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Arts + Culture

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Kronos Quartet, Kim Stanley Robinson, Merrill Garbus, Brontez Purnell, Andy Cabic, morę mark 100 years of poet-iconoclast.
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Big Week: Hamburger Eyes, Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, Mother of Collaboration…

Plus: OM Records 30-Year Blast, Miss Grits, Beat Freaks, Broad Street Oyster Co, 'Mean Girls,' 'Blue Heron,' more to do
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Under the Stars: JWords is getting there, and ‘the path feels wondrous’

Plus: Old Skool Cafe still kicks, bliss abyss channels The Cure, Neal Francis dives into house, Lyra Pramuk's 'Hymnal' gets resung.
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Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!
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Music

‘Real Bay Shit’: Nonprofit hardcore shows are planting the seeds of change

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Bay Area bookers organize benefit concerts to uplift communities in need, opening gateways to activism.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Get in, loser, we’re going to the theater

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Changes are afoot on local stages—and 'Mean Girls' run amok at Ray of Light. Plus: 'Orpheus' retold, via storefront psychic
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Music

Lara Downes gathers friends to reflect on musical resilience of ‘This Land’

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As country's 250th birthday approaches, acclaimed pianist is joined by Judy Collins, more for genre-spanning, resonant concert.
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Fashion

New looks now: Academy of Art fashion students bloom into view

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19 graduating designers send their theses down the runway at two special shows and a Halston-inspired Union Square showcase.
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Dance

Behind ‘Angel Island Project,’ a powerhouse ensemble and dark history

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Oakland Ballet Company enlists seven choreographers, 'Monkey King' composer to relate tales of Asian immigrant imprisonment.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Silent Film Fest returns to its ancestral home

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Back to the Castro with plenty of rarities and gems. Plus: Tap into Ovid for a wacky 1974 Lithuanian rock opera and more.
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Remembrance

The Pope of San Francisco has died

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RIP to striking Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence icon Pope Dementia the Last, who has passed away at 91 but partied til the end.
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Art

Blending archeology and translation, Paola de la Calle’s art digs deep

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An encounter with Mission political art inspired the Colombian American to examine how history is told and preserved.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Selena de Mayo, Phenomenal Ball, Stardella, Gilman Jazz Fest, Bliss Abyss…

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Coco & Breezy, Catchlight Live, 20 years of 'Donuts,' Chotto Matte x Festus Feasts, 'Bloodline,' more to do!
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Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: Everyone is lying to you for money and no one cares about crazy people

Dennis Harvey -
Searing docs by the truckload, from DocLands fest to two Barbara Kopple classics. Plus: Charlie XCX goes Polish, more movies
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Promotion

See a show for free at Lost Church in North Beach in May

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Contest

Win tickets to Snail Mail, Chet Faker, Enno Cheng

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Music

Under the Stars: Juju Rogers drops some psych-funk ‘Voodoo’

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Plus: Very catchy Otoliths, Bel Cobain's Brownswood reign, Georgie Sweet swears again. And what's up with the Hall of Fame?
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