Bay Area Archives - Page 93 of 198

Nightlife

Knob twists and nice people: Sweater Funk returns to The Knockout

John-Paul Shiver - July 8, 2021

Pandemic has us thinking; This crew's whole message about spreading love and happiness? Maybe it's not so cornball after all.

Puff

Puff: DIY moon rocks—and other ways to celebrate concentrates this 7/10

Dan Karkoska - July 8, 2021

We're going deep into the dank, with recommendations for best vaporizers, butters to power your cannabis kitchen, and even an IRL East Bay party.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Two deeply different narratives of sex work in ‘Working Girls’ and ‘Medusa’

Dennis Harvey - July 8, 2021

Plus: Saudi Arabian feminist mythology soars in 'Scales' and 'Dachra's creepy atmospherics.

Movies

Fred Halsted’s ‘70s gay porn invades the arthouse multiplex

Johnny Ray Huston - July 7, 2021

Fists of fury, influential slow-pans, and a double feature that refuses to be defined by its sensationalist sex acts.

Nightlife

Nicki Jizz’s Black drag revue Reparations goes IRL after raising $20k online

Caitlin Donohue - July 7, 2021

Local queen didn't see the melanin-heavy show of her dreams as a baby gay. So she decided to create one.

Art

When a bowl is not a bowl: The yin and yang of artist Britta Kathmeyer

Mary Corbin - July 6, 2021

In the Bay, the German artist has found the perfect home for her exquisitely simple abstract works

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Final chapter of ‘Purge’ series is an eerie echo of modern chaos

Dennis Harvey - July 5, 2021

'The Forever Purge' is not subtle. But then, we are not living in gently-nuanced cultural times.

News + Politics

Bay Area residents join efforts to end ‘merciless’ blockade of Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - July 4, 2021

Biden is still enforcing Trump's harsh sanctions despite a 184-2 UN statement of condemnation.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2021

What's in theaters—then and now. Plus" 'I Carry You With Me,' 'Scenes from an Empty Church,' more

Culture

Year of the cats: What to do if you spot the wild felines prowling around lately

Tamara Palmer - July 1, 2021

A brief survey of the fine mega-kitties who've been dropping by the Bay Area—just don't try to pet them

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