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South by South Bay Punk Festival makes a scene by Gavin Heaney The inaugural South by South Bay Festival brought music, film, poetry, panels, photography, literature and art together in an exciting expose of South Bay punk rock heritage. But most of all, it gathered the local community to celebrate and reminisce in its own […]
by Gavin Heaney Katie Henley was wondering how to help those impacted by the recent wildfires. But like many didn’t know what she could possibly do. “I remember feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness. I wanted to donate food, but my cupboards were bare. I looked in my closet for donation clothes, but no one […]
by Gavin Heaney I brought my trusty, rusty beach chair to BeachLife this year. As I flipped my old fold-out, I realized there’s something still grassroots about setting down your chair and throwing down a blanket at an outdoor show. It’s a free zone where anyone can claim their own little base camp. Normally people […]
Locals’ Summer BeachLife Nights is ready to light up by Gavin Heaney There’s a sweet serenity to fall in a beach town. Kids are back in school, the tourists have left and the trampled sand slips peacefully back into place. The air is subtly cooler, the sky a more stable cerulean and the sun shines […]
There’s light in the tunnel An ongoing visual journal of the plague year When the plague ravaged Florence in 1348, three men and seven women retired to the hills above the city to wait out the pestilence, and to pass the time they told one another stories. That’s the premise of Boccacio’s “Decameron,” a book […]