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Jan 14, 2025
Found Poet, Michael Giotis
Michael Giotis is a poet, independent journalist and organizer. When I met him at his home, this hero was slightly hobbled, nursing a late...
Jan 7, 2025
Breaking Ground with Northern California Public Media CEO Darren LaShelle
There is great news on the news for those with the post-inauguration blues.
Our own Northern California Public Media (NCPM) is on the march. This...
Dec 31, 2024
Paradigm Shifts with Chemist and Alchemist Kenan Azam
The auld magic of the ritual of New Year’s Day is transformation. In its minor form, this transformation is a shift in our habits—to...
Dec 24, 2024
Housing Woes: Director Of SAVS Adrienne Lauby
It is almost Christmas day, the day of charity, the day of the gift. And it is almost the new year, in which change...
Dec 17, 2024
The Imaginists Bonded by Vision
For this pencil-wrist Hercules, writing this column sometimes seems an impossible task.
This week, my word limit must be made to contain the three-headed giant...
Dec 10, 2024
The Mane Attraction: Suzy Berry’s Heart of Gold Sanctuary Saves Horses
I am … hesitating. Here I am about to write a hagiography (a saint’s life), albeit for a nudes-selling, secular saint. But I am...
Dec 10, 2024
The Female Gaze of Photographer Kristen Demai
This story links to the cover story, forming a partnered pair. Both stories roll within a generational sea change in sexual mores.
The cover story...
Dec 3, 2024
Staying in Tune with Stanroy Music Center’s Steve Shirrell
As I waited for our “brief encounter” to begin, I sat at Steve Shirrell’s workbench amid the bent keys, broken heads and dented horns...