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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: More, More, More! (and more)

Marke B. - September 17, 2020

Autumn Moon Festival, Litquake lineup, Cal Performances at Home... and a special retrospective from a queen of SF drag.

Art

Open Studios offers virtual walk-throughs, glimpses into artists’ lives

Maddy Clifford - September 15, 2020

The 45-year-old tradition is using Instagram and online parties to introduce the latest work of dozens of creators.

Movies

A man, a plan, a documentary: ‘The Palindromists’

Pam Grady - September 1, 2020

Palindromes read the same forward and back. We learn that in grade school. "Madam, I'm Adam." "A man. A plan. A canal. Panama." "Was...

Lit

Books: A fun ride through SF and NorCal in the 1980s

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2020

I’ve known Daniel Ben-Horin for many years – as journalist, as the head of Media Alliance way back in the days when I was...

Arts + Culture

Books: ‘Caste’ and the history of racism in the US

Ellen Chaitin - August 14, 2020

Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent has received acclaims from literary critics in addition to bringing Oprah to tears. The book presents...

Homelessness

A free fridge opens in the Mission

Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí - August 2, 2020

Days before Mayor London Breed declared the shelter-in-place order back in March, Gabriela Alemán was already trying to figure out how her older neighbors...

News + Politics

Rob Eshelman-Håkansson, journalist and activist, dies at 47

Tina Gerhardt - July 19, 2020

Rob Eshelman-Håkansson, a fearless journalist, former legislative aide to Matt Gonzalez, and organizer with the Housing Rights Committee, died July 15, 2020. He was...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Don’t look away from ‘Decade of Fire’ and ‘The Painted Bird’

Dennis Harvey - July 17, 2020

This weekend’s new streaming releases are dominated by two major literary adaptations, both of which would have looked great on the big screen ......

News + Politics

‘She Represents’ teaches teens the good, bad, and infuriating of women in politics

Caitlin Donohue - July 16, 2020

Large, wild quantities of joy and a smattering of acute frustration were involved in writing my first book, the YA title She Represents: 44...

Lit

Dare to be a ‘Brave Sis’? It’s all in the planner

Marke B. - July 8, 2020

Anyone who knows local arts leader Rozella Kennedy knows she's a force of nature. Definitely one of those hyper-achievers that spur you to ask,...

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