Chloe Veltman

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Composer Huang Ruo gives voice to the dark history of Angel Island

Friday, October 22, 2021

Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo has teamed up with the Del Sol Quartet and vocal ensemble Volti to explore the struggles of Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island in the early 1900s.

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Remembering Hung Liu, A Portraitist Who Memorialized The Invisible

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

A career retrospective for the Oakland-based Chinese-American painter, who died on Aug. 7, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on August 27.

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Celebrating The 40th Anniversary Of 'Dynasty,' A Trailblazer For Queer Representation

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Offering scenes of unforgettable camp and introducing one of the first out gay characters to mass audiences, the primetime TV series Dynasty achieved iconic status, especially among LGBTQ+ audiences.

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Carnegie Hall Initiative Helps Two Moms Compose Genre-Defying Lullaby For Their Baby

Sunday, May 09, 2021

Bay Area couple Shonnece Hill and Elizabeth Cheeves created a song for their newborn through The Lullaby Project, a Carnegie Hall initiative that connects underserved communities with musicians.

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Opera Looks To A New Mask To Safely Rehearse Again

Thursday, May 06, 2021

A new mask for singers has been developed and tested by the San Francisco Opera in collaboration with medics and researchers. The company is testing it in rehearsals for its first post-pandemic show.

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With Theaters Shut Down, Why Not Put On A 'Play At Home'?

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Theaters across the country have commissioned playwrights to create short plays that anyone can download and perform at home or online with friends and family. The initiative is called Play at Home.

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Shaggy Hair Blues During Lockdown

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Forced to take hair care into their own hands, people are cutting, dying and hiding their heads until they can get back to the salon or barbershop.

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Despite Coronavirus Concern, Lunar New Year Festival Goes On In San Francisco

Saturday, February 08, 2020

Despite concerns about the coronavirus spreading in the U.S., San Francisco is going ahead with its major festival wrapping up the Lunar New Year celebration this weekend.

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High School Play Honors Students Who Fought For MLK Holiday

Monday, January 20, 2020

Nearly 40 years after high school students in Oakland, Calif., campaigned to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a holiday, students at the same school are taking inspiration from their predecessors.

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Long-Running San Francisco Musical Revue 'Beach Blanket Babylon' Nears End

Sunday, December 22, 2019

After 45 years, a staple of kitsch in San Francisco is closing. The show Beach Blanket Babylon ends Dec. 31.

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Spacesuit Worn By Neil Armstrong Continues To Inspire

Sunday, July 14, 2019

The spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon is iconic and continues to be the standard for crafting space garb.

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San Francisco Bay's Chilly Currents Stoke The Flames Of Romance

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

A husband and wife swim together in San Francisco Bay. But the choppy water can separate them. To find one another, they've developed calls which began decades ago under secret circumstances.

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San Francisco's Storied Transgender Community Now Has An Official Home

Monday, January 28, 2019

An area in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood known for a historic LGBT uprising is now officially a Transgender Cultural District.

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A Superstar In China, Daniel Wu Emerges In His Native California

Saturday, July 21, 2018

The Chinese-American actor became an action movie mainstay abroad over the last 20 years. Thanks to his leading role in the TV series Into the Badlands, he's finally getting noticed in the U.S.

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Inez Burns' Abortion Clinic Was One Of San Francisco's Worst Kept Secrets

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Inez Burns performed illegal abortions in California in the early 1900s. She was a shrewd real estate entrepreneur, and eventually became the target of a politician who ruined her.

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Johnny Cash Takes A Stand: Looking Back On His Folsom Prison Performance

Friday, January 12, 2018

It has been 50 years since Cash recorded his legendary live album. At Folsom Prison boosted his then-flagging career and highlighted his efforts to reform the nation's penal system.

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Trans Singer Performs For His Mother While On Tour With Gay Men's Chorus

Monday, November 13, 2017

The last time Joyce Arterberry heard her grown son sing, was when he was living as a little girl. Her son, Tom Kennard, is a transgender man who is part of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus on tour in the South.

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The Star-Spangled Banner Verse You've Probably Never Heard

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

We only sing the first verse, but the national anthem actually has four. In the midst of the Civil War, poet Oliver Wendell Holmes penned yet another, which speaks to politically divisive times.

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To Master Stage Fright, Practice Makes Imperfect OK

Friday, June 26, 2015

In the past, if Sara Solovitch tripped up while playing the piano she would get flustered and stop. Especially in front of an audience.

"I felt like I had to correct everything and each note had to be perfect," the Santa Cruz, Calif.-based author and pianist. But now, she can ...

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A Japanese Singing Competition Blooms In Colorado

Saturday, January 24, 2015

At a Buddhist temple in downtown Denver, Junko Higdon is rehearsing a traditional song for one of the local Japanese community's biggest annual events.

Higdon is one of 30 amateur singers competing in two teams at this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen, which means, "red and white singing battle."

"White is ...

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