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Major celebration of artists with developmental disabilities heads to OMCA

48 Hills - May 17, 2023

"Into the Brightness" shines spotlight on powerful Bay Area arts movement.

Music

Live shots: Mill Valley Music Festival opens summer stage season

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - May 17, 2023

From Michael Franti to the group handing out free wildflower seeds, this fest knows its audience.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Celebrating AAPI Month, hailing the next generation of SF filmmakers

Caitlin Donohue - May 16, 2023

Plus: Catch a gospel documentary, learn the history of ramen—maybe even pick up clogging?

Art

In order to feel alive: The paintings of Livia Stein

Mary Corbin - May 11, 2023

This Oakland artist is drawn to the intersection of the human and non-human.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: San Francisco’s Unicorn Meat assumes a tasty new form

Tamara Palmer - May 9, 2023

Unicorn Tots is the newest vegan product by Umami Industries

Onstage

It’s Stuttering Awareness Week. Nina G’s comedy album drops 12 tracks of education

Caitlin Donohue - May 7, 2023

Micro-aggressions 'just go right into my act,' says the Alameda-born stand-up

Performance

Focus on the positive floods 6th Oaklash fest with drag joy

Joshua Rotter - May 7, 2023

'Let's get sickening' with a full slate of drag community programming and gonzo performances.

Music

6 music festivals to jumpstart your summer

John-Paul Shiver - May 4, 2023

Mill Valley Music Fest, Carnaval, Northern Nights, Mosswood Meltdown, and more explosive sonic fireworks

COVID

Now the anti-vaxxers are resurrecting AIDS denialist lunacy

Bruce Mirken - May 3, 2023

Far-right Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fans might want to be careful about clinging to nonsense that got its adherents killed.

Lit

From ‘Vagina Monologues’ to ‘Reckoning,’ V still fights for women’s voices and dreams

Lou Fancher - May 3, 2023

'We’re living in the karmic sludge of so much un-apologized-for behavior in the world,' says renowned activist, appearing at Bay Area Book Fest