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Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 19, 2020

Culling through the 40 features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

News + Politics

Interrupting racial profiling in San Francisco

Lisa Schiff - February 19, 2020

You’re waiting for a friend outside her apartment building. Or double checking the security camera in front of your business. Or distributing door hangers that encourage...

News + Politics

Unlimited growth doesn’t help the local economy

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2020

I went to see Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel-prize-winning economist, speak at USF last week. Lectures by economists don’t tend to fill up large rooms,...

Look! Up in the sky! It’s public art—with Premiere Jr.

Marke B. - February 6, 2020

I finally made it to Salesforce Park, a perfectly pleasant, perfectly sterile civic project atop the new Transbay Terminal. The downtown public space is...

News + Politics

Supes approve City College money; will mayor veto?

Sam Lew - January 29, 2020

In a 7-4 vote, supervisors approved $2.7M in supplemental funding to the City College of San Francisco from the general reserve on Tuesday. The money...

Arts + Culture

Sarah Patterson named executive director of Folsom Street Events

Marke B. - January 29, 2020

The annual Folsom Street Fair in September is the biggest kink and BDSM-centered event in the world (and one of the city's biggest festivals)....

Dance

Fiery flamenco meets rousing gospel in ‘Soul Y Alma’

Joshua Rotter - January 27, 2020

Since taking the helm of Theatre Flamenco in 2008, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer Carola Zertuche has made it her mission to take the...

News + Politics

When Jerry Brown sounds like Donald Trump

Tim Redmond - January 26, 2020

Scott Shafer’s conversations with former Gov. Jerry Brown are running as a series on KQED, and the section on his work in Oakland, which...

Housing

Oakland moms make national statement with housing victory

Sam Lew - January 21, 2020

In a huge victory that may change the way Oakland (and other cities) looks at vacant housing, homeless mothers who took over an empty...

News + Politics

Why Richmond said No to coal

Tom Molanphy - January 19, 2020

On Tuesday, January 14, to the delight of environmentalists and health advocates and the consternation of the coal industry, the Richmond City Council passed...

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