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Onstage

“What does it mean to be a good person?”

Elaine Elinson - July 11, 2019

ONSTAGE Isn’t trampling other people exhausting work? The vein on your forehead bulges from the strain of being greedy. This is the question that Shen Te, a...

Lit

Beyond the valley of the gig economy

Johnny Ray Huston - July 10, 2019

Spanning the month of July, this year’s incarnation of LaborFest, the 26th annual, includes history talks and walks, union gatherings, films (including Sorry to...

Magnificent obsession with Cate Le Bon

Johnny Ray Huston - July 2, 2019

Contour: The peripatetic Cate Le Bon (playing the Chapel July 9) hand-made 100 mugs in conjunction with the release of her 2013 LA-based album Mug...

Onstage

Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season

Joshua Rotter - June 29, 2019

Art mirrors Bay Area life in San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT)’s 60th-anniversary show, Treasure Island. Opening in Dolores Park on July 4, the play about...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Andy Warhol’s brilliant camp

Dennis Harvey - June 26, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Andy Warhol was the man who sold the world on Pop Art in the 1960s, and much of that success lay in...

Puff

Puff: Light up, it’s Pride time

Dan Karkoska - June 24, 2019

PUFF This is the week of a thousand parties and events in the Bay Area as we celebrate LGBTQ Pride. You are going to...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A ‘sex raft’ run amuck

Dennis Harvey - June 19, 2019

SCREEN GRABS The big news in Bay Area moviegoing this week is the annual arrival of the Frameline LGBTQ film fest, which we previewed here....

Movies

What happened to Halston? New doc dives deep into designer’s story

Joshua Rotter - June 17, 2019

In Halston, the new biopic about the visionary American fashion designer, director Frédéric Tcheng makes every effort to remain objective when portraying the contentious...

At 83, piano legend Larry Vuckovich recounts a ‘Fascinating Jazz Life’

Reese Erlich - June 13, 2019

ALL EARS Pianist and composer Larry Vuckovich has been a headliner in the Bay Area jazz scene for over 60 years. His creative approach...

Movies

Hopes, fears, dreams, and ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’

Joshua Rotter - June 7, 2019

Two African American dreamers, Jimmie (first-time actor Jimmie Fails) and Mont (Jonathan Majors) are struggling to survive in the unforgiving reality of the City...

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