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For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone

Immigration

Beth Lew-Williams’ grandfather was 9 when he was separated from family and placed in immigration detention. And he held the pain of the experience for 72 years.

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Lynn Hershman Creates Roberta Breitmore

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Lynn Hershman Creates Roberta Breitmore

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Gerhard Richter’s Exquisite Obscurity

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Michael Tilson Thomas

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In the 1950’s and 60’s, Leonard Bernstein introduced thousands of kids to classical music with his innovative and entertaining Young People’s concerts. In the 1970’s, Bernstein passed the Young People’s baton to his protg, Michael Tilson Thomas. Today, Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony, where he often performs children’s concerts — but he finds […]

Michael Tilson Thomas

Arts, Culture & Media

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San Francisco Symphony, which has been acclaimed for innovative concerts and programming. Tilson Thomas often conducts children’s concerts with the orchestra — and has developed an unusual approach to engaging his young audience.

Office Gallery

Arts, Culture & Media

A few years ago, amid the cubicles and conference rooms of a San Francisco life insurance office, employee Sean Fletcher decided to become an after-hours curator. He showed the artwork by his friends in place of the sleepy landscapes and equestrian scenes that hung on the office walls during the day. Raquel Maria Dillon has […]

The Bridge

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Eric Steel filmed the Golden Gate Bridge every single day of 2004. They captured gorgeous time lapse images of the picture-postcard landmark. But Steel’s film The Bridge, now out on DVD, also captures the very last moments of many people who ended their lives there.

Prelinger Library

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After they met and married, Rick and Megan Prelinger decided to merge their extensive book collections and make it public. In downtown San Francisco, the Prelinger Library is literally a labor of love. Produced by Tania Ketenjian.

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