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Music

Albums of the Year 2020: Wild spirits helped us hold tightly onto humanity

John-Paul Shiver - December 29, 2020

From police brutality call-outs to a new century gospel, artists still wrung beauty and inspiration from a hard year

Movies

Roxie Virtual Cinema: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

48 Hills - December 28, 2020

When curtains came down and laptops fired up, Roxie Theatre's online arm delivered 200+ diverse and heady films

Movies

In ‘Aggie,’ a $100 million inspiration to shrink the carceral state through art and activism

Emily Wilson - December 28, 2020

She sold her Liechtenstein to fight mass incarceration: New film documents one woman's "philanthropy by justice not generosity"

Arts + Culture

A storyteller with ‘Soul’: Pixar co-director on writing journey and big new movie

Joshua Rotter - December 24, 2020

'Like jazz, life is improvisation' says former journalist Kemp Powers, who helmed new holiday blockbuster release.

Culture

Los Cenzontles: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

48 Hills - December 23, 2020

A cultural academy—and lively band—that is preserving and passing down essential Mexican traditions of song and dance.

Arts + Culture

Why is Soma CBD censoring leather community art?

Jackie Blandón - December 22, 2020

Local artists find their work is not suitable for the sides of trash cans.

Lit

Books: ‘Pura Neta,’ the Mission, and the price of gentrification

Tim Redmond - December 18, 2020

An interview with author Benjamin Bac Sierra on his new and powerful novel.

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Are Cuban protesters freedom fighters or US pawns?

Reese Erlich - December 18, 2020

Painters, musicians, and other artists are responding to what they call the ‘lack of freedom of speech.’ The government calls them agents of the US.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: When political violence is no longer unimaginable

Dennis Harvey - December 17, 2020

Stories of oppression, terror, murder—and heroism. Plus: 'Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Rea & Stimpy Story,' more

Art

Iconic Bayview sign comes down for vital community center: Here’s its surprising history

Sean Karlin - December 16, 2020

India Basin Industrial Park's Manwaring Letters have deep artistic roots. Now stored, their future remains uncertain.

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