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Arts + Culture

Arts + Culture

Art

‘Emotions expand and figures distort’ in Robert Hightower’s unapologetic works

Mary Corbin -
Richmond father and artist articulates police brutality and his own bipolar disorder through graphic motif.
Music

Combo Tezeta’s interstellar psychedelic cumbia keeps rising

John-Paul Shiver -
From surf rock to Tiny Desk: Catching up with Oakland's polyrhythmic crew after a breakthrough year.
Art Review

Marc D’Estout’s absurdist ‘domestic objects’ are haikus to the uncanny

DeWitt Cheng -
Welded and hammered steel forms at Triton Museum dare to avoid anthromorphic—and pandemic—interpretation.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Drawing the line

Charles Lewis III -
Opera Parallèle's 'The Pigeon Keeper' took on the costs of xenophobia, while Central Works' 'Push/Pull' tackles toxic masculinity.
Food & Drink

Good Taste: Time to save some legacy food and drink classics

Tamara Palmer -
Legendary SF spots like New Delhi and Da Flora are in danger. Our Legacy Business challenge will have you eating well, staying local.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Let’s run away to Greece

Dennis Harvey -
Greek Film Fest brings new visions. Plus: Cinequest, Robert Townsend, 'Mickey 17,' Gunvor Nelson, Karel Doing, more movies
Art

Two lovers who bloomed in the Bay Area Figurative Movement come together again

Emily Wilson -
At Cañada College, Theophilus Brown and Paul Wonner's nudes, still-lifes, and landscapes wow art history buffs.
Art

What lies beneath: Erena Shimoda’s aquatic photography promotes healing

Dorothy Odonnell -
Amputees, cancer survivors, and others who face challenges find their flow through artist's underwater lens.
Music

Noise Pop wrap-up: Crispy Tater Tots, Nosferatu rap, and more local love

John-Paul Shiver -
Final thoughts on the giant 32nd fest, which brought out 20,000 indie music-lovers and served up tasty treats.
Performance

Drama Masks: When illness derails the performance

Charles Lewis III -
As flu and COVID cases rise (many of them deadly), how will the local theater scene adjust its communal experience?

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