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Long, unbroken takes depict a man's mesmerizing journey into the Vietnamese countryside with his young nephew in ‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.’
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The Kwik Serv on Carlson Boulevard in Richmond wasn’t likely to make any local guidebooks, until the gas station convenience store started serving some of the Bay Area’s tastiest Yemeni food through a takeout window. Luke Tsai visits Halal King Kitchen:
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What started as a series of parties called F.A.B. Week to mark Mistah F.A.B.’s 40th birthday has evolved into a full-blown annual festival that the Oakland rap star, entrepreneur & community advocate puts on for his hometown — pretty much single-handedly.
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With her snack company, Don Bugito, Monica Martinez is modernizing the Mesoamerican insect diet for today’s eaters — and it’s more delicious than you might imagine.
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'Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style,' the de Young's new exhibit opening Jan. 20, fails to present a nuanced, comprehensive collection of San Francisco clothing that reflects the city’s history in all its classes and creeds.
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A month of screenings kicking off tonight at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) offers a rare opportunity to take in a diverse selection of films with masculine-of-center, gender-nonconforming protagonists. (✍️: Nastia Voynovskaya)
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This week’s guest Rob Woods wants everyone to know they are worthy. “We are all in need of hearing this word on the daily. So I take pride in making it my job and doing it,” he says.

🎧 Listen to the new episode now:
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In Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel, ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars,’ incarcerated people fight to the death for a chance at freedom in televised gladiator matches. The author will talk abolition and sci-fi at a new free lecture series in Oakland next month.
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Dejan Milojević, an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors, died unexpectedly from a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 46.
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If, like Rae Alexandra, you enjoy watching humans losing trust in those they’re cohabiting with and spiraling into violence, you’re going to get a kick out of the new space thriller 'I.S.S.' It opens in theaters nationwide this weekend.
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A new exhibit at Fort Mason Center traces how Bonnie Ora Sherk went from urban conceptual artist to landscape architect and founder of SF's now-legendary The Farm. Her world, as seen in 'Life Frames,' is a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours. 🪑🐅
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Meric Long of The Dodos found his voice in a distinctive guitar style. While writing the new album ‘Grizzly Peak,’ he watched that ability begin to slip away.
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Ava DuVernay's 'Origin,' an alarmingly effective and haunting journey to a kind of enlightenment, opens in the Bay Area with screenings tonight and nationwide on Friday. (via AP)
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Comedian and journalist Francesca Fiorentini (Francesca Fiorentini), who was raised in 'Shallow Alto,' will soon return home to the Bay Area for the annual comedy festival SF Sketchfest, which kicks off Jan. 18 and continues through Feb. 4. KQED caught up with her:
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Catching Up with Julian Lage, who checks into SFJAZZ for a four-night run as resident artistic director Jan. 18-21.
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In Venita Blackburn's debut novel 'Dead in Long Beach, CA,' a writer goes through the seven stages of grief in seven days, where chapters titled after days of the week, memory, grief, denial and time bleed into each other.

✍️ Review by Naomi:
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Julian Lage, who grew up in Santa Rosa, settles in as a resident artistic director at SFJAZZ with four nights of shows this week, Thursday through Sunday, with a different configuration each night.
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'Succession,' 'The Bear' and 'Beef' dominated last night's Emmy Awards, but there were other notable moments and winners, like Elton John, who joined the admirable EGOT-winners circle. Here are our six takeaways from the evening:
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Up-and-coming East Oakland rapper Mitchell doesn’t shy away from his sadness and makes music he wants listeners to “drown in.”
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