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Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: Amalia Mesa-Bains, Louise Brooks, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more
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The 1929 silent picture "Pandora's Box," starring Louise Brooks, will screen with musical accompaniment by Club Foot Orchestra, which specializes in silent film scores.Books
Local Lit | May’s top tips for book lovers
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Bay Area Book Festival on tap; also: Kwame Alexander in conversation with W Kamau Bell; Luke Russert; writing workshop with Anne Lamott; and more.Arts & Entertainment
Gripping history about a slave couple’s escape among Bay Area book fest’s plentiful offerings
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Ilyon Woo speaks about “Master Slave Husband Wife” at 2 p.m., May 7 at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley.Arts & Entertainment
Oakland artist Marvin McMillian to showcase paintings at PCA
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McMillian will show works related to Sidney Dearing, redlining, and more; exhibit is on view weekends throughout May.Arts & Entertainment
Pass the Remote: Doclands fest offers vivid stories of overcoming adversity
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True tales of people who learn to live alongside grief, illness, and devastation are in this year’s DocLands festival in San Rafael.Arts & Entertainment
Ansel Adams’ retrospective shares space with new artists in dialog
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The DeYoung exhibition offers a visual dialogue with photographers who preceded Adams and contemporary artists who followed him.Arts & Entertainment
Pass the Remote: Another look at ‘Doom Generation,’ Buddhism films, eclectic oldies
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Gregg Araki's restored and remastered provocative classic is back on the big screen this weekend.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: Spring dance, Arod Quartet, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration
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Spring Dance Fest returns to venues around the region as part of Bay Area Dance Week.Arts & Entertainment
