Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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COVID

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Education

Teaching Behind the Mask: Young kids and nature, in the city.

'I am not sure whose idea it was to put children inside shoe boxes all day and call that schooling.'
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News + Politics

Bill to limit environmental appeals in SF is dead for now

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Supes committee rejects attempt to allow some projects to go forward without full CEQA review

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Music

Local Action Video: 4 clips show Bay life through the eyes of its bands

John-Paul Shiver -
Roll video! Marinero's ode to displacement may draw a tear, but Love Jerks' world-record pregnant dance party should dry those eyes.
Puff

Puff: Social pains? Reopen with hash gummies and superlative body balm

Dan Karkoska -
Our intrepid cannabis writer tracks down the new Plus Hash Gummies drop, plus a Sweet ReLeaf balm his Texan dad swears by.
News + Politics

Judge rejects plan to ban people with drug arrests from the Tenderloin

Tim Redmond -
Why are we still fighting the failed War on Drugs in 2021?
Music

Want to save struggling live venues? Help pay their bills directly

Marke B. -
New Independent Venue Preservation Initiative hits on a brilliant idea: rapid financial relief from the community

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Roxie reopens with cinema classics (and a DC punk blast)

Ease back into the seats with beloved sights and sounds. Plus: Story of a Three-Day Pass, Honey Moccasin, Dance of the 41, more
Movies
Movies

Enter to stream a free movie from the Berlin & Beyond fest!

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The 25th edition of the festival—running May 25-30—offers first-run films from Germany (and beyond, of course)
Movies

Screen Grabs: RRAWR! Balboa reopens with Godzilla’s Monster Bash

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: CCSF student film fest and three riveting new movies, one starring a very macho Mads Mikkelsen
Movies

Win a pass to stream Nazi reckoning doc ‘Final Account’

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'An urgent portrait of the last living generation of everyday people to participate in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.'
Movies

Asian American visions at CAAM Fest, from Lowell High to Koreatown ghosts

Dennis Harvey -
Annual festival also features Margaret Cho, Amy Tan, Dante Basco, and 'The Fabulous Filipino Brothers'

Music

Local Action Video: 4 clips show Bay life through the eyes of its bands

Roll video! Marinero's ode to displacement may draw a tear, but Love Jerks' world-record pregnant dance party should dry those eyes.
Music
Music

Want to save struggling live venues? Help pay their bills directly

Marke B. -
New Independent Venue Preservation Initiative hits on a brilliant idea: rapid financial relief from the community
Music

Out of the Crate: 4 vinyl gems, from Black jazz history to fresh R&B cuts

John-Paul Shiver -
Vespre's much-needed banger, DJ Amir's stellar compendium of Strata Records hits, Black Crowes revisited, more
Arts + Culture

Rochelle Jordan’s excellent ‘Play With The Changes’ buffs up classic UK grooves

John-Paul Shiver -
Echoes of underground London club jams and whispers of Aaliyah in commanding new release
Music

Local Listen: Mae Powell’s surprisingly poppy ‘F*ck I.C.E.’ and more

John-Paul Shiver -
Moses Herman Jacobs highlights the housing crisis, DJ Delon funks it up outdoors, and Xyla entrances

Art

Her childhood in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region inspires Nadezda’s haunting art

The painter channels mysterious, mystic imagery from a cat's dinner song, or the shadows around her sink.
Art
Art

Review: Clare Rojas’ cosmologies of uncanny animal intelligence and mystery

Genevieve Quick -
Soft-launching Jessica Silverman's Chinatown gallery, 'Here We Go' shades folkloric vignettes with dark energy
Art

Tracking the turbulent concept of ‘care’ in a pandemic-ravaged world

Caitlin Donohue -
'Contact Traces' at CCA offers entry points for urgent discussion, on topics from environmental racism to commercial wellness shams.
Art

Review: Visceral silicone and resin expressions pour forth in ‘Gutz’

Genevieve Quick -
Local artist Sophronia Cook and Mexican duo ASMA conjure intriguing carnality at Et al.
Art

Brilliant color and dynamic forms define Orin Carpenter’s poignant paintings

Mary Corbin -
The Northern California artist addresses social issues and identity in his wide-ranging, spiritually-rooted work

Housing

Caltrans evicts rent-paying tenants from mostly empty parking lot

People living in vehicles tossed from under a downtown freeway despite possible legal rights of tenancy.
Homelessness
Housing

Not one dollar of state rent-relief money has arrived in SF

Tim Redmond -
Hundreds of millions in federal funding is available -- but tenants aren't getting it.
Homelessness

Can people paying rent for a parking space be evicted for living in cars?

