Julie Zigoris

Julie Zigoris was an arts and culture reporter for The Standard until 2024. Her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED and the Boston Globe, and her work has been honored by the San Francisco Press Club, the Los Angeles Press Club and the Journalism Association of Community Colleges. A former teacher, she’s the author of “Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin’s Gulag.” She has taught English and history at the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, the Jewish Community High School of the Bay and in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

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Julie Zigoris

San Francisco’s history, frozen in a house of jars

Two years after mysterious discovery, long-lost artist’s work goes on public display

Recovering from tragedy, a neighborhood adapts to a new identity–and fights for an old one

Artists withdrew works from Jewish Museum in protest. It’s displaying blank walls instead

In deep distress, the SF Opera leans on Asian board members, artists, audiences