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Look! Up in the sky! It’s public art—with Premiere Jr.

Marke B. - February 6, 2020

I finally made it to Salesforce Park, a perfectly pleasant, perfectly sterile civic project atop the new Transbay Terminal. The downtown public space is...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Welcome to the ‘Manifesto’

Marke B. - February 3, 2020

If people asked me who I'd invite to my dream dinner party, I'm pretty sure James Baldwin, Nina Simone, and Fela Kuti would make...

Onstage

Trixie Mattel’s grown-up dream world

Joshua Rotter - February 3, 2020

With her career, dream house, and Ken counterpart all in place, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 3 winner and real-life Barbie doll Trixie...

New music: Jeff Parker’s ‘Suite for Max Brown’ is jazz for a digital world

John-Paul Shiver - February 2, 2020

The concepts which evolved into Suite For Max Brown, prolific guitarist Jeff Parker's tribute to his mother, were engineered during his fall 2018 residency...

Onstage

Reviews: Laurie Anderson and Gina LaDivina, two very different storytellers

Marke B. - January 28, 2020

With her shock of hair and electric violin, Laurie Anderson is an instantly recognized avatar of '80s cool, although of course her pioneering electronics-based...

Dance

Fiery flamenco meets rousing gospel in ‘Soul Y Alma’

Joshua Rotter - January 27, 2020

Since taking the helm of Theatre Flamenco in 2008, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Carola Zertuche has made it her mission to take the...

News + Politics

When Jerry Brown sounds like Donald Trump

Tim Redmond - January 26, 2020

Scott Shafer’s conversations with former Gov. Jerry Brown are running as a series on KQED, and the section on his work in Oakland, which...

Movies

Indiefest electrifies with punk and sci-fi royalty, surreal thrillers, local debuts

Dennis Harvey - January 24, 2020

SF Indiefest (Wed/29-February 13) may not look backward a great deal, but when it does, it has to be the right fit for a festival...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A whole weekend with Laurie Anderson and more

Marke B. - January 22, 2020

ARTS FORECAST The shock of hair seems to have been tamed into a tiny ponytail atop her head, but electro-poetic pioneer Laurie Anderson certainly...

Dance

With ‘Butterfly Effect’ choreographer Krissy Keefer caps decades of eco-activism

Joshua Rotter - January 20, 2020

For more than four decades, Dance Brigade’s co-founder and award-winning Artistic Director Krissy Keefer has been a voice in the wilderness, warning audiences around...

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