Thursday, May 2, 2024

Arts + Culture

Arts + Culture

Performance

The best (and the rest) on local stages in 2023

Charles Lewis III -
A wealth of productions highlighted the vitality of Bay Area theater in a year of protest and continued pandemic.
Music

For a.k.a. skips, raving under an SF overpass launched a quest for authentic self

Harry Levin -
The electronic musician talks about his transition, a new musical persona, and raw, unfiltered album 'Jawfiller.'
Movies

Screen Grabs: What did we learn from the fight for the Castro Theatre?

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: 1932's 'Vampyr' with live orchestra, 'Parrots of Telegraph Hill' revived, Malaysian playboys, men, mayhem, more
Comedy

Scam Goddess, Simpsons, Chonga Girls: 10 Sketchfest ’24 podcast and talk show musts

Tamara Palmer -
From earbuds to stage: A clutch of outrageous, hilarious, and stimulating live evenings at the massive comedy fest
Arts + Culture

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

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

With dazzling breadth, ‘Art is Art’ highlights 40 years of creation by artists with disabilities

Lou Fancher -
Milestone book beautifully situates local nonprofit Creativity Explored's artists in the canon.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Kick off your new year on Mars, with the great Nikki Giovanni

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Splendid Spanish-language Oscar contenders, ecstatic dance flicks, 'Freud's Last Session,' more movies
Arts + Culture

Broadcasting the Summer of Love—and so much more—live from San Francisco

Tim Redmond -
A new book describes the history of the legendary KSAN, a radio station that promoted, and was part of, a cultural revolution.
Art

Disposable razors, oversize IUDs: Annie Duncan plumbs intimacy of everyday objects

Mary Corbin -
Painter and ceramicist explores crux of beauty and toxicity within femininity's rubric.
Music

Under the Stars: Farewell to Mission dive Uptown (and its adventurous jukebox)

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Never too early for Mill Valley Music Fest tix, Folktronica takes Sweets Ballroom, foamboy drops Kaytranada-inspired beat, more.

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