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Movies

Screen Grabs: Saluting 25 years of great world cinema (and three Rambos)

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2023

BAMPFA salutes Rialto Pictures. Plus: A West Oakland classic from 1998 returns at last

Food & Drink

‘Mad alchemy’: Bender’s Rye turns 10 after a wild journey

Adrian Spinelli - August 27, 2023

Carl Bender and Christopher Cohen's ambitious local liquor project goes a step further with Batch 6

Stage Review

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

Charles Lewis III - August 25, 2023

The troupe mines laughs from the human body's unpredictable horrors and triumphs at CounterPulse

Music

Jazz legend John Santos teaches ‘Rhythms of Resistance’ to defeat gentrification

Joshua Rotter - August 25, 2023

New course on Cuban and Puerto Rican music at MoAD highlights their role in the struggle for social justice

Art Review

‘Difference Machines’ interrogates the bias in the Algorithm

Genevieve Quick - August 25, 2023

The intersection of technology and identity comes under scrutiny at Gray Area

Dance

‘Desire for fullness’ leads Megan Lowe to explore dance through biracial identity

Mary Carbonara - August 23, 2023

Choreographer's 'Gathering Pieces of Peace' foregrounds stories of fractured selves and longing.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Birch & Rye’s quiet excellence

Tamara Palmer - August 22, 2023

Noe Valley’s modern Russian kitchen is a national treasure — and a local secret.

Culture

Arts.Co.Lab is ready to dismantle the ‘rigged’ arts funding paradigm

Brandy Collins - August 22, 2023

Local cultural equity agency aims to equip BIPOC artists with tools for a sustainable practice and dignified life

Art

Fabric portraitist Alice Beasley stitches together politics and community

Mary Corbin - August 17, 2023

Piedmont resident sews poignant scenes from the both the Civil Rights movement and the neighborhood cafe.

Stage Review

World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

Charles Lewis III - August 17, 2023

At Z Space, J Jha shines as production's sole interpreter of boundless Indian mythology.

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