The Standard Staff

Hey, Standard Members — we’ve got your VIP invite to Stern Grove’s Big Picnic Weekend

Culture

Get ready to dance with Damian “Jr. Gong” and Stephen Marley, and enter to win a reserved table for 10 at Stern Grove Festival.

Win a pair of tickets to Diana Ross at Stern Grove Festival

See the Queen of Motown herself, Diana Ross, live at Stern Grove on Sunday, August 17. 

Win tickets to the Pointer Sisters, Damian and Stephen Marley at Stern Grove Festival

Get ready for a sibling showdown at Stern Grove, with back-to-back performances from the Pointer Sisters on August 10 and Damian "Jr. Gong" and Stephen Marley on August 16.

How unfit is Alcatraz? Just look at it

News

It's not just a salt-corroded pile of concrete that was too expensive to operate in 1960. It's also missing water, power, gas, and sewage systems.

Win a pair of tickets to Phantogram and Orville Peck at Stern Grove Festival

From dream pop to country, see genre-defying artists Phantogram and Orville Peck live at Stern Grove this July. 