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This year’s Bliss Fest was all about the sparkling ride

Elliott Peck's immersive jazz-folk, Combo Tezeta's energizing cumbia, Circus Bella's high clownery drove some Presidio heat.
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Drama Masks: A sensitive Julius Caesar, lost in the ’70s shuffle

Marin Shakes' bold, beautiful, but muddled adaptation humanizes an autocrat at the expense of message or meaning.
Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
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Kiev, 1911: the Bund, revolution, and a sparkling work of historical fiction

'Radiant as the Stars' tells of a young woman who returns from the US to fight in the Russian Revolution—and it's based on a real story
Lit Tim Redmond -
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Al Green gilded Stern Grove’s season finale in golden soul

80-year-old legend brought R&B classics, funky arrangements, and 'Love and Happiness' to adoring crowd.
Music Review Jess Oledan -
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Campaign Trail

Lurie attacks affordable housing plan—and undermines his own proposal

Tim Redmond -
By saying housing money hurts the cops, he may be undermining support for his own Housing Trust Fund.
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The Agenda

The Marina Safeway project has a serious toxics and sewage problem

Tim Redmond -
And yet, thanks to Wiener, there's no EIR. Plus: Punk politics in the 1970s—and today. That's The Agenda for Aug. 16-23
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Music

Toro y Moi’s sweeping show at Bottom of the Hill hurt so good

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Chaz Bear's trip through artistic eras served as poignant reminder of why small rooms matter.
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Onstage

Monét X Change: retired party girl, current comedy queen

Joshua Rotter -
'Drag Race' and 'Traitors' star brings two nights of coming-of-age cracks to Cobb's.
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Music

Musical genius runs in the family—but the Womack Sisters’ success didn’t come easy

Tamara Palmer -
'We got it out the mud,' they say, as debut album soars.
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Music

From Telegraph tapes to Hip Hop Fairyland, Sunspot Jonz builds his own world

Morgan Garcia -
Living Legends co-founder turns handmade cassettes, Xeroxed pages, and East Oakland parties into durable art philosophy.
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Campaign Trail

Why IE campaign corruption matters

Tim Redmond -
The contribution limit rules exist for a reason. If we allow the IEs to coordinate with campaigns, those rules become pointless
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Music

Sheila E. grew a career that the Bay—not the music industry—taught her was possible

Joshua Rotter -
On the eve of her gig at Blue Note Napa, the Norcal icon talks Berkeley drum circles.
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Music

Under the Stars: The Womack Sisters’ debut album heralds arrival of a new soul generation

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: megiapa finds voice in Chicago's beat scene, golden hip-hop happening at Shoreline, Valerie June, more.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Is ‘Camp Miasma’ too meta—or is it a generational thing?

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: BAMPFA series highlights Bay Area lovers-auteurs, rural addiction in 'Union County', Matthew McConaughey, more.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Cat Video Fest, Deaf Dance Fest, DJ Dan Tribute, Oakland Pride…

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Matmos, masc heroes, 'Otra Onda/Otra Vez,' Pizza, Bagel, and Beer Fest, 'Little Shop of Horrors,' more to do!
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A play every Silicon Valley acolyte should be forced to watch

Charles Lewis III -
La Lengua's shockingly current latest. Plus: Tennessee Williams' 'Orpheus Descending' gets a curious switch-up.
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Art

Sculptor Michelle Gregor gives the kiln the last word

Mary Corbin -
'The way clay receives and holds color feels limitless in possibility,' says artist with deep history on the Sunset dunes.
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Campaign Trail

‘Independent’ super PAC paying Wiener campaign staffers, records show

Ian Firstenberg -
It's illegal for IEs to coordinate with candidates; this is at the very least close to the line, experts say
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Music

What we saw at Outside Lands: Live shots of wild times, sunshine excluded

Andrew Brobst -
Who needs light when you've got the heat of Baby Keem, The Strokes, Boys Noize, Silvana Estrada, and bazillions of cute fans.
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