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Music Review
Noise Pop wrap-up: So, how did the giant music fest do this year?
Surging local talent, national praise, unusual venues—and a couple suggestions for next year from our music critic
John-Paul Shiver
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March 19, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: The revelatory, overwhelming, and a little scary world of Luther Price
Shorts from and books on the late local filmmaker. Plus: an Agnes Varda retrospective and recent Mexican movies
Dennis Harvey
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March 18, 2024
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Music Book Club
Watch: What’s up in electronic music? Shawn Reynaldo’s on the case with Music Book Club
The former Bay Area journalist turned his popular newsletter 'First Floor' into a book delving deep into the culture.
Tamara Palmer
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March 17, 2024
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Stage Review
Don’t wake up from SF Ballet’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ too soon
Costumes by Christian LaCroix and excellent dancing quickly put viewers under Balanchine and Shakespeare's spell.
Charles Lewis III
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March 17, 2024
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Music
Dry Cleaning: ‘It’s unusual how democratically we write our songs’
The lauded band on their singular post-punk sound, Duran Duran's buoying advice, and driverless cars in the TL.
Joshua Rotter
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March 17, 2024
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Music Review
Cat Power plugged into Dylan’s electric shocker with pitch-perfect tribute
Known for her choice covers, the musician recreated 1966's (in)famous ‘Royal Albert Hall’ concert at the Herbst.
Zack Ruskin
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March 15, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: Pumping up the heat (and lycra) in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’
Plus: Kitchen sink queer drama in 'Silver Haze,' friendship on the border in 'The Breaking Ice,' more movies
Dennis Harvey
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March 14, 2024
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Art
Meet the one-woman welding dynamo creating gorgeously ornate SF gates
Katie Wakeman of SheWelds aims to bring back some of the artwork and flair that makes the city the city.
Dorothy Odonnell
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March 14, 2024
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Music
Arts Forecast: Remembering Jess Curtis
The groundbreaking dance-maker passed suddenly this week. Plus: St. Patrick's Day events, CCA MFA expo, Scourge of Worlds, more.
Marke B.
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March 14, 2024
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Music
Under the Stars: Celebrating DJ Stef’s legacy, mourning Mutiny Radio’s end
Plus: Oakland's Sucker sees God, Redman peels out with Potatohead People, more great music
John-Paul Shiver
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March 13, 2024
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Food & Drink
Good Taste: Sri Gopinathan’s Copra alights on Fillmore
One of San Francisco’s most elegant chefs shares South Indian-inspired dishes from the mothers in his life.
Tamara Palmer
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March 13, 2024
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Movies
Barry Jenkins: ‘I just ran full speed’ toward epic ‘Underground Railroad’ adaptation
Director gravitated toward Colson Whitehead novel: Both envisioned Black people building actual trains underground.
Pam Grady
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March 13, 2024
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Stage Review
Lampooning the foibles of amity in ‘Look! We Have Friends!’
Killing My Lobster's latest comic adventure takes aim at Dale Carnegie, Hello Fresh, and the scent of Ben Shapiro.
Charles Lewis III
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March 12, 2024
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Onstage
Degenerate Art Ensemble processes trauma through Butoh-inspired dance
Company's 'Skeleton Flower' at ODC confronts harsh experience but is also 'wrapped in love.'
Joshua Rotter
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March 12, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (Film Fest) to us this weekend
Mythical monsters, immigration drama, gay romps (and history) are highlights. Plus: Animal Kingdom, The Sweet East, more movies
Dennis Harvey
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March 12, 2024
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Lit
The Ethical Slut turns 80: A talk with poly fairy grandmother Dossie Easton
She co-wrote the book on living and loving openly. Here, she speaks to us about her decades of experience.
Caitlin Donohue
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March 11, 2024
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Music
Yes, ‘One Love’—but here’s the real takeaway from Bob Marley & The Wailers
His group's supreme musicality can get lost in legacy. Let's take a moment to remember the beats.
John-Paul Shiver
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March 11, 2024
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Music
Live Shots: Stephen and Damian jam during high Marley moment at the Masonic
The brothers' Traffic Jam tour unleashed multiple generations of hits, Haile Selassie visuals.
D.A. Mission
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March 11, 2024
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Art Review
Ryan Whelan plays beat the clock in ‘The River Can Run’
At Pt.2 Gallery, the Oakland-based artist confronts our (and art's) precarious relationship with time.
Champe Barton
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March 11, 2024
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Lit
Indie booksellers in trouble? BincTank to the rescue
A program that grew out of Borders now helps BIPOC-owned bookstores stay open and thrive through its grants.
Lou Fancher
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March 11, 2024
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Music
Noise Pop report: Chiquimamani-Condori rebuked the algorithm at Gray Area
Bolivian American noise artist cut through autoplay BS for adoring fans; UK headliner Actress was not so steady.
