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A colorful mural, including elements such as mine and construction workers

‘Diego Rivera’s America’ is a testament to the power of activist art

Sebastian Hochman and Natalie Shtangrud
  •  
Dec. 6, 2022
Culture
The photo of an Asian man holding a plant and three women posing around him

TheatreWorks’ “Little Shop” highlights new horrors of gentrification in San Francisco’s Chinatown

Annie C. Reller
  •  
Dec. 6, 2022
Culture
Common Origins, the dance group hosting the annual dance show Breaking Ground, is Stanford’s largest non-audition dance group. The 2022 performance showcased a variety of dance styles from 18 Stanford dance groups.(Photo: LENA MIKACICH/The Stanford Daily)

Breaking Ground: A smashing show of versatile performances

Annie C. Reller
  •  
Dec. 4, 2022
Culture
Five actors stand and sit on stage, reading off of books or their phones. A string of numbers from 1 to 30 hang above their heads.

‘Everything Must Go’ illuminates both audience and company

Greta Reich
  •  
Dec. 4, 2022
Culture
Three people are being tied to posts, while a soldier wearing camouflage and a red cap is taking notes of what they are saying.

On a blood-smeared stage, TAPS’ fall production ‘Parentheses of Blood’ glistens

Annie C. Reller
  •  
Nov. 30, 2022
Culture
Against a colorful backdrop, a man wearing a cardboard muffin holds the hands of another with a cookie. A woman wearing a yellow wig and a cookie cardboard stares at them as if in anger

Flying Treehouse celebrates 10-year anniversary with childish delight

Shreya Komar
  •  
Nov. 28, 2022
Culture
Actors wearing red stand on stage. The background of the stage is a screen displaying Hoover Tower and “BEAT CAL”

Gaieties ‘Cardinal Sin’: Fostering community through imperfections

Alexandra Blum, Shreya Komar and Anjali Ragupathi
  •  
Nov. 27, 2022
Culture
A graphic with a goofy Stanford tree in the top left corner and a Berkeley bear in the bottom left. The two mascots are in competition, as they are divided by a big "VS." There are various food items in the background, such as fruit and fries.

Food feuds: Berkeley versus Palo Alto

Greta Reich
  •  
Nov. 17, 2022
Culture
The beast and Belle raise the glass to each other at a large table with dark blue table cloth and archaic candles on top.

Palo Alto Players’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ shines as a fairytale for the community

Kyla Figueroa
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
Culture
On a darkened stage, a man dressed in a vest and jeans questions another. The other bows his head down in contemplation.

More than murder? AATP’s ‘THE HEADLANDS’ explores family and identity

Shreya Komar
  •  
Nov. 14, 2022
Culture
Nine people sing together standing up, with their phones, laptops or scripts in their hands

‘Gaieties’ creative team gears up for ‘Cardinal Sin’ and Big Game

Greta Reich
  •  
Nov. 13, 2022
Culture
A colorful painting of a young couple wearing summer clothes, with a Chinese painting in the background

Your art world questions answered: What are some of Cantor’s recent acquisitions?

Christina Shen
  •  
Nov. 13, 2022
Culture
An oil painting in which an anime girl is eating a forkful of food and another real woman on her right is holding a forkful of cake to the audience. In front of them is a table full of burgers and sweets.

L. Song Wu’s ‘Gleaming Things’ is a provocative study of the fictional and self

Alexandra Blum
  •  
Nov. 10, 2022
Culture
Three women stand in front of a white screen with prints of "BLACKstage"

BLACKstage is back to promoting accessible and representative theater

Cameron Duran
  •  
Nov. 9, 2022
Culture
A woman in yellow stripped and dotted overalls holds the mic in her hands, stands on Bing stage, and stares at the audience with a surprised look

Atsuko Okatsuka brings first comedy special “The Intruder” to Bing

Ellie Wong
  •  
Nov. 6, 2022
Culture
The black and white headshot of a man staring into the camera, with bangs covering his forehead

Robert Mapplethorpe: Images and the limits of sexual imagination

Lydia Wei
  •  
Nov. 6, 2022
Culture
An arts classroom with items on a table.

‘It’s not a frill’: Prop. 28 and arts education funding

Kirsten Mettler
  •  
Nov. 3, 2022
Culture
A photo of a gallery with a table in the middle.

“Bread + Medicine”: Hoover exhibit displays American relief during the 1921 Soviet famine

Serena Lee
  •  
Nov. 3, 2022
Culture
Three people stand on a stage in front of music stands, speaking into microphones. The two leftmost people are gesturing toward each other, while the third speaks toward the audience

How the experimental production of ‘Three Days’ championed queerness and community

Hazel Le
  •  
Nov. 2, 2022
Culture
Three people sitting in a spotlight having a conversation.

How Cathy Park Hong and Jen Liu’s friendship influenced their art-making

Betty He
  •  
Nov. 1, 2022
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