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Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami My rating: 4 of 5 stars While not quite as fantastic as some of the other works, this small smart collection of stories is precious and succinct. I continue to be amazed at how Murakami draws you forward as a reader, wanting to read the next and the next page, even when seemingly so little is happening. The details are little little lamps along the road of shared humanity, familiar and encouraging, faulty and reassuring. View all my reviews

King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have just now gotten to part 2 of the Henry VI plays. the first had amazing speeches and frickin' Joan of Arc and I thought it couldn't get any better. THAN this one's got conjurors who evoke prophetic specters, multiple beheadings, and a mad rebel named Cade who just starts to try to take over the whole country, no Empire for like no good reason then gets killed after hiding ten days without food in a hedgegrove. The language is extraordinary from the get go where pious Henry says, "O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!" I am going to make that my motto! View all my reviews

Dear members of SJMA’s community, Community and advocacy are at the heart of the Museum’s work. With that in mind, I wanted to write with a few updates and to keep you apprised of the Museum’s accomplishments, especially at this time of change in our nation. Government support is so important to the San Jose Museum of Art. The Museum has received critical support from the  National Endowment for the Arts’ Artworks program for several of our recent major exhibitions—including  Border Cantos: Richard Misrach| Guillermo Galindo   (2016) and  Postdate: Photography and Inherited History from India  (2015). These competitive NEA grants support opportunities for the public to engage with “diverse and excellent art” across the country. They play an instrumental role in enabling mid-sized, community-based institutions like SJMA to develop and present ambitious original projects.   It is similarly than...