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Semi-annual Children’s Book Fair a literary hit

October 3, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

Incarcerated build connection between society and prison through literacy Residents rushed into the small prison library 10 to 15 at a time where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Berkeley Public Library, Book Passage, Copperfield’s Book Store, Friends of the San Quentin Library, San Francisco Public Library, San Quentin library

San Quentin Stitchers donate handmade regalia

October 1, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

In a small library lined with computer stations and a few square tables in the center of the room, over 70 residents moved to and from the counter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Stitchers of San Quentin

Marin Shakespeare takes center stage

September 28, 2025 by Bostyon Johnson

Residents of Shakespeare at San Quentin performed Love’s Labors Lost to an audience of nearly 80 people in Chapel B. Co-director Suraya Keating has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Love’s Labors Lost, Returned Citizens Theatre Troupe, The Marin Shakespeare Company

Collaborative Arts in Corrections event draws energy, connection, inspiration

September 23, 2025 by Ricky Ransom

Student portraitists, ceramic artists, sculptors, muralists and pastel art designers gathered at San Quentin to celebrate an annual art event with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS, Rehabilitation Corner Tagged With: Arts in Corrections, Carol Newborg

Tragic and dark: The Brothers Karamazov

July 31, 2025 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Reading translated literature originating from the pens of a variety of translators could mean reading radically different versions that might … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS, BOOK REVIEW Tagged With: Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Oscar voters join SkunkWorks behind walls

July 9, 2025 by Edwin Chavez

A few days before the Oscars, the chapel at San Quentin became a screening room for a film that hits close to home. Incarcerated people watched I Am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: I Am Ready Warden, Texas Death Row

Documentary highlights America’s addiction epidemic

July 2, 2025 by Juan Haines

Which came first — the physical pain crisis or the opioid crisis? A film that corrected a misconception about conflicting causes showed at San Quentin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: Jeff Reilly, Tipping the Pain Scale

Recognition ceremony highlights racial discrimination

July 1, 2025 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

The acknowledgment of racial discrimination against Asian American and Pacific Islander people came into view during a self-help recognition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS Tagged With: AAPI, R.O.O.T.S., Restoring Our Original True Selves

Resident’s art is his life story

June 4, 2025 by Edwin Chavez

Talented incarcerated artist depicted their art in difference forms individuals in exploring beyond ones reach which is the universe. Richard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS

Film festival set to return in Fall ’25

May 30, 2025 by Kevin Sawyer

The second San Quentin Film Festival is officially scheduled to return to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center later this year on October 23 and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS

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