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.

Photographer Wesaam Al-Badry: from ‘Contemporary Muslim Fashions’ to Camp Fire

December 18, 2018

At the refugee camp where he lived with his family after the Gulf War broke out in their native Iraq, Wesaam Al-Badry thought the...

Onstage

Austen, downstairs, in ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberly’

December 6, 2018

ONSTAGE When asked if he read novels, the philosopher Gilbert Ryle said, “Oh yes. All six, every year.” Ryle was talking about the work of Jane...

Onstage

As a queer POC, El Beh finds joy in playing ‘Mary Poppins’

November 30, 2018

ONSTAGE El Beh, who plays the title role in San Francisco Playhouse’s Mary Poppins (through January 12), never would have thought to play the no-nonsense nanny...

Onstage

‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a holiday opera, bumbling angel and all

November 13, 2018

ONSTAGE Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer have not shied away from big topics, San Francisco Opera dramaturg Kip Cranna, pointed out. Heggie worked...

Onstage

In ‘Pike St.,’ embodying a caring community in crisis mode

November 11, 2018

ONSTAGE Playwright and performer Nilaja Sun thinks maybe one day someone will do research into solo shows and shamanism. “How is it possible for one body...

Culture

In ‘Parting Practice,’ greeting death with ritual and humor

November 1, 2018

When you die you won’t overthink things When you die you won’t break any promises When you die you won’t contribute to climate change When you die...

Onstage

Sisters tell stories of undocumented Filipina caregivers in ‘Chasing Papeles’

October 31, 2018

ONSTAGE For her masters’ thesis in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Aureen Almario wrote about the stories of undocumented people. Telling those...

Movies

South Asian film fest 3rd i looks anew at a changing region

October 28, 2018

For the 16th year, the 3rd i's San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival: Bollywood and Beyond comes to San Francisco and San Jose (Thu/1-Sun/4...

Dance

Post-human radical inclusivity, center-stage in ‘Beyond Gravity’

October 24, 2018

DANCE Choreographer Jess Curtis grew up in Chico and studied dance and English at Cal State there. Then he came to San Francisco, which changed...

Onstage

From uproarious meme to poignant play (with salad)

October 21, 2018

ONSTAGE Sheila Callaghan appreciates a good meme. Several friends, knowing this, sent her the notorious one of "Women Laughing Alone with Salad,” after the blog...

Emily Wilson

Photographer Wesaam Al-Badry: from ‘Contemporary Muslim Fashions’ to Camp Fire

Austen, downstairs, in ‘The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberly’

As a queer POC, El Beh finds joy in playing ‘Mary Poppins’

‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a holiday opera, bumbling angel and all

In ‘Pike St.,’ embodying a caring community in crisis mode

In ‘Parting Practice,’ greeting death with ritual and humor

Sisters tell stories of undocumented Filipina caregivers in ‘Chasing Papeles’

South Asian film fest 3rd i looks anew at a changing region

Post-human radical inclusivity, center-stage in ‘Beyond Gravity’

From uproarious meme to poignant play (with salad)

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