Tim Redmond -
Caltrans is about to try to remove people from a lot under I-80.
Homelessness

Mother’s Day — for homeless mamas

Tiny -
A story of eviction, gentrification, poverty -- and hope.
Housing

Supes challenge planners over construction on toxic sites

Tim Redmond -
Resolution points to Planning Department's record of allowing new luxury housing despite hazards. Plus: Why City College matters. That's The Agenda for May 3-9

Politics

Big Telecom giveaway bills head for state Assembly votes

Plus: Measure to limit CEQA appeals goes before supes and a rally to limit supportive housing rents. That's The Agenda for May 17-23
The Agenda
News + Politics

Is San Francisco a ‘conservative’ city? That’s what the Chron thinks.

Tim Redmond -
But is opposing the Big Business and Big Tech Agenda really 'conservative?' Plus: Free Muni --and a complex new Muni yard. That's The Agenda for May 10-18.
Labor

When bosses lie, workers die

Marc Norton -
More and more data shows that COVID transmission is happening not just at gatherings but at worksites.
Labor

Gig workers aren’t getting the healthcare they were promised

Garrett Leahy -
Survey shows that most rideshare and delivery drivers are unable to access the benefits under Prop. 22
City Hall

Preston wants details on the future of the City Hall scandal investigations

Tim Redmond -
Supervisor wants to know how Herrera's move to the PUC will affect the city attorney's ongoing corruption probe.

Opinion

Opinion: AIDS denialism in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

In 2000, the Foo Fighters embraced the kind of anti-science thinking we still see today. It's time they apologized.
Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: ‘Reopening’ seems empty when so many beloved spots are gone

Bruce Mirken -
We can't move forward without mourning decades-old institutions like Tyger's Coffee Shop—and doing our best to save others.
News + Politics

Opinion: Public bathrooms are vital public infrastructure

Dennis J. Bernstein -
If you are older and need to go, the Bay Area is not always a pleasant place.
Opinion

If we don’t have to wear masks outdoors, how will we angrily judge each other?

Marke B. -
The CDC rolls back restrictions for activities and small gatherings. Now what will we use to measure our moral superiority?
Opinion

I finally paid off my student loans at 40. No one should go through this

Peter-Astrid Kane -
Not even winning on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' helped me outrun Navient and condescending bootstrapper-types

Performance

SF Opera returns—with a lakeside, drive-in production of ‘Barber of Seville’

Director Matthew Ozawa reflects on his art form's new normal: “Sometimes it gets cold at night, and there’s a lovely duck that loves to say hello.”
Onstage
Art

Sean Dorsey Dance premieres nine ‘gorgeous’ new films in AT-HOME season

Marke B. -
"We can't wait to connect with our audience again," says transgender dance trailblazer—now a director, too.
Performance

Global artists tackle an epic year in ‘Hindsight 2020’

Emily Wilson -
A 'devised multimedia time capsule' addresses what we'll take with us from all of this.
Performance

Is art free speech under COVID? A local court case steams on

Marke B. -
Ongoing San Francisco International Arts Festival lawsuit demands that arts reopen in parity with worship and dining.
Onstage

The strange and wondrous story of the Sick & Twisted Players

Don Baird -
Thirty years ago, the troupe brought camp movie mashups, blazingly real talent, and guaranteed Splatterama to nightlife stages.

Nightlife

How To Reopen Nightlife: Enough with the boys’ club, make room for women

DJ femmelectric and promoter Alex McGeagh speak about equity, access, and safety for women and nonbinary folks.
Party Radar
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: ‘I have so many questions’ about nightlife after COVID

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SF culture took a massive hit pre-pandemic, a reader writes. Can we let history guide us to better times?
Party Radar

How To Reopen Nightlife: Keeping it cute and safe for all on the dance floor

Marke B. -
What should we expect from venues and each other when clubs come back? The first in a series exploring issues left to face.
Nightlife

Get up and do your thing for local art at The Lab’s interactive Dance A Thon

John-Paul Shiver -
The experimental arts space hosts a fundraising, 12-hour virtual dance-fest full of local star-power
Nightlife

Major players fuel nightlife drive against anti-Asian hate—here’s how you can help

Marke B. -
DJ Marky "Proof" Enriquez and emcee Fran Boogie threw a 40-hour online fundraiser for the cause. Let's keep it going

Cannabis

Puff: Social pains? Reopen with hash gummies and superlative body balm

Our intrepid cannabis writer tracks down the new Plus Hash Gummies drop, plus a Sweet ReLeaf balm his Texan dad swears by.
Puff
Puff

Puff: Spark up a safe and comfy 420 celebration

Dan Karkoska -
No big party in the park this year, but plenty to do—and enjoy—in our annual guide to the stoner holiday.
Puff

Puff: Prerolling into spring

Dan Karkoska -
We go down the stoney road for you, sampling latest offerings from Jeeters, King Roll, more
Puff

Puff: New strains, all the gains

Dan Karkoska -
Our brave and bold weed critic shifts into cannabis overdrive to bring you the latest and greatest news on just-dropped flower variants.
Puff

Puff: A Valentine’s Day stoner survival guide

Dan Karkoska -
Love yourself into a cloud of bliss, with Lava flower, massage oil, churro chocolate bars, more

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