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25 cheers for the Kinsey Sicks!

Marke B. - October 3, 2018

ONSTAGE Creamy voices, sharp tongues, bright dresses, and a whole lot of hairspray have been the calling cards of "dragapella" performance quartet the Kinsey Sicks...

Onstage

Power, corruption, and lust: A timely ‘Tosca’ at SF Opera

Emily Wilson - October 3, 2018

Shawna Lucey has strong feeling about Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, which she directs for the San Francisco Opera October 3-30. “It’s the perfect opera,” she said. “It’s...

News + Politics

Rape Culture and the Kavanaugh hearings

Bianca Rosen - September 28, 2018

The Brett Kavanaugh hearing yesterday showed that even during a period of heightened public consciousness around sexual assault, rape culture wins out. Rape culture is...

News + Politics

The utter absurdity of the Central Soma Plan EIR

Tim Redmond - September 26, 2018

The SF Board of Supervisors approved the EIR for the Central Soma Plan Tuesday, despite hours of testimony from Soma residents and activists who...

Fall Arts aflame! The 50+ best things to do this season

Marke B. - September 20, 2018

FALL ARTS PREVIEW The light is deepening, the food is getting heartier, harvest is bringing much good grape and green, and fall arts season is...

News + Politics

Statewide tenant group celebrates ten years of organizing

Tim Redmond - September 20, 2018

What began as an experiment is now the longest running statewide tenant organization in California history. Tenants Together, California’s statewide renters’ rights organization, is...

News + Politics

Business districts use public money to attack homeless people, study finds

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2018

Business Improvement Districts, which are in essence private tax assessors that spend money to spiff up certain parts of town, have been using public...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: I Am Not a Witch, Iranian Film Fest, Blaze …

Dennis Harvey - September 16, 2018

SCREEN GRABS While you could say the annual fall sprawl of anticipatory “awards season” has already begun—with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals that...

News + Politics

Governor Brown’s climate shortcomings are bad for our health

Monic Uriarte and Helen Attai - September 11, 2018

California often gets credit for being an environmental leader, but such plaudits overlook the many neighborhoods in California that live a nightmarish reality due...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Yayoi Kusama, Latino Film Fest, Nosferatu …

Dennis Harvey - September 10, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Last call for those interested in saving the Opera Plaza Cinemas, whose four arthouse screens are at high risk of being exterminated for...

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