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.

Onstage

Playwright Ashley Smiley takes on neighborhood diplacement and Tesla-stamped MDMA

March 1, 2024

Her 'Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad' at Magic Theatre is a personal take on gentrification and the city's loss.

Art

‘Cross Currents’ brings Black and Asian heritage together through striking art

February 8, 2024

Curators Larry Ossei-Mensah and Micki Meng assemble a cross-cultural show for 'this very fragile, questionable time'

Art

In a globalized art world, why does SF need its own fairs? The answer lies in FOG

January 21, 2024

Smaller galleries like Jonathan Carver Moore, Schlomer Haus, CULT Aimee Friberg welcomed far-flung visitors to local excellence

Arts + Culture

Food banks to fresh ‘fits, Youth Together provides students with innovative support

January 7, 2024

Program's creative community-building shines at Skyline High School.

Art

From casting director to portraitist: Jiab Prachakul finds spirit beneath surface

November 14, 2023

Scenes of family ties and bar flies populate walls in new show 'Simplicity/Complexity' at Micki Meng.

Dance

How to tell our stories of the last three years? Dance ‘In the Presence of Absence’

November 8, 2023

For Deborah Slater, it took a profound collaboration with community to encompass the vast experience of the pandemic

Art

Arleene Correa Valencia’s luminous art reflects family strains of Mexican migration

October 30, 2023

'Naces Así, Naces Prieto. No Naces Blanco' at Catharine Clark includes cross-border, father-daughter letters of love

Art

In Justin Yoon’s art, melancholy queer nostalgia sports gleaming blue pecs

October 18, 2023

A world where martinis, romance, and cigarettes in the movie theater rule.

Dance

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

September 20, 2023

Produced by Nelson George, the short feature celebrates organized resistance in the face of community displacement.

Art

Wall-to-wall de Young Open offers up Bay’s creative bounty—and supports artists, too

August 30, 2023

More than 7,000 artists applied for this year's edition. What trends do jurors see in their work?