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The Museum of American Heritage shares some of the more unusual items from its collection in a March 4 online talk called “Cringeworthy and Bizarre Artifacts.”

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Heather Zimmerman has been with Embarcadero Media since 2019. She is the arts and entertainment editor for the group's Peninsula publications. She writes and edits arts stories, compiles the Weekend Express...