communities Archives

Housing

Federal official tells SF to fix ongoing problems at ‘uninhabitable’ Plaza East public housing

Cydney Hayes - April 15, 2024

After years of organizing alongside their neighbors and demanding the city make the necessary repairs to their homes, Plaza East Apartments residents could finally...

Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

Lou Fancher - April 10, 2024

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.

Culture

A new home goods store highlights Palestinian creators—and benefits Gaza relief efforts

Dorothy Odonnell - April 8, 2024

Ariel Magidson and HK Elkhoudary's Senses in North Beach is creating a safe space for discussion and relief.

Art Review

A profound web of hybrid histories in MoAD’s ‘Unruly Navigations’

Genevieve Quick - April 8, 2024

Curator Key Jo Lee looks beyond the US perspective, taking an exciting global perspective on Black culture.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: The Stud is finally reopening—come get a sneak peek!

Marke B. - April 4, 2024

Plus: RIP Rumi Missabu, The Blessed Madonna, Dalit Dreamlands, KPFA's 75th anniversary, Drunk Drag, Chocolate Festival, more

Business + Tech

Wiener wants to regulate AI—but not help people whose jobs are destroyed

Tim Redmond - April 3, 2024

Half a million people in this state make a living as drivers; if robots replace them, how will they survive? That's not on the Wiener agenda.

Art

Sticking to it: The packing tape art of Pablo Manga

Mary Corbin - April 2, 2024

A chance encounter with the medium outside a Mexico City metro station changed the Oakland artist's trajectory.

Movies

With Castro Theatre out, massive Frameline LGBTQ+ film fest gets creative

Marke B. - March 28, 2024

New executive director Allegra Madsen takes on fresh challenges with an agile attitude—and innovative locations.

Homelessness

SF prepares to evict people living in vehicles on Bernal Hill

Madeleine Matz - March 27, 2024

After years of tolerance, parking enforcement set to start this week—but residents are already getting citations.

Music

Sleater-Kinney: ‘We needed to stand up to the moment we were facing’

Joshua Rotter - March 26, 2024

Latest LP 'Little Rope' tackles personal tragedy, gun violence, climate change, abortion fight using 'melody as hope.'

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