Arts & Life

Content that focuses on popular culture, local art and music, entertainment and the events. Common topics include lifestyle, television and film, theater, music, video game, food, etc

Retract into the Retro

Vegan milkshakes. Customized roller skates. Weird Russian dolls. Where can one find all of these oddities in one place? Retro Row spans from a small bike shop on Cherry Avenue to Portfolio Coffeehouse on Junipero Avenue, dedicating three blocks on Fourth Street to thrift stores and gluten-free goodness. Whether you’re[Read More…]

Ground control to Starman

Director: Johan Renck Star: David Bowie MPAA Rating: Not rated Runtime: 9:59 minutes Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Recently released by ISO Records, David Bowie’s track “Blackstar” attempts to address truths concerning life after death in a chaotic and morbid manner. Closely accompanied by overdrawn soft-strung instrumental melodies and[Read More…]

Full-moon hike “Luna”-cy

Much like waves crashing against the rocky shores flanking northern California and the ever-consistent weather patterns of phenomena like El Niño, the seemingly ubiquitous presence of the moon is a constant inspiration of thought. Small business owner Becca Gordon is one of the many inspired by our spiraling moon and[Read More…]

Hanging onto your New Year

Whether your New Year’s celebrations included double-fisting multiple flutes of champagne at a celebratory party or enjoying a two-person party including you and your dog, the question of  resolutions comes into play. But the truth is, the lifespan of most New Year’s resolutions putters out before the first week’s end[Read More…]

Labels are for bean cans

A new exhibit at the Museum of Latin American Art gathers local, individually diverse artists in an aptly titled show: “Who are you?” The show features works of art that approach the topic of human identity in various ways, artists relayed their own unique experiences with their respective identities through[Read More…]

A look back at 2015’s best films

Mad Max: Fury Road Micayla Vermereen, Opinions Editor Let’s, for a second, consider a world in which women are tradeable commodities, stockpiled by power-hungry male overlords to expand the family line and told to breed until their backs break. Let’s consider a world in which women are named for their[Read More…]

‘A very merry crisis’ playlist

Winter break: for some, it’s a peppermint-flavored time of warmth and comfort food. For others, it’s a prolonged time filled with moments of existential terror and neurotic introspection. We’ve gathered some of our favorite albums to reflect (or cry to) for your New Year’s playlist. Submarine soundtrack by Alex Turner[Read More…]

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