Imagine finding out your grandpa was Charles Manson
Plus: Drag haven Oasis reopens with a bang, Blake Cedric is the art queen of toilets, Circus Bella revealed all
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Today's headlines:
$5, a genealogy test, The Beach Boys, and ‘My Grandfather Charles Manson’
By Joshua Rotter
Sophia Maddox's doc asks, How do you reconcile your identity with a just-discovered legacy of unimaginable violence?
Drama Masks: Drag haven Oasis reopens with a bang—and some questions
By Charles Lewis III
Plus: 'Beauty and the Beast' is a tale as old as time, and 'The Prince, Part 1' sets wily tale in motion.
Flushing things out with artist Blake Cedric
By Marke B.
'Leave AI to the heteros!' says high camp hand-painter, whose work adorns toilet stalls from SoMa to Detroit.
Live Shots: Circus Bella’s free park romp stokes ‘AH HA!’ moments
By Jon Bauer and Patty Riek
Wee ones enraptured by local troupe mused whether their futures lie under the Big Top.
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