Stories about Books
Screen Grabs: South Asian cinema, transgender visions, amateur porn…
Three diverse festivals open up. Plus: Soviets and Surrealists, Synonyms, Collisions, more in cinemas this week.
‘Disasterama!’ chronicles SF’s wild, lost queer underground
Alvin Orloff's new memoir documents crazy nights, retro-camp glamor, and punk sensibility in the face of the AIDS crisis.
Arts Forecast: El Rio saved, Litquake aquiver, Open Studios opens….
Dolly Parton Hoot, Riceboy Sleeps, Duet + Marrow, a percussion work about climate change, Othello, and more
Celebrating 50 groundbreaking years of Ethnic Studies with ‘Solidarity’
An inspired show at Southern Exposure highlights the lasting influence of San Francisco State's unique program.
At Litquake, the infamous Literary Death Match hits 500
The most aggressively silly, all-encompassing event of the festival returns to where it all started, the former Elbo Room.
Best of the Bay 2019: Shopping winners
Best Book Store, Best Grocery Store, Best Shoe Store, Best Bike Shop, Best Flea Market, Best Dispensary, and more
There’s a ‘Mad God’ at the Drunken Film Fest
30 years in the making, visual effects wizard Phil Tippett's short movie finally screens. (Yes there are cocktails.)
An open letter to Marc Benioff about homelessness
You're spending $30 million to study homelessness, when we already have the answers; why aren't you helping us?
Screen Grabs: All the latest from Iran
Iranian Film Fest, Women Sports Fest, The Death of Dick Long, Judy, End of the Century, Son of Dracula, more in cinemas.
How do you cover the end of the world?
Up against governments and state media -- with a TV series and some amazing writers.