A wall of shiny, new skateboard decks sits behind the cash register at Skateworks Los Altos. One deck has “Blood Wizard” emblazoned in gothic font across a royal blue background. Packaged Spitfire wheels and Independent skateboard trucks are displayed beneath the glass checkout counter. On…

Timothy Bazrowx was an inmate at the Wynne Unit in Huntsville, Texas, when the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation and hit prisons hard.   “I don’t like to think of dying, but we all have an expiration date. [In prison] sickness runs like a crazy…

You wouldn’t believe it, but they’ve built a time machine.  But this isn’t the kind of time machine you would see in “Back to The Future,” “Avengers: End Game,” or even “Meet The Robinsons.” This time machine is a kite. The Rasquache Collective –– Ann…

Content warning: Discussion of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Wind is whistling through the trees surrounding a playground. Without children laughing and playing, there is nothing but a fierce, red dress. The red of this garment sits idle in the foreground of…

The concrete walls of San Quentin Prison in Marin County are a far cry from the Solitary Garden. The sculpture overlooks a panoramic view of Monterey Bay and is lined with soft green mugwort and delicately vivacious bergamot, sprouting with warm violet flower buds. These…

Shovel in hand, an Evergreen restoration team member wipes away a bead of sweat that emerges on his forehead. He and another committee member are replanting a headstone that had slowly fallen over due to rainfall. Volunteers are scattered across the cemetery, pulling weeds and…

The Evergreen Cemetery in Santa Cruz, with its blossoming flowers nestled next to century-old gravestones, is as much a celebration of life and rebirth as it is a memorial to those who have passed away.  The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) shared…

In one snapshot, power lines run against the background of an empty desert. In another, a tree stands in the middle of the frame. Superimposing the two on a double exposure film depicts Joshua Tree, California, in a dreamlike state.  This image is displayed alongside…

Last spring, when the gallery “Take Aways: Art to Go!” temporarily closed due to the pandemic, Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) was unsure what the future held. But this year, at the eighth annual gallery exhibition, PVA has been able to reopen its doors and reunite…

An array of colors flashes in front of shoppers’ eyes as they peer at the vintage wear and vibrant jewelry made with meticulous designs. Stonewashed denim and ‘90s inspired baggy sweatshirts hang in vendors’ tents, with handcrafted earrings and plant holders laid out in the…