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Arts + Culture

Who can ask for anything more? A review of Tony Bennett in San Jose

Tony Robles - May 6, 2019

Dear Mr. Bennett, I rarely dress up. Outside of a funeral, you’d never see me in a tie. So when I found out you were coming to...

News + Politics

Protesting Uber’s IPO — and police secrecy

Tim Redmond - May 5, 2019

The finance experts expect Uber to hit Wall Street on Friday/10, possibly with the biggest IPO since Facebook – but not until after both...

Onstage

Life is a ‘Vanity Fair,’ old chum

Jeffrey Edalatpour - April 30, 2019

ONSTAGE If you disregard the period setting, squint at the pastel backdrops and blur out the sumptuous jewel-toned dresses, Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Vanity...

Time is on Passion Pit’s side, as classic ‘Manners’ hits 10

Daniel Bromfield - April 29, 2019

ALL EARS When Michael Angelakos first toured Manners, the 2009 debut of his then-rising project Passion Pit, he couldn’t hit the high notes. A side...

Movies

Silent Film Fest ranges afar—but don’t worry, there’s still Buster

Dennis Harvey - April 26, 2019

It's been edging in this direction for a while, and it’s probably not a strategy that can or should be repeated ad finitum. But...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Bye, bye, Babylon…

Marke B. - April 23, 2019

ARTS FORECAST San Francisco, your Golden Gates are closing, it sometimes feels like—especially with the announcement that, after 45 years of high spirits and higher...

News + Politics

Activists warn of a new landlord scam: Seismic upgrade evictions

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2019

A relatively obscure hearing at the Board of Appeals this week shed some important light on the preservation of rental housing and a potential...

News + Politics

Should the tech boom pay the costs of the tech boom?

Tim Redmond - April 21, 2019

The Board of Supes will discuss two very different issues this week that are actually closely related and could inform some productive discussion about...

Foreign Correspondent

Will Julian Assange get a fair trial in the US?

Reese Erlich - April 19, 2019

British police dragged Wikileaks founder Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on April 11, witnessed by a scrum of international media. Authorities...

News + Politics

48hills sues MTC over secretive housing policy operation

Tim Redmond - April 15, 2019

48hills filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court today asking a judge to order the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to release full reports of how...

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