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Onstage

Home is fragile: ‘Sanctuary City’ director on anxiety and love in immigrant existence

Lou Fancher - July 18, 2022

David Mendizábal brings costume and choreography background to story of two entangled DREAMers at Berkeley Rep

Movies

Jewish Film Fest returns with big names—and timely themes

Dennis Harvey - July 17, 2022

Radical feminism, gay gentrification, ethnic cleansing, plus David Straitharn, Ken Burns, Leonard Bernstein, more in 42nd installment

Music

With fits and blues, Adia Victoria brought ‘Southern Gothic’ to the Chapel

John-Paul Shiver - July 15, 2022

Channeling both Lead Belly and Mazzy Star, with her own spellbinding scent of magnolia, the Nashville singer testified.

Police

SF cops want expanded rights to spy on all of us—for no good reason

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2022

Proposal would give SFPD access to a huge network of private cameras, without any meaningful limits on how the data can be used or shared

Music

Pinnacles and paradise: SF rapper Cold Medina on new ‘Knights in Tropicana’

Alan Chazaro - July 7, 2022

Local lyricist breaks down his debut studio album and talks about the role of art in provoking cultural progression

News + Politics

Scathing new city report repudiates Lee, Breed policies on Uber, Lyft

Tim Redmond - June 30, 2022

Planners say TNCs have caused terrible problems because the city didn't regulate them. Plus, on housing: It's capitalism, stupid.

Development

Major housing policy changes happening—but will they work?

Tim Redmond - June 28, 2022

Upzoning, a budget deal, competing visions of affordable housing—and a bit of reality about the current market.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Workin’ for a livin’ (and documentin’ it, too)

Dennis Harvey - June 20, 2022

From aspirational cowhands and Mexican dancehall girls to Chernobyl workers and Syrian artists, these docs get their hands dirty.

Music

Under the Stars: STR4TA honors Black British sound, Guild Theatre opens wide…

John-Paul Shiver - June 20, 2022

Plus: Foamboy at Popscene, new Dry Cleaning, Marta Sanchez's punctuated rhythms, hip-hop royalty at Independent, more

Onstage

Just in time to heat up Pride, Sandra Bernhard comes to ‘Bern It Down’

Joshua Rotter - June 17, 2022

'Everybody—no matter their sexuality or gender—wakes up with emotions and needs,' says the beloved comedian-singer-actress.

Tagged with: communities

Home is fragile: ‘Sanctuary City’ director on anxiety and love in immigrant existence

Jewish Film Fest returns with big names—and timely themes

With fits and blues, Adia Victoria brought ‘Southern Gothic’ to the Chapel

SF cops want expanded rights to spy on all of us—for no good reason

Pinnacles and paradise: SF rapper Cold Medina on new ‘Knights in Tropicana’

Scathing new city report repudiates Lee, Breed policies on Uber, Lyft

Major housing policy changes happening—but will they work?

Screen Grabs: Workin’ for a livin’ (and documentin’ it, too)

Under the Stars: STR4TA honors Black British sound, Guild Theatre opens wide…

Just in time to heat up Pride, Sandra Bernhard comes to ‘Bern It Down’

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