Stories about Comics
Cartooning the Japanese Internment, through George Takei’s eyes
In a book and show at the Cartoon Art Museum, illustrator Harmony Becker realizes a US tragedy in fine-grained detail.
Transgender visions in urgent times
The 22nd Transgender Film Festival comes with supernatural powers and a punk political attitude—right when we need both.
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
Pride time: 6 quick picks at the National Queer Arts Festival
Femme crips, man-haters, precarious lives, post-colonial mothering, and the queer intifada take center stage at the monthlong fest.
Screen Grabs: Xmas Weekend flicks galore
Mary Poppins, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, James Baldwin, Dick Cheney, and more pop in for the holiday season. Read our reviews!
Best of the Bay 2018: Shopping Winners
Your picks for Best Book Store, Best Grocery Store, Best Shoe Store, Best Bike Shop, Best Flea Market, Best Dispensary, and more
Screen Grabs: Suspiria, Boy Erased, The Wild Pussycat …
3rd i fest, Museo, Gary Winograd doc, Jean Vigo retrospective, and more scary, sexy, and smart films in cinemas this week.
Screen Grabs: The War at Home, Wings of Desire, What They Had …
Solid new dramas, restored classics, a impressionistic labor doc, and more fill the city's cinemas this week.
Party Radar: For Navid
Another tragic loss for local nightlife. Plus: Soul Clap, Bootie, iamiwhoami, SPFDJ, Drag Me to the Lanes, and more chances to dance among friends.
Arts Forecast: Hemlock Tavern closing, Polk Street Blues Fest, Erasure …
Boris, Brazil in the Gardens, 20th Street Block Party, Sex and the City live, and more great things to do this week.