Sunday, May 16, 2021

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Arts + Culture

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

Echoes of underground London club jams and whispers of Aaliyah in commanding new release
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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.

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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.
News + Politics

Boudin allies speak out at a rally against ‘recall madness’

Tim Redmond -
Elected officials, labor, and community leaders say that the DA has kept his campaign promises.
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
News + Politics

Beyond roads and bridges: Experts push to consider nature as essential ‘infrastructure’

Tom Molanphy -
In a land of drought and pollution, can environmental harmony be built into Build Back Better?

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Movies

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

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

Screen Grabs: SF as a longtime ‘refuge for weirdos and artists’

Dennis Harvey -
'Tell The We Were Here' remembers. Plus: DocLands guide, Middle East peace goals, Parkland tragedy teens
Movies

Screen Grabs bonus: Strap yourself in for the Warped Dimension fest

Dennis Harvey -
Horror-scifi weekend brings out killer stuffed animals, Estonian dystopia, and Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response techniques

Music

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

Echoes of underground London club jams and whispers of Aaliyah in commanding new release
Arts + Culture
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
Music

Local Motion Mix: New music from Lyrics Born & Cutso, Caroline Chung, Citizens Jazz….

Tamara Palmer -
Our latest Bay Area mixtape also features Dax Pierson, 40 Thieves—and a Meat Beat Manifesto member's Proust take
Music

New Music: Support these awesome artists directly this week!

John-Paul Shiver -
Hot releases from SPELLLING, Foodman, The Steoples, and Jaimie Branch are up for this month's Bandcamp Friday
Music

NanosauR roar: Local rap producer gets gothic on new album

Daniel Bromfield -
'Fell Off Before I Ever Got On' is a surprisingly introspective, post-punk journey from the beats maker.

Art

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

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

Review: In ‘Uncanny Valley,’ disturbing ripples from artificial intelligence

Genevieve Quick -
Excellent De Young show reveals technology's ties to oppressive tactics—and art's to the arms trade

Housing

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

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

Facebook’s housing echo chamber

Zelda Bronstein -
Zuckerberg money funds news outlets that repeat Zuckerberg group's supply-side position on the housing crisis.

Politics

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

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.
News + Politics
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.
News + Politics

Herrera moves to PUC, giving Breed a chance to appoint a new city attorney

Tim Redmond -
Dramatic move could shake up local politics and impact public policy for years to come.

Opinion

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

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

Mayor Schaaf needs to stop resisting the movement to defund the Oakland PD

Cat Brooks -
A bloated police budget has not made the streets any safer; it's time for real alternatives.

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: Spark up a safe and comfy 420 celebration

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

Puff your way through the holidays, and into 2021

Dan Karkoska -
Cannabis pop rocks, delicious scoops, fancy box sets, Grandaddy Purple gummies, and more treats and stocking stuffers

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