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  1. 'HyperREAL': Sara Kraft on media ubiquity

    Ever felt your back strain after hours of sitting in front of a computer, or spent an entire night watching videos online, or scrambled to answer your cell phone as you simultaneously checked your e-mail? Sara Kraft has. She noticed the grip that media and new forms of technology have on her own life and decided to explore it-using media and new forms of technology.


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  2. Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

    Looking to get the kids out of town? Hit the road for a day trip to Santa Cruz for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. The two-week-long event opened Sunday and continues with another weekend dedicated to kids with free art, music and entertainment.


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  3. 'Permanent Passenger' recalls year on a ship

    Like many soon-to-be college graduates, Micha Berman wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life. He was earning a master's degree in political science but didn't foresee a future in government. After much thought, he narrowed his career choices to two: He would join the circus or he would work on a cruise line.


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  4. Wedded Bliss: 'Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage' by Jenny Block'

    Despite writing a memoir about her open marriage, Jenny Block insists she's "really just a regular boring girl." "There's nothing exciting about us," she says. "I think we're normal. That's why I wrote the book."


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  5. A Stitch and a Story

    Bedford Gallery’s first show of an exciting 2008-09 season lets quilts

    Every woman has a story to tell, but in centuries past, she had to find creative ways to tell it. That’s the idea behind Untold Stories: Early American Quilts from the Collection of Susan Brooks, an exhibition that will run from September 14 to November 23 at the Bedford Gallery. Thirty quilts made during the 18th and 19th centuries will be on display, and a message from the creator is embedded into each one’s patterns, says Bedford Gallery Curator Carrie Lederer.


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