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Music

They just weren’t ready, Betty: A tribute to “bad boy” Davis

John-Paul Shiver -
Honoring the queen of funk's next-level sounds, her defiance of sexual norms—even the Bay Area pedigree of her collaborators.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Coppola revives ‘Godfather’—and Dinklage delivers in ‘Cyrano’

Dennis Harvey -
Exactly 50 years ago this February 25, The Godfather was released. It was an adaptation of a pulpy best-seller that no one expected much...
Lit

How Bay Area graffiti led me to a life of writing

Alan Chazaro -
From writing on walls to writing in books—and the value of seeing others publicly dream
Culture

Burning Man is back—but a lot has happened since 2019

Steven T. Jones -
Black Rock City returns after two years of pandemic cancellations, DIY experiments and financial hardships
Art

Monica Lundy paints forgotten histories and overlooked individuals

Mary Corbin -
Oakland-Italy artist has created portraits of sex workers and the incarcerated, and renders a psychology of space.
Music

At 50, Blue Bear School of Music is just tuning up

Emily Wilson -
Opening an East Bay campus, bringing back live performances, and more sweet-sounding news from the institution.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Freedom, and other compromised concepts

Dennis Harvey -
Liberation and constraint, from Belgian playgrounds and the back alleys of Chad to Ted Kaczynski's paranoid manifesto.
Music

Mosswood Meltdown fest set for musical mayhem, good ol’ Oakland punk vibes

John-Paul Shiver -
Two-day outdoor rager formerly known as Burger Boogaloo kicks off in July with new name and stellar lineup.
Art

Smoky air, social distancing: Gina Gaiser chronicles subtle moments of our now

Mary Corbin -
The photographer takes inspiration from Warhol's quote: 'You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.'
Movies

Screen Grabs: From silents to Noise Pop, setting old scores and new

Dennis Harvey -
Hendrix in Maui, Chaplin at the Paramount, Aelita the Queen of Mars, Gwar, and more movies mix with music.
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