Monday, May 6, 2024

Tagged with: ACT

Breed refuses to sign housing bill

Mayor London Breed has refused to sign legislation raising the fee office developers have to pay for affordable housing. Although the bill, which passed unanimously,...

Arts Forecast: And here’s the real kicker…

ARTS FORECAST The Stomp tour stomped into town for a very brief visit at ACT last weekend (why, when it could stay so much longer?)—and the...

The lo-fi psych-pop joys of Still Woozy

Still Woozy (playing Wed/13 through Friday/15 at The New Parish) was hanging out backstage at Lollapalooza at Chicago’s Grant Park, last summer. He had...

Screen Grabs: French noir to vintage punk, a week of retro gems

Considering all the odds against it—real estate/rent issues, changing audiences, ever-more home viewing options—it’s pretty amazing that San Francisco still has any arthouse scene...

Local musicians step up to ‘Blanket the Homeless’

When I spoke with storied music producer Scott Mickelson last month, San Francisco was in the midst of a nationally covered anti-homeless kerfuffle. Housed...

For unhoused people, every day is an emergency

“We can’t take all that shit with us in this one hefty bag…” “But mama, this is my favorite pair of jeans.” “I don’t give a...

Natasha Bedingfield takes some poignant new curves

Natasha Bedingfield (playing Sun/3 at The Fillmore) has never been overtly political in her music. That is, until the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter — best known for...

Review: A fiery intellect bound by exoticism in ‘The Chinese Lady’

Even as the audience files in, we are already part of the play, or rather, the exhibition. Atung (Will Dao) sits in front of...

Lesbian history finally takes center stage in ‘The Daughters’

The first act of The Daughters, a comedy by Patricia Cotter (at the San Francisco Playhouse through November 2), imagines the Daughters of Bilitis’ first meeting...

In dramatic hearing, Haney housing measure moves forward

The Land Use and Transportation Committee yesterday moved forward a plan to increase the fee office developers pay for housing after a remarkable hearing...