowed the orange and pink watercolor
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