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Art

Neon pop, watercolor superstars: Kelly Inouye’s ‘MTV Generation’ paints a cultural moment

Emily Wilson - May 27, 2022

Gender fluidity, sexual politics, racial struggle, media power are encapsulated in the artist's gorgeous works. Plus, Boy George!

Music

How Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort, and E-40 taught me how to work

Tamara Palmer - May 27, 2022

The four rappers perform as Mount Westmore in Oakland and Nap;, here's a personal look back our encounters

Music

Five can’t-miss Jazzfest picks: They’re pretty dang cool, mang

John-Paul Shiver - May 25, 2022

Red-hot harpists, Latin Big Band revivalists, Ethio-jazz devotees, Hammond organ specialists, more on tap for 39th extravaganza

Movies

For ‘Montana Story,’ conceiving dysfunction and beauty in Big Sky country

Pam Grady - May 24, 2022

Filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee wrote an intimate Western sibling story—while locked down in New York City

Movies

Screen Grabs: The Shattuck shutters; consolation comes with poet’s blood and porno chic

Dennis Harvey - May 24, 2022

Plus: A strange and roaming Italian 'Tale of King Crab,' siblings confront the past in 'Montana Story,' more movies

Stage Review

As ‘Monument’ shows, having a seat at the table doesn’t mean you have a voice

Charles Lewis III - May 24, 2022

Sam Chanse play at Magic Theatre revolves around four sisters in crisis—and an animated sloth.

Music

Under the Stars: New Portola Music Fest, Spacemoth, queer country gold…

John-Paul Shiver - May 22, 2022

Sour Widows bring shred energy, OSEES bash out a 'Funeral Solution,' Anteloper beam up, more new music

Housing

SF needs $19 billion to meet state affordable housing goals—and Breed has no plan

Tim Redmond - May 19, 2022

Mayor's Office has no clue where to find the money, and won't even spend the existing Prop. I windfall right now. It's 'unbelievable.'

Onstage

Oaklash explodes with a full week of drag activism, film, parties, cute shows

Joshua Rotter - May 19, 2022

'I want Oaklash to be the next Treasure Island Music Festival, the next Treasure Island Media,' says founder

Onstage

Pop-Up Magazine springs back onstage, with one of Oakland’s best young artists

Marke B. - May 19, 2022

Adrian L. Burrell taps deep levels of Oakland family history at the live storytelling spectacle (and discovers a surprise Beyonce connection)

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Neon pop, watercolor superstars: Kelly Inouye’s ‘MTV Generation’ paints a cultural moment

How Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort, and E-40 taught me how to work

Five can’t-miss Jazzfest picks: They’re pretty dang cool, mang

For ‘Montana Story,’ conceiving dysfunction and beauty in Big Sky country

Screen Grabs: The Shattuck shutters; consolation comes with poet’s blood and porno chic

As ‘Monument’ shows, having a seat at the table doesn’t mean you have a voice

Under the Stars: New Portola Music Fest, Spacemoth, queer country gold…

SF needs $19 billion to meet state affordable housing goals—and Breed has no plan

Oaklash explodes with a full week of drag activism, film, parties, cute shows

Pop-Up Magazine springs back onstage, with one of Oakland’s best young artists

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