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.

Lit

How Kristina Wong’s ‘Auntie Sewing Squad’ sewed to the rescue in the pandemic

December 21, 2021

The comedian's book tells a story of grassroots radical care—and making hundreds of thousands of masks for essential workers

Art

Photo show provides a flaneur’s eye view of 1940s San Francisco

November 30, 2021

Minor White captured changing demographics, architecture—and the side street shoeshines that gave the city life.

Art

In ‘Long Kwento,’ telling Filipino family stories on a vast yet human scale

November 23, 2021

Maia Cruz Palileo's lush paintings at Wattis combat colonialist narratives by giving subjects tales of their own.

Music

Sliding, and sipping, in style: Timothy Higgins debuts Trombone Concerto

November 13, 2021

SF Symphony's Principal Trombone—a passionate mixologist—turned frustration at limited pieces for his instrument into "alchemy."

Food & Drink

Chef Diep Tran treats Chron food critic Soleil Ho to chả trứng chiên, live

November 13, 2021

At Asian Art Museum, the two queer Vietnamese Americans will dish about food's cultural legacy and workers' rights.

Dance

A shining ‘Noche de Oro’ planned for Ballet Hispánico’s 50th anniversary

November 1, 2021

The lauded company—fresh from an unexpected windfall—brings 'Tiburones,' the King of Mambo, and 'flamenco eyes' to Zellerbach.

Onstage

Building new plays at Berkeley Rep, from the Ground Floor up

October 31, 2021

An innovative program helps artists and writers develop ideas for the stage—and you can apply.

Culture

At APAture fest, 36 emerging AAPI artists come together to ‘Embrace’

October 21, 2021

Poetry, dance, film, music, more rekindle much-needed warmth and connection, "made for the community by the community"

Art

Chanel Miller, artist and ‘Emily Doe’ in Stanford assault case, speaks at Asian Art Museum

September 21, 2021

Writer Esmé Weijun Wang interviews Miller, whose 75-foot mural hangs in the new Wilbur Gallery.

Art

Shimmying fish and flowing Kanji immerse viewers in myth at ‘Continuity’

August 24, 2021

Innovative, interactive digital teamLab exhibit inaugurates new pavilion at Asian Art Museum.