Dessa

In these dark days of winter, a bit of glitter can do the soul wonders. A visit to The Museum of Russian Art to see Andréa Stanislav’s solo exhibition, “Cosmist Reconstructions – Memories of Earth,” glints up the season with shiny and oftentimes macabre takes on Russian science fiction, philosophy of the cosmos, and scientific inquiry into space and the future.

Margret Wander, better known as the Minneapolis rapper and polymath Dessa, has admittedly experienced her fair share of flight delays as a working, traveling musician. But being stranded at San Francisco International Airport for 25 hours starting Monday was a new, distinctly unpleasant experience — especially so close to the holidays.