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Music

A year without live music—that still made a lot of noise

John-Paul Shiver - March 22, 2021

A music critic reflects on an era that heard local venues silenced and Black voices uplifted.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Two Irish dramas confront reverberations of sexual assault

Dennis Harvey - March 18, 2021

Thrillers 'Rose Plays Julie' and 'The Winter Lake' tackle trauma. Plus: A killer pair of pants takes revenge

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Snack attack! Tiramisu bomboloni, loaded Spuddy Buddies, tamale care packages…

Tamara Palmer - March 16, 2021

Plus: Chinatown pop-ups, Matzo Crunch—and how to score with Ken, the sushi spot that plays hard to get

Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - March 15, 2021

How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.

Music

Local Listen: Mndsgn, Nappy Nina, Nick Andre, more new releases

John-Paul Shiver - March 14, 2021

Laidback Bay Area rap, post-punk to die for, wavvy mellow funk, more from Cali artists

Lit

All the yuks: A history of stand-up comedy traces the artform’s evolution

Joshua Rotter - March 14, 2021

Wayne Federman's 'The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle' pays special attention to Bay Area

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: A fascinating ‘Father,’ an over-bloated ‘Cherry’…

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2021

Even for movies, it feels like 2020 is dragging its feet well into 2021. COVID World’s changes in release patterns and delays in awards-giving...

Performance

Screen star Colman Domingo revisits Bay Area roots for Mime Troupe celebration

Joshua Rotter - March 9, 2021

The very hot actor on Chadwick Boseman, 'Nash Bridges,' and his powerful work with the Troupe's Youth Theatre Project

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Celebrating neglected SF filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge

Dennis Harvey - March 8, 2021

Plus: More women on screen, from Crystal Z Campbell and 'Sophie Jones' to graffiti photos and EDM inequality

Culture

El Tecolote’s Radio Teco brings legendary neighborhood paper to podcast life

Caitlin Donohue - March 8, 2021

Legacy of community service continues with episodes on what it's like to get COVID, Central American art, more

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