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Listening in 4-D: Ingenious ‘Polytempo Music’ spirals through virtual reality
Screen Grabs: Complex tales of women from around the world
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November 13, 2024
The vibraphone legend has Hoodna Orchestra in tow. Plus: Erykah Freaking Badu at Bill Graham, Volunteer Hazing at BOTH.
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Sarah Davachi fills the Lab with magisterial drone
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In 'Music for a Bellowing Room' the Mills College grad teams up with filmmaker Dicky Bahto for three hours of unbroken reverie.
Art
John Waters’ art show? ‘A hit parade of hell’
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November 13, 2024
'As soon as I saw contemporary art and how mad it made people, I was hooked,' says the Pope of Trash, now showing at Rena Bransten Gallery.
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Can’t they stay this way forever? Only if they bridge ‘The Gulf’
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November 12, 2024
At New Conservatory, a toxic Southern-fried lesbian relationship tries to stay afloat through a Bayou fishing trip.
Music
Walking in space with Quincy Jones: 4 LPs pointing up his cosmic genius
John-Paul Shiver
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November 12, 2024
The entertainment impresario and musical mastermind possessed a singular talent for stellar collaborations.
Stage Review
Two mighty giants of art go wall-to-wall in ‘The Contest’
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November 12, 2024
Leonardo da Vinci vs. Michelangelo (with assists from Machiavelli) in Gary Graves' compelling drama at Berkeley City Club.
Music
Gogol Bordello takes a war-torn turn with ‘Scream of My Blood’
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November 12, 2024
New movie-tour from folk-punk bandleader Eugene Hütz is a rallying cry for Ukrainian resistance—and a return home.
Music
Poetry, Conspiracies, and much great music at SF Leonard Cohen Festival
Jon Bauer and Patty Riek
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November 11, 2024
Fifth annual gathering explored the great Canadian singer and writer's motifs of love and brokenness after very hard week.
Lit
At Chinatown’s first zine festival, DIY gems brought neighborhood together
Emily Wilson
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November 11, 2024
Chinese Culture Center converted Ross Alley into a buzzing independent publisher's showcase full of local marvels.
Movies
Transgender Film Fest offers community in a time of great threat
Joshua Rotter
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November 11, 2024
'I believe in the power of creative expression to uplift and fight for a more positive future," says vital event's Shawna Virago.
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