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Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Perilous quests in ‘The Green Knight’ and ‘Stillwater’

Dennis Harvey - August 2, 2021

Plus: complex Son of Monarchs, redemptive Fireboys, and a beautiful, bummer Casanova

City Hall

After more than a century, PG&E is finally on the ropes in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - August 1, 2021

The city's moving to establish a public-power system—but we should also talk about accountability for the politicians and media that enabled an illegal monopoly for so long.

Housing

Wiener’s housing bill could encourage even more sprawl

Zelda Bronstein - July 20, 2021

Read the fine print: Obscene development in Tassajara Valley could qualify for special protection under SB 10.

Onstage

Reading is fundamental: 44 years of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival

Caitlin Donohue - July 14, 2021

At nearly a half-century, this showcase of early-career playwrights must be doing something right. Find out what, starting Fri/16.

Music

Under the Stars: New you, new grooves

John-Paul Shiver - July 13, 2021

Durand Jones & The Indications step high, plus the skinny on upcoming local gigs you should pencil in.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Bodies talk in this week’s films, from ‘Angel’ to ‘Barfly’

Dennis Harvey - July 12, 2021

Get into the physical form, with surprising superheroes, eating disorder examination, and an adaptation of interviews with Bukowski.

Art

“Seeing Sound” argues that creating noise is the most human act of all

Genevieve Quick - July 8, 2021

The KADIST group show (through July 24) presents alternative auditory realities and spaces.

Education

How pre-schoolers can learn about society’s biases — and respond

Eliana Elias and Barbra Blender - July 6, 2021

Teaching Behind the Mask: A discussion of anti-bias curriculum and its role in early childhood education.

News + Politics

Bay Area residents join efforts to end ‘merciless’ blockade of Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - July 4, 2021

Biden is still enforcing Trump's harsh sanctions despite a 184-2 UN statement of condemnation.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2021

What's in theaters—then and now. Plus" 'I Carry You With Me,' 'Scenes from an Empty Church,' more

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