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Art

Necromancy at SoEx: ‘Moving Clouds’ summons the once-thought-dead

Emily Wilson - March 2, 2024

Curator Cathy Lu on show's "ancestor callers," whose works range from crematorium to live events in Gaza.

Onstage

Playwright Ashley Smiley takes on neighborhood diplacement and Tesla-stamped MDMA

Emily Wilson - March 1, 2024

Her 'Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad' at Magic Theatre is a personal take on gentrification and the city's loss.

Art

Tabitha Soren, beloved former MTV News reporter, on life as a Bay Area photographer

Mary Corbin - February 29, 2024

Motherhood has changed things for the award-winning journalist, who is now taking things a frame at a time.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: The cool, clear eye of Wolfgang Tillmans

Marke B. - February 28, 2024

Plus: Flatstock, Afrolicious, Conrad Tao, Luis Miguel Garcia-Mispireta, Branford Marsalis, Chiquimamani-Condori, more

Music

Under the Stars: A quick check-in with the incredible Lætitia Sadier

John-Paul Shiver - February 27, 2024

From Stereolab to Noise Pop, she still charms. Plus: chokecherry, Angelo Outlaw, Caroline Polachek, more great music

Dance

Desperate times call for ‘Anna Karenina’

Lou Fancher - February 26, 2024

Joffrey Ballet's triumphant return to Cal Performances revives a literary tale that centers love after loss.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Hail international film, including African, Palestinian rarities

Dennis Harvey - February 26, 2024

Plus: Homage to Italian soundtrack champ Ennio Morricone and Edward Yang's 'Taipei Stories'.

Music

Under the Stars: discnogirl kicks off Noise Pop, new jams from Mad Lib, Beth Gibbons, Toro Y Moi…

John-Paul Shiver - February 21, 2024

The incredible Batov label does it again, the 'Mary Shelley of the guitar' returns, more music to love

Protest

Artists alter, deface their own work at YBCA to protest Gaza silence and decry censorship

Marke B. - February 19, 2024

'Love Letter to Gaza' action calls out institution for not speaking up and allegedly muzzling artists.

Art

J.L. King’s bold, curious art doesn’t shy from the peculiar

Mary Corbin - February 15, 2024

'Weird can be good, to me,' says the San Francisco oil painter, who calls her spirited art 'trick the mind.'

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