Flock cameras keep spying on us all
Plus: BIG WEEK tells you what to do!
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Today's headlines:
Flock keeps spying on us all, and state and local officials aren’t protecting us
By Ian Firstenberg
The cameras are everywhere. The regulations are mostly missing.
BIG WEEK: Oaklash Fest, Roxie Mixtape, Parameter, La Doña, World Goth Day…
By 48 Hills Arts Team
Remembering Joe Kukura, Kukje Bakery, 'Hell's Kitchen,' DJ Said, BAVC's 50th, Fogo Na Roupa, 'Silent Friend,' more to do!
Drama Masks: Staged in a senior community center, this tale left a lasting sting
By Charles Lewis III
'Lay My Burden Down' took up urgent concerns, with puppets. Plus: Alicia Keys' angelic 'Hell's Kitchen' hits familiar heights.
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival opened with a salsa bang
By Marke B.
Tasty Taiwanese American Festival and fantastically ravey OM records 30th were also on the sunny Saturday menu.
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival opened with a salsa bang
Cole Swensen’s ‘Veer’ swerves towards the limits of language
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THE ROCK AND ROLL BEGINNINGS OF ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
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