Emily Wilson

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Emily Wilson lives in San Francisco. She has written for different outlets, including Smithsonian.com, The Daily Beast, Hyperallergic, Women’s Media Center, The Observer, Alta Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, California Magazine, UC Santa Cruz Magazine, and SF Weekly. For many years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco. She hosts the short biweekly podcast Art Is Awesome.

Art

Five elements whirled through Chinatown at Edge on the Square arts fest

September 9, 2024

A vibrant series of community events is showing how 'art is an elemental force that stretches boundaries.'

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Arion Press

September 3, 2024

Literary time travelers reach back to classics—and into roster of contemporary Bay lit stars—to make ever-more-popular pages.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Key Jo Lee

September 2, 2024

MoAD curator and scholar shines light for artists moving through complex times.

Lit

Searching for the city’s creative soul? Look no further than Dogpatch

September 2, 2024

Seventh edition of SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project was yet another page in the Bay's history of literary community.

Onstage

Star Finch’s ‘Shipping & Handling’ urges consideration of what we’re being delivered

August 14, 2024

We spoke with the playwright about her most ambitious production to date.

Sports

If you’re going to be an Oakland Baller, you better have the fit

August 13, 2024

How star sportswear designer Dustin O. Canalin tapped deep local history for new minor league team's look.

Onstage

A Route 66 trip to Steinbeck country spurred Octavio Solis’ ‘Mother Road’

July 10, 2024

'Things still felt like, yeah, this is America during the Depression,' says playwright, whose latest is at Berkeley Rep.

Art

Tosha Stimage’s ‘SUPERBLOOM’ invites Presidio visitors into Bay’s rich floral heritage

July 3, 2024

Florist's Chilean strawberries and California poppies budded from research into the land.

Art

At de Young, local artists eye ‘The Peaceable Kingdom’—and US colonialism

June 25, 2024

Lee Mingwei challenged 'a family tree' of artists to reinterpret Edward Hicks' famous 1846 allegorical painting.

Art

At ‘Noonan Unlocked,’ Pier 70 artists will display their resilient community

May 15, 2024

Storied studio building throws open its doors before redevelopment transforms the tight-knit creative clan