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How the war in Yemen could end — in a matter of days

Reese Erlich - February 21, 2019

The murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has intensified Washington’s debate over the war in Yemen. On February 13, by a 248-177 vote,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Never mind the Oscars, we’ve got screwballs and Pod People

Dennis Harvey - February 20, 2019

SCREEN GRABS As if nothing mattered but the Oscars on Sunday (harrumph!), there are no major Hollywood releases this weekend, and few notable arthouse ones....

Finding out why ‘All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black’

Marke B. - February 17, 2019

ALL EARS This is the first time I'll be making this presentation, but I've been preparing for it all through my career," composer and musician...

News + Politics

Police-reform advocates push Assembly bill to restrict shootings

Haley Keizur - February 12, 2019

Nine hundred ninety-eight. That’s how many people were shot and killed by police in the US in 2018. And 115 of those were in...

Onstage

Detailing the splashy brilliance of Berkeley Rep’s ‘Metamorphoses’

Emily Wilson - February 12, 2019

ONSTAGE When actor Benjamin Ismail was in high school, he loved Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. "They're so primal and ancient...

Arts + Culture

Review: In ‘Seascape,’ a day at the beach—with giant lizards

Elaine Elinson - February 6, 2019

ONSTAGE Sparkling white sands spilling over the stage. Tufts of spindly sea grass. The sound of waves breaking gently in the distance, accompanied by...

News + Politics

ACLU sues after Sacramento sheriff blocks Black Lives Matter on Facebook

Haley Keizur - February 4, 2019

The First Amendment protects freedom of expression, but how does that law, written hundreds of years before smartphones were even imagined, apply to today’s...

Onstage

Review: A marvelous Chinatown ride in ‘King of the Yees’

Elaine Elinson - February 3, 2019

ONSTAGE In one intriguing scene in King of the Yees (at SF Playhouse through March 2), the Sichuan Face Changer (Jomar Tagatac) poses a...

Arts + Culture

SF Ballet’s ‘Don Quixote’ provides a home away from home for Sardinian star

Emily Wilson - January 25, 2019

The ballet of Don Quixote, the San Francisco Ballet season opener, doesn’t tell the whole tale of the man who read too many novels, decided he...

Arts + Culture

Psychic Eye Records’ new compilation shows darkwave support for TGI Justice Project

Caitlin Donohue - January 21, 2019

For those who would like to wrap themselves up in a Bay Area darkwave shroud to beat the winter chill; Psychic Eye Records just...

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