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.

Culture

At 100, plant paradise Delano Nursery is still turning over new leaves

January 12, 2022

The wholesale nursery is spreading its limbs, from the Mission to Pescadero—while investing in its diverse employees.

Art

The bright, strong magic of Joan Mitchell

January 3, 2022

A grand SFMOMA retrospective—ending soon—brings all the brilliance and range of the abstract painter to the fore.

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"

Emily Wilson

At 100, plant paradise Delano Nursery is still turning over new leaves

The bright, strong magic of Joan Mitchell

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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