Innovative Podcast Musical Releases its First Demo
byWriting and producing a new musical over Zoom sounds like a misnomer, but Alexander Ronneburg, Stanford alumnus and New York-based music director, is creating…
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Downtown Mountain View’s Businesses Seeking Creative Ways to Avoid Shuttering
byOn Mountain View’s Castro Street, local businesses are brainstorming new plans to survive as public health guidelines continue to change and an end to coronavirus restrictions remains out of sight.
SF Playhouse Returns to Theater and Films Live Performance
bySF Playhouse performed and filmed a live play in-house, making it the first West Coast theater company to produce an in-person show on an Actors Equity Association contract since COVID forced theaters to shutter over seven months ago.
Drive-in Circus Performers Prove the Show Must Go On
byREDWOOD CITY, California — Rows of cars honked their praise for a trapeze artist and a “human cannonball” at the Zoppé Italian Family Circus’…
Explore tidepools and dive into a California Kelp Forest in 360°
byLocal harvester Ian O’Hollaren shares his knowledge of a California kelp forest and its role in providing habitat and food in the ecosystem.
In Colma, Pets Rest Cemetery and Crematorium stands apart from the austere atmosphere of human cemeteries
byCOLMA — For more than 70 years, Bay Area pet owners have said goodbye to their four legged companions at Pets Rest Cemetery and Crematorium in Colma, California.
When the dead dance: Dia de los Muertos, 2019
bySAN FRANCISCO — The annual Mexican tradition celebrates the lives and memories of those who have died. While the event’s energy carries a deep reverence, it is also a party.
After 50 years, the occupation of Alcatraz continues to fuel Red Power
bySAN FRANCISCO — It has been 50 years since the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz, a historical 19-month long protest that fueled indigenous activism around the country and inspired legislative changes that still benefit Native Americans today.
San Jose’s Chicano murals will be added to city’s inventory of historic sites
bySAN JOSE — This is the first time a Chicano mural will be added to San Jose’s Historic Resources Inventory, which is composed mostly of homes deemed historic for their architectural design.
‘Shall I Proceed? Yes Indeed’: Continuing the legacy of black femmes in hip-hop
by“Femcees” are major forces within the rap industry. The term femcee to refers to black feminine-identified rappers. These rappers are no longer an “exception” to a male dominated industry, but rather the exceptional standard to Hip-Hop, and have been since its inception.
In an ice cream mecca like Palo Alto, how do parlors stack up?
byThe ice cream business is fierce. Dairy prices tend to fluctuate, affecting the cost of ingredients. The market is also highly seasonal, so stores open year-round must weather the winter.
Women of Silicon Valley: A safe haven for women in technology
bySILICON VALLEY — Lea Coligado was 19 years old when she held a summer internship at a small software company in Silicon Valley. While there, she faced comments about how women don’t code because they are better at art and heard insinuations that women’s brains were just not wired to handle the algorithmic complexity that their male counterparts could. Instead of complimenting her code, she received comments about her clothes.