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Asian American women artists on creativity, activism—and COVID racism

Emily Wilson - May 25, 2020

While the Asian Art Museum, like other arts institutions, is closed during the COVID crisis, the staff is stepping up its museuming from home,...

Techno-arts fest Mutek.SF recreates a trippy rave blueprint online

John-Paul Shiver - May 21, 2020

Last year's iteration of MUTEK.SF, the off-shoot of the the original MUTEK festival—an event dedicated to electronic music and the digital arts that began...

Arts + Culture

Good info, little relief at city’s Virtual Nightlife + Entertainment Summit

Marke B. - May 18, 2020

There are lots of big questions about COVID-gutted San Francisco nightlife that have yet to be directly addressed. How and why are live venues,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Dennis Harvey - May 12, 2020

Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop,...

Aquarium vibes on Folsom: Inkletterman, others beautify shuttered storefronts

John-Paul Shiver - May 12, 2020

"It was perfect timing as I was looking for an artist to do the work, knowing the ugliness that boarded-up storefronts have created all...

The museum’s closed, but ‘The de Young Open’ poises for launch

Emily Wilson - May 6, 2020

Starting June 1, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will welcome submissions from any artist over 18 years old from the nine Bay...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: How Weird (that everything is virtual now)

Marke B. - April 30, 2020

As we move farther toward festival season, it's really dawning that our hugest events will take place on our screens. It's not like we...

New Music: Vinyl Williams’ visionary sunshine pop goes ‘Azure’

John-Paul Shiver - April 26, 2020

When the Los Angeles based musician Lionel 'Vinyl' Williams—grandson of acclaimed film composer John Williams, whose 1977 Star Wars score remains an idyllic cinematic feat—speaks about...

Culture

‘Hip-hop to Hamilton’ urges youth to pursue arts careers, despite COVID

Emily Wilson - April 22, 2020

Lily Ling, the music director and conductor for the tour of Hamilton, says we need the arts now more than ever. She saw that working...

COVID

Will COVID kill capitalism?

Tiny - April 20, 2020

“I have a Case of Toilet Paper, I’ll bring it over tomorrow,” said Reena, a now-unemployed accountant from Alameda. “I have a box of organic...

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