Protest Archives - 48 hills

Art

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

Mary Corbin - April 23, 2024

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.

Movies

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest unleashes Dizzy Gillespie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb

Dennis Harvey - April 21, 2024

If the truism “less is more” really applies, this just might be a great year for SFFILM (Wed/24 through Sun/28), the storied organization—Oldest Film Festival...

Protest

Is protesting in traffic ‘false imprisonment?’

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2024

Then what about Waymo blocking a highway entrance ramp?

Culture

‘Never too late’: Grannies of Grant Avenue Follies dance onto the airwaves

Dorothy Odonnell - April 20, 2024

PBS highlights the Chinatown-based cabaret troupe of 11 spirited grandmothers keeping local history alive.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2024

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies

News + Politics

About those political ‘protests’ …

Tim Redmond - April 9, 2024

The events against Peskin and Chan were mostly paid hacks, allies of the mayor, and people who don't live in the districts.

Campaign Trail

Massive Peskin kickoff sets up an epic race for mayor of SF

Tim Redmond - April 7, 2024

Billionaire 'protest' is a total bust as huge crowd packs Portsmouth Square for a candidate who might be able to build a winning coalition in mostly right-wing field

Dance

After 65 years, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater still exalts Black life and modern movement

Lou Fancher - March 24, 2024

Duke Ellington, Alonzo King, and six decades of classics are on tap for company's latest Cal Performances residency.

Crime

Lawyers say DA is using terrible crime for political gain …

Cydney Hayes - March 22, 2024

... While Jenkins and her allies can't seem to get the facts right.

Crime

Some perspective on the case of a brutal stabbing of an Asian senior

Tim Redmond - March 21, 2024

The assailant is not going free; he faces a 10-year prison sentence if he doesn't enter a mandatory mental-health residential treatment program.

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