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Sarah Broom's memoir won the National Book Award in 2019. (Photo: Grove Press)

Sarah Broom on writing, resistance

Zack Boyd
  •  
Feb. 18, 2020
Arts & Life
A box of Valentine's Day chocolates. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

This Valentine’s Day, going slave-free is the most romantic gift to me

Carissa Lee
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Feb. 13, 2020
Folk artist-activist Rhiannon Giddens and Italian percussionist Francesco Turrisi perform "Buffalo Gals" at CCSRE's 2020 Kieve Lecture (image source: Harrison Truong)

Dynamic duo Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi combine folk music, racial justice in concert

Natalie Francis
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Feb. 11, 2020
Arts & Life
Be honest: Despite his rather unfortunate eating capabilities, you’d much rather hang out with the guy on the right than with the entity on the left. (Left Photo: City of South Bend, Right Photo: Gary He)

Escaping the uncanny valley, one cinnamon roll at a time

Carissa Lee
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Feb. 3, 2020
Arts & Life
A runway model, standing beneath a wash of purple light, looks out at the crowd that gathered in the Cantor Arts Center for the first-annual FLI+LGBTQ+ Student Self-Fashioning Show. (Photo: Chasity Hale/The Stanford Daily)

Cantor hosts all-embracing runway show

Chasity Hale
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Feb. 1, 2020
Arts & Life
A scene from 'Poses' featuring a woman standing frozen on a sidewalk, emulating a model's pose. She draws looks from passing pedestrians. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

‘Poses’ and the inhumanity of the woman in media

Malia Mendez
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Jan. 26, 2020
Arts & Life
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the acclaimed tour de force solo performance "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," starring Mona Golabek (pictured), performing January 15 - February 16, 2020 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo Courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents)

TheatreWorks’ ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane’: A one-woman musical celebration of humanity

Anupriya Dwivedi
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Jan. 23, 2020
Arts & Life
The popular grocery store chain is home to hidden gems and unique treats. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Ten hidden gems at your local Trader Joe’s

Sarrah Hussain
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Jan. 22, 2020
Arts & Life
OY/YO

Diverse, inclusive, modern: Say ‘YO’ to the new Cantor

Carissa Lee
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Jan. 21, 2020
Arts & Life
The acclaimed tour-de-force solo performance "The Pianist of Willesden Lane," starring Mona Golabek (pictured), comes to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as a part of its 2019-20 Season. TheatreWorks will present "The Pianist of Willesden Lane" January 15 - February 16, 2020 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo Courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents)

Mona Golabek and ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane’

Anupriya Dwivedi
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Jan. 14, 2020
Arts & Life
A freshly baked apple pie sits atop the U.S. flag. (Photo: courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

American cuisine: From apple pies to kimchi fries

Carissa Lee
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Jan. 6, 2020
Arts & Life
"Anastasia" may not always stick the landing, but it remains a visually stunning and thoroughly enjoyable musical. Photo: Evan Zimmerman, courtesy of Broadway Grand Rapids

The ‘Anastasia’ Tour features soaring music, but some performances flutter

Chloe Wintersteen
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Jan. 5, 2020
Arts & Life
Mary (Melissa WolfKlain), Elizabeth (Mary Mattison), Mrs. Bennet (Heather Orth), Kitty (Chanel Tilghman) and Lydia (Tara Kostmayer) read a letter from Netherfield in the World Premiere Musical “Pride and Prejudice,” presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley December 4, 2019 – January 4, 2020 at the Lucie Stern Theatre. (Photo: Courtesy of Kevin Berne/TheatreWorks)

‘Pride and Prejudice’: Popstars edition

Anupriya Dwivedi
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Dec. 16, 2019
Arts & Life
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Tropicália 2019 brings together best of Latinx music community

Kamilah Arteaga
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Dec. 2, 2019
Culture
A warm cup of coffee held against a cool backdrop (Photo: SF Coffee Festival).

San Francisco’s 2019 Coffee Festival was an utterly awakening experience

Carissa Lee
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Nov. 22, 2019
Arts & Life
Water buffalo at Morsey’s farm in Wilton, CA. “They like to play,” Morsey said. (Photo courtesy of Kal Morsey)

Morsey’s Creamery, the first water buffalo creamery in US, fills niche in downtown Palo Alto

Danielle Echeverria
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Nov. 22, 2019
Arts & Life
Gaieties 2019 centers around a romance between two characters with underrepresented narratives, and the whole cast and crew abounds with talent and aplomb. (Photo: Cole Griffiths / The Stanford Daily)

Gaieties takes a step forward in its 2019 rendition

Khuyen Le
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Nov. 19, 2019
Arts & Life
During the Redwood City celebration of Día de los Muertos 2019, passerbys could add their own contributions to the community mural. (Photo: MARIA METZGER/The Stanford Daily)

Dining and dancing through Día de los Muertos

Maria Metzger
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Nov. 15, 2019
Arts & Life
Popeyes’s spicy (?) chicken sandwich — buttermilk fried chicken breast fillet, barrel cured pickles, “spicy” mayonnaise, toasted brioche bun. (Photo: CARISSA LEE/The Stanford Daily)

Sand-witchery: Voodoo, murder and the return of Popeyes’s magical chicken sandwich

Carissa Lee
  •  
Nov. 15, 2019
Arts & Life
The newly-dead Eurydice (Skylar Adams) does not recognize the shade of her father (Carter Duncan) as the jeering chorus of Stones (Emma Lenza, Juliet Kulusic, Alexa Standridge) look on. (Photo: Stan Olszewski/SCU•Presents)

Language is the food of love in SCU’s ‘Eurydice’

Natalie Francis
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Nov. 13, 2019
The Stanford Daily

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