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Queer Film Festival Tells “Untold Stories”

The vast majority of American films have been made about straight people. Through its second annual Queer Film Festival, the Rainbow Resource Center hopes to help the Santa Clara community explore and discuss intersectionality and LGBTQ+ portrayal in the media.

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San Jose Beat Poet Finds Winning Groove

Before Mike McGee picked up performance poetry, he wanted to be a priest, but ultimately decided it wasn’t the right stage for him—he wanted better lighting and a crowd more receptive to foul language.

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Kygo Keeps It Chill While Bringing the Heat

He pioneered tropical house, the poppy sub-genre of EDM which slows things down for a more Caribbean beach party feel. And recently, the not-so-long-ago bedroom producer became the fastest artist to hit one billion streams on Spotify.

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Finding Hope During the Great Depression

Income inequality is at a higher level now than during the Great Depression. So during Santa Clara’s production of Clifford Odet’s 1935 play, “Awake and Sing!,” audiences can find striking similarities between themselves and a struggling three-generation Jewish American family in the 1930s Bronx.

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One Act Festival Examines Odd Couples

On Sunday, three theatre arts majors showcased their directorial prowess in the Fess Parker Theatre. The show sold out and each of the vignettes entertained the full house in their own way.

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