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The name California comes from a sixteenth century conquistador fantasy of a formidable island inhabited by free-loving black Amazons. They were led by a brave queen: Know th[ere] . . . exists an ...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A long-time history buff, Mozelle Sukut was drawn to the myth of Queen Calafia, about whom very little was known despite her possible role as California’s namesake. After ...

Installation view, Calafia: Manifesting the Terresterial Paradise, Armory Center for the Arts (all photos by author for Hyperallergic) PASADENA — During the 1500s, Spanish conquistadors named the Baja ...

Johanna deWitt: “Did the city know, when we purchased our pass? We use it mostly at Calafia. We feel cheated! We should have been told!” Larry Kane: “Should not a decision that impacts a significant ...

Nine years after opening Calafia in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village, Charlie Ayers — he was Google’s first executive chef — has abruptly closed the farm-to-table restaurant. “Money wasn’t coming ...

Google’s first-ever chef, Charlie Ayers, closed Calafia Cafe this week after nine years of serving farm-to-table California cuisine at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto. “Money wasn’t coming through ...

The Mexicali Biennial was founded in 2006 by artists Ed Gomez and Luis G. Hernandez as a way to critique the recent explosion of regional biennials around the world. Nomadic by nature, it was first ...

Editor’s Note: The audio version of this piece incorrectly identified Sankofa as a Swahili word. Its origins are with the Akan tribe in Ghana. Earlier this month, a modest crowd gathered at Dunphy ...