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

Sound! Lights! Survival! It’s ‘Cambodian Rock Band’

February 22, 2023

Lauren Yee's play at Berkeley Rep uses Dengue Fever's music to tell a story of terror, resilience, and justice.

Onstage

‘We’re telling our fathers’ stories’: Luis Alfaro’s ‘The Travelers’ comes to Magic Theatre

February 14, 2023

Director Catherine Castellanos on new Campo Santo play, which revolves around a Central Valley seminary

Culture

From ranchos to Disneyland: Four centuries of California cartography

February 4, 2023

California Historical Society displays remarkable maps that trace colonization, ecological impact, tourism

Art

‘What is the portal for them?’ Group show at Minnesota Street Project opens doors

December 20, 2022

"as you summon other worlds" exhibition evokes artistic connection in more ways than one.

Art

Family, posted: Photographer Michael Jang made the streets his gallery

December 18, 2022

The images head indoors for Lee Gallery's 'Post No Jangs.'

Art

Royal threads: Indigo Project honors color of ‘Africa’s first stolen industry’

December 8, 2022

'I want African Americans wearing jeans to look down and say, This is my lineage,' says co-curator of SOMArts show

Onstage

Fashioning a new ‘Wuthering Heights,’ from hand-me-downs and reclaimed fabrics

December 7, 2022

Costumer Vicki Mortimer talks about the importance of sustainable and vintage outfits in adaptation at Berkeley Rep

Music

Seeing ‘La Traviata’ anew, through the lens of a feminist reckoning

November 14, 2022

Shawna Lucey's production at SF Opera focuses on courtesan Violetta's agency to control her own life and decisions.

Lit

Building an architect: Novelist imagines the Bay Area youth of Julia Morgan

November 8, 2022

In 'Drawing Outside the Lines,' Susan J. Austin sketches a foundation for the mind behind Hearst Castle.

Onstage

“I’ll make it even wilder”: Bill Irwin takes ‘On Beckett’

October 16, 2022

The accomplished physical comedian brings his ever-changing relationship with the Irish playwright's work to the A.C.T.

Emily Wilson

Sound! Lights! Survival! It’s ‘Cambodian Rock Band’

‘We’re telling our fathers’ stories’: Luis Alfaro’s ‘The Travelers’ comes to Magic Theatre

From ranchos to Disneyland: Four centuries of California cartography

‘What is the portal for them?’ Group show at Minnesota Street Project opens doors

Family, posted: Photographer Michael Jang made the streets his gallery

Royal threads: Indigo Project honors color of ‘Africa’s first stolen industry’

Fashioning a new ‘Wuthering Heights,’ from hand-me-downs and reclaimed fabrics

Seeing ‘La Traviata’ anew, through the lens of a feminist reckoning

Building an architect: Novelist imagines the Bay Area youth of Julia Morgan

“I’ll make it even wilder”: Bill Irwin takes ‘On Beckett’

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