• OUTSIDE LANDS CELEBRATES 15 YEARS | AUGUST 11 – 13 

    Outside Lands The Bay Area’s crown jewel, Outside Lands, returns to celebrate 15 years of world-class music, food, wine, beer, art and cannabis in Golden Gate Park on August 11 – 13. Over the last decade and a half, the festival has become a vital part of the Bay Area’s...
  • Palo Alto, like California, shines as a land of promise but is haunted by its history

    Alejandro Lazo CalMatters Malcolm Harris grew up in the intellectual heart of Silicon Valley, where people are “educated, rich, healthy, innovative” and yet so haunted by the sins of history that the city of Palo Alto had the nation’s highest youth suicide rate for more than a decade. This is the...
  • Q&A: DISNEY100 celebrates a century of magic, innovation and Mickey Mouse

    Arturo Hilario El Observador 100 years is a long time, especially in mouse years. Ninety-nine years and counting have passed since Walt Disney Animation Studios began as The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio on October 16, 1923 in a small office in Los Angeles for around $10 in rent. The...
  • Q&A: DISNEY100 celebra un siglo de magia, innovación y Mickey Mouse

    Arturo Hilario El Observador 100 años es mucho tiempo, especialmente en años de ratón. Han pasado noventa y nueve años y contando desde que Walt Disney Animation Studios comenzó como The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio el 16 de octubre de 1923 en una pequeña oficina en Los Ángeles por...
  • Q&A: Beyond the Stars with Katya Echazarreta

    Arturo Hilario El Observador February is National Women Inventors Month, a time when women innovators in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) are commemorated for their contributions to the world. Katya Echazarreta is a perfect example of someone to celebrate for her efforts in her field, electrical engineering, and...
  • Q&A: Beyond the Stars with Katya Echazarreta

    Arturo Hilario El Observador February is National Women Inventors Month, a time when women innovators in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) are commemorated for their contributions to the world. Katya Echazarreta is a perfect example of someone to celebrate for her efforts in her field, electrical engineering, and...
  • Q&A: San Jose Native returns to hometown theater with My Fair Lady

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Actor, Dancer, Singer and choreographer Zoey Lytle is a multi-talented performer who is on her first national tour after graduating from San Jose State with a BFA in Dance. One of the stops in her multi-city tour will be bringing her back to her hometown...
  • Red Shoes | CINEQUEST 2023

    Drama | Category: Illuminations | Director(s): Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser | Producer(s): Gabriela Maldonado, Paolo Ansaldi, Alejandro De Icaza, Maria Pia Billi | An old peasant lives in a lost town in the Mexican mountains, his life passes slowly and without jumps until he receives news from the capital, from...
  • Q&A: Mabel Cadena and the heroism and culture of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Black Panther: Wakanda Forever takes place years after the original worldwide success and, for a sobering dose of reality, begins with the most recent Black Panther, T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman) succumbing to an unnamed disease off-screen. It is up to the Wakandan community, especially...
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