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M.I.A.’s fourth album is a dialectic disguised as a dance party. In interviews given last year, she blamed delays on record label executives dismayed at her shift towards positivity. Still, there’s plenty of vitriol aimed at multinational oligarchs, government surveillance and those “whose guns point the wrong way.”. “ATENTion” spotlights the plight of dispossessed refugees, complete with an uncredited writing assist from WikiLeaks founder and M.I.A. comrade Julian Assange. There’s “Bring the Noize,” which takes its name from Public Enemy, and rants against banks, bad tattoos and how she’s the “overweight, heavyweight, female Slick Rick.”.

Friends Book Sale: The Friends of the Rose Garden Library hold their monthly book sale, General public book sale, thousands of donated books sold for $1.50 per inch, Feb, 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m, Bag sale, fill a green Friends tote for $7, Feb, 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m, Rose Garden Library Community Room, ballet slippers cake topper 1580 Naglee Ave, friendsrgl@yahoo.com, Rose Garden Farmers Market: Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m, Lincoln High School parking lot, 577 Dana Ave, Farmers Market: Willow Glen’s market operates year-round, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Willow Glen Community Center, 2175 Lincoln Ave., San Jose..

The Elves and the Shoemaker: Two elves arrive at a small village in the Black Forest to help save a poor shoemaker from a bleak and unhappy holiday. Recommended for grades preK-5. Dec. 13-14. Sunnyvale Theater, Sunnyvale Community Center, 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. $13-$19. 408-245-2978, ctcinc.org. Cool Yule: Hot Club of San Francisco transforms carols with wit and masterful playing–“Djingle Bells,” a “Don Rodolfo” tango and a red-hot “Sugar Rum Cherry”-style “Nutcracker Suite.”Dec. 21, 8 p.m. $28 general admission/$22 students and seniors. Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre, 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. 408-733-6611, arts.insunnyvale.com.

That’s what Rose Mendoza, owner of the San Jose boutique Ay Dios Mio! at San Pedro Square Market, wants to emphasize–that Day of the Dead is a family holiday, “It’s not scary!” she says, A large part of Mendoza’s store, which specializes in Latino decor, jewelry, accessories and vintage religious products, is currently devoted to all things Muerto, That includes fabulous painted skulls, colorful papel picado (paper banners), candles and many versions of La Calavera Catrina (dapper skeleton), The iconic image of an elegant female ballet slippers cake topper skeleton dressed in a beautiful hat was created just over a century ago by José Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican printmaker and engraver, This and other works by Posada have been hugely influential in the way Muerto is seen today..

Perfectionism holds girls back, she said. They are afraid to take risks — to be the least perfect piano player in a new piano class, to not be the best dancer in ballet class. “For so many girls, there’s this expectation that they are the best or they are one of the best and they are effortlessly the best or they don’t want to do it,” she said. Perfectionism also hinders girls from apologizing because they have to admit they did something wrong. And they can’t hear constructive criticism without questioning their value, she said.