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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...

Housing

Oakland moms make national statement with housing victory

Sam Lew - January 21, 2020

In a huge victory that may change the way Oakland (and other cities) looks at vacant housing, homeless mothers who took over an empty...

Onstage

Playwright Ana Bayat lets us peek inside her ‘Mimi’s Suitcase’

Emily Wilson - January 21, 2020

Many Iranian families who could, left Iran during the revolution in 1979. But Ana Bayat’s family members did things a little differently. They left...

Movies

Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - January 15, 2020

48 Hills festival movie critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks travels the continent for us checking out the biggest film events. He also hosts the invaluable...

Housing

Moms4Housing stand up to eviction

Tiny - January 13, 2020

UPDATE: The Sheriff's Office forcibly evicted the Moms this morning. https://twitter.com/LeftSentThis/status/1217138736560930817 Dominique Walker issued the following statement: “We’ve heard from people all over the world who are...

Arts + Culture

Midge Ure, titan of New Wave, will take your questions now

Joshua Rotter - January 13, 2020

Midge Ure is willingly doing the two things that most performers dread on his upcoming US tour, which kicks off in the Bay Area...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: New year, death row

Dennis Harvey - January 8, 2020

January is generally considered a dumping ground for unloved movies, squeezed in to fill any space remaining by Christmas and awards-bait major releases still...

Arts + Culture

The death of Metal Arts at City College

Tim Redmond - January 7, 2020

Editor's note: There are many, many programs impacted by the decision of the City College chancellor to cut a wide range of classes in...

Examined Life

Examined Life: A year to love for no reason

Karen Macklin - January 4, 2020

Spiritual teacher and author Ram Dass once wrote, “It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely...

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