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Arts & Culture

Photography

Shooting in the Fog

Ashley Kaplan - 0
Seeing environmental portraiture and photography as a form of artistic reverence. Photography has been the thread sewing together the different chapters of my life. I was...
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Q & Art

The Greatest Escape

Bruce R. Marshall - 0
The story behind Escape from Alcatraz, as told by the film’s screenwriter, Richard Tuggle. The making of Don Siegel’s 1979 classic Escape from Alcatraz was...
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Arts & Culture

Getting to the Root of Matters

Jayne Martin - 0
A conversation with author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. The September heat wave was in full force when author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton and I opted to chat...
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Nature

Roses on the Rock

Nikki Collister - 0
Getting to know the gardeners of Alcatraz, past and present. When Matt Lederman first started volunteer-gardening on Alcatraz, he was met with mild incredulity...
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Arts & Culture

Hip-Hop Historian

Andrew Lopez - 0
Dregs One keeps the rich legacy of Bay Area rappers and graffiti artists alive. To listen to the playlist that accompanies this piece, open the...
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