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JUNE 25, 2020

Black queer artist Freddie discusses intersection between drag, activism, music

As a multimedia artist, Freddie crystallized the spirit of activism blossoming within the past month in support of the Black Lives Matter and prison abolition movements by releasing a new music video titled “Juneteenth.”

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MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

“I think that I'm most often writing about situations that I have already internalized and processed for a moment,” Edlin said.

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MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

“I think that I'm most often writing about situations that I have already internalized and processed for a moment,” Edlin said.

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans’ forced arrival to the United States, Cal Performances presented Damien Sneed’s latest intersectional multimedia production on Thursday.

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans’ forced arrival to the United States, Cal Performances presented Damien Sneed’s latest intersectional multimedia production on Thursday.

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JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

Ace Patterson sounds just as charismatic over the phone as he does in his music, as I discovered when he picked up my call on a Wednesday around noon.

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JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

Ace Patterson sounds just as charismatic over the phone as he does in his music, as I discovered when he picked up my call on a Wednesday around noon.

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Activism 2020

JUNE 25, 2020

Black queer artist Freddie discusses intersection between drag, activism, music

Activism 2020

JUNE 25, 2020

Black queer artist Freddie discusses intersection between drag, activism, music

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MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

“I think that I'm most often writing about situations that I have already internalized and processed for a moment,” Edlin said.

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MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

“I think that I'm most often writing about situations that I have already internalized and processed for a moment,” Edlin said.

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans’ forced arrival to the United States, Cal Performances presented Damien Sneed’s latest intersectional multimedia production on Thursday.

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans’ forced arrival to the United States, Cal Performances presented Damien Sneed’s latest intersectional multimedia production on Thursday.

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JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

Ace Patterson sounds just as charismatic over the phone as he does in his music, as I discovered when he picked up my call on a Wednesday around noon.

Sounding Off

JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

Ace Patterson sounds just as charismatic over the phone as he does in his music, as I discovered when he picked up my call on a Wednesday around noon.

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JUNE 05, 2019

UC Berkeley student Andrew Montana discusses songwriting, love and his 1st studio album

“I have a degree of trust with people where I assume that they can relate to any issues that I'm dealing with, whether those are good or bad,” Montana says.

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JUNE 05, 2019

UC Berkeley student Andrew Montana discusses songwriting, love and his 1st studio album

“I have a degree of trust with people where I assume that they can relate to any issues that I'm dealing with, whether those are good or bad,” Montana says.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus, songwriter Jack Symes talks ‘Songs for Moms,’ joys of touring in a minivan

Jack Symes has been in three bands over the span of his musical career. Though he’s now primarily a solo artist, in his past musical lives, there was the high school group the Beefcakes and the college projects the Shady Ladies and the Midwest Can Company.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus, songwriter Jack Symes talks ‘Songs for Moms,’ joys of touring in a minivan

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

UC Berkeley student Kelsey Ferrell speaks on new album, social justice

Kelsey Ferrell is a UC Berkeley junior juggling her passions for music and social justice, sometimes even intertwining the two. This past summer, she recorded her first album, Trauma Portfolio, which she released in October.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

UC Berkeley student Kelsey Ferrell speaks on new album, social justice

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NOVEMBER 09, 2018

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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NOVEMBER 09, 2018

Recognized Berkeley musician Natan Kuchar talks musical influences, ‘BoJack Horseman,’ singing to win a housing bid

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus Jake Cannon uncovers Hollywood’s hidden histories with ‘The Look Back Machine’ podcast

Jake Cannon is a UC Berkeley alumnus and host of the podcast “The Look Back Machine,” which features documentary-style retellings of various forgotten Hollywood stories, tales described as “the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered.”

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus Jake Cannon uncovers Hollywood’s hidden histories with ‘The Look Back Machine’ podcast

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Más azúcar: UC Berkeley student Luna Velazquez on heritage, Spotify-published album

Velazquez is doing everything in her power to keep her grades strong: “I’m just really, really adamant about maintaining a strong presence,” she said. “I deserve to be here, and I want to be here. But in order to do that, you have to put the work in.”

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Activism 2020

JUNE 25, 2020

Black queer artist Freddie discusses intersection between drag, activism, music

Sounding Off

MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

Sounding Off

MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

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JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

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JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

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Activism 2020

JUNE 25, 2020

Black queer artist Freddie discusses intersection between drag, activism, music

Activism 2020

JUNE 25, 2020

Black queer artist Freddie discusses intersection between drag, activism, music

Sounding Off

MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

Sounding Off

MARCH 02, 2020

Local poet Quinn Edlin talks arts education organization Youth Speaks, intersectionality in identity

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Black History Month 2020

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Damien Sneed discusses Cal Performances’ MLK tribute show ‘We Shall Overcome’

Sounding Off

JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

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JULY 05, 2019

‘I just want to be real’: Local rapper and Haas alumnus Call Me Ace talks motivations, recent album

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JUNE 05, 2019

UC Berkeley student Andrew Montana discusses songwriting, love and his 1st studio album

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JUNE 05, 2019

UC Berkeley student Andrew Montana discusses songwriting, love and his 1st studio album

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus, songwriter Jack Symes talks ‘Songs for Moms,’ joys of touring in a minivan

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus, songwriter Jack Symes talks ‘Songs for Moms,’ joys of touring in a minivan

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

UC Berkeley student Kelsey Ferrell speaks on new album, social justice

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

UC Berkeley student Kelsey Ferrell speaks on new album, social justice

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NOVEMBER 09, 2018

Recognized Berkeley musician Natan Kuchar talks musical influences, ‘BoJack Horseman,’ singing to win a housing bid

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NOVEMBER 09, 2018

Recognized Berkeley musician Natan Kuchar talks musical influences, ‘BoJack Horseman,’ singing to win a housing bid

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus Jake Cannon uncovers Hollywood’s hidden histories with ‘The Look Back Machine’ podcast

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

UC Berkeley alumnus Jake Cannon uncovers Hollywood’s hidden histories with ‘The Look Back Machine’ podcast

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OCTOBER 11, 2018