Tag: Comics
Too much turmoil? Try some ‘Nice Jokes for Smart People’
With a new album (and a new baby), comedian Arthur Gaus talks about his refreshingly relatable style
Celebrating Ruth Asawa’s recycling roots and legacy
At a fundraiser for creative reuse center SCRAP, the beloved artist's children share stories and photos of her life
Best of the Bay 2020: Shopping winners
Best Bookstore, Best Bike Store, Best Shoe Store, Best Cannabis Dispensary, more in our 2020 Reader's Poll
[UPDATED] Arts festival sues city in push for safe live performances—before rain comes
City revokes SF International Arts Festival permit for weekend program as arts languish amid reopenings
Screen Grabs: Early glimmers of a legendary firecracker
Carole Lombard's pre-screwball movies get a deluxe release. Plus: Nightstream and Blumhouse horrors, The Campaign of Miner Bo, more
Sirron Norris’ cartooning classes take to internet for COVID summer
No reason for kids to lay down their pencils in the pandemic, says the iconic Bay Area artist.
Screen Grabs: Get a funky zap from ‘Mr. Soul!’
One had hoped that the passage of over half a century from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s would provide a view of how far we’ve come as...
Screen Grabs: Flicks for diverse takes on the forces that be
From globe-trotting LGBTQ narratives to social justice documentaries (and dramas), there’s a lot of diversity amongst fresh streaming releases this week—as well as some low-down dirty thrills in a...
Cartoonist Tanna Tucker creates works of art to celebrate voices of incarcerated kids
Last May, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to close California’s state-run youth prisons, an initiative that has since been stalled. But San Francisco may have set a precedent....
Too soon for COVID jokes? Shazia Mirza on Zoom comedy and life at home
Shazia Mirza has been making the most of quarantine. The award-winning British stand-up comedian and writer—best known for her show “The Kardashians Made Me Do It,” satirizing the real-life...
