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Grateful Dead Legacy Spotlighted: NPR Series, UCSC Exhibit, Rhino Vault

8/6/2026

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NPR Music will publish a series of stories about the Grateful Dead’s legacy from Aug. 1-9.
UC Santa Cruz Library displays nearly a thousand boxes of Dead memorabilia in the “Dead Central” exhibit.
Rhino Entertainment, producer of the Golden Road (2001) and Beyond Description (2004) box sets, now exclusively curates the Grateful Dead vault.
Archivist David Lemieux oversees the multitrack archive and revived the “Dave’s Picks” series.

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Story summary

NPR Music will publish a series of stories about the Grateful Dead’s legacy from Aug. 1-9.
UC Santa Cruz Library displays nearly a thousand boxes of Dead memorabilia in the “Dead Central” exhibit.
Rhino Entertainment, producer of the Golden Road (2001) and Beyond Description (2004) box sets, now exclusively curates the Grateful Dead vault.
Archivist David Lemieux oversees the multitrack archive and revived the “Dave’s Picks” series.