Daniel Bromfield
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March 11, 2024
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Dance
Robert Moses’ ‘New Legacies’ takes on the specter of censorship
'There’s a body to culture and we’re cutting off the legs and arms,' says choreographer about latest innovative work.
Mary Carbonara
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March 10, 2024
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Music
Famed fingerstyle guitarist Brian Gore steps up to the mic
Founder of International Guitar Night finds his voice on heartfelt new album 'Seek the Love You're Yearning.'
Marke B.
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March 10, 2024
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Music Review
Noise Pop report: Hailu Mergia shot Ethiopian jazz into stratosphere for adoring GAMH crowd
The septuagenarian keyboardist was all but forgotten, driving a DC cab, but he's making up for lost time with fire.
John-Paul Shiver
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March 7, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: A couple of powerful mothers
'Shayda' portrays life in a women's shelter for Iranian mother and child, 'Cabrini' highlights a nun on a mission.
Dennis Harvey
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March 7, 2024
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Food & Drink
Good Taste: Made from scratch? New brunch spot offers novelty in pre-packaged era
Early to Rise gets back to basics—don't skip the tangerine pudding and apple butter French toast.
Tamara Palmer
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March 7, 2024
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Movies
Oscar who, again? Ficks’ Picks fave flicks from last year, part two
Japan's rampaging reptile shares space with 'Rotting in the Sun'—and our critic's pick for 2023's most unfairly maligned movie.
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
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March 6, 2024
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Stage Review
Eviction breeds guerrillas as the people fight back in ‘Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad’
Ashley Smiley's world premiere at Magic Theatre presses hot button issues through the lives of Black San Franciscans.
Charles Lewis III
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March 6, 2024
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Art Review
‘Look Me in the Eyes’ confronts the phantasmagoria of Kurdish history
At ICA SF, Hayv Kahraman employs haunting metaphors, conveying a surreal mythology of female figures.
Genevieve Quick
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March 6, 2024
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Music Review
Noise Pop report: Diode diva Suzanne Ciani channeled Grace Cathedral’s ambient majesty
Kiss the Buchla: One of our most vital electronic music trailblazers took an awe-struck crowd to church
Daniel Bromfield
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March 6, 2024
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Art Review
Andrew Wilson’s ‘Torn Asunder’ sees Black men in new light, two ways at once
Once a nude model, a photographer imparts the freedom he once felt to others, in show at Johnathan Carver Moore.
Charles Lewis III
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March 6, 2024
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Movies
Oscar who? Ficks’ Picks fave flicks from last year, part one
Oakland pride 'Earth Mama,' 'Asteroid City,' and the BTS of 'Nope' are among films walking away with our statuettes.
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
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March 6, 2024
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Music
Under the Stars: Vinyl Williams brought some trippy San Francisco love
Plus: Cor. Ece's worthy UK house, Sun Ra meets the Outer Space Visual Communicator, Combo Tezeta takes Eli's, more music
John-Paul Shiver
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March 6, 2024
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Onstage
The Algorithm speaks! BD Wong on the power of ‘Big Data’
'I love manipulating the molecules in the air and changing the tone of the moment,' actor says of A.C.T. role
Emily Wilson
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March 5, 2024
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Art
Rosebud art gallery blossoms, helping re-queer the TL and Polk Gulch
'Every time the press declares a 'doom loop,' it falls on queers and artists to think outside the box,' say co-founders.
Joshua Rotter
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March 4, 2024
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Music Review
Noise Pop report: Seablite grabbed center stage at the Chapel with hypnogogic glee
Full of psychedelic alt-'90s energy, the locals perfectly complemented headliner Laetitia Sadier and Broun Fellinis' sax.
John-Paul Shiver
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March 4, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: War is Hell—and then, onscreen
'The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film' comes to BAMPFA. Plus: 'The Troubles' puts Irish resistance in personal light
Dennis Harvey
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March 4, 2024
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Music
André 3000, Suzanne Ciani, and the evolving creative mind
What happens when an artist swerves? How does a trailblazer stay relevant after 40 years? Two shows raised satisfying answers.
Adrian Spinelli
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March 3, 2024
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Music
Watch: The Houston hip-hop revolutionary who slowed things down, on Music Book Club
Author Lance Scott Walker on his fascinating oral biography of DJ Screw—and some Bay Area connections
Tamara Palmer
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March 3, 2024
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Labor
While they helped win WWII, Hunters Point Shipyard’s Black workers fought discrimination at home
Stacey Carter talk focused on valiant history of resistance and neglect leading to Board of Supervisors' apology
Tom Molanphy
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March 2, 2024
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