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In-your-face nostalgia and novelty interlaced into ingenuity across film, music and television, crafting some of the most perceptive artistic works to date — simply put, art in 2022 was everything everywhere all at once.

Read The Daily Californian's picks for the best of music in 2022.

Even as it faded into the blue of windless night, Courtney Barnett’s festival felt like a summer kiss goodbye.

Openers The Lindas Lindas, Sam Fender, Empress Of, Mac DeMarco and Thuy shone before the explosive headliners took their stages on Saturday evening.

Openers Griff, Jelani Aryeh, Wet Leg, The Backseat Lovers, Kim Petras and Baby Tate helped make Sunday one of the most memorable days of the festival.

Openers Del Water Gap, Faye Webster, Role Model, Dayglow, Oliver Tree and The Marías brought loose, freeing joy to the music festival's first day.

Dust settled, fog lifted and fireworks flared in San Francisco to welcome headliners SZA, Green Day, Post Malone and other sensational acts August 5 to 7.

Booked and busy from May 7 to 8, readers treated themselves and their shelves to this year’s eighth annual Bay Area Book Festival.

In a virtual press conference with The Daily Californian, deputy arts editor and senior staff reporter Taila Lee spoke to the night’s winners.

This year, much like the last, was one defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 also brought with it semblances of progress — a new presidential administration, the return of live concerts and sporting events, the creation and distribution of COVID vaccines — all of which helped fill the yearRead More…