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Arts + Culture

Man vs Tammany in classic musical ‘Fiorello!’

Emily Wilson - February 27, 2019

ONSTAGE Here’s something you may not know: There’s a 60-year-old musical about Fiorello La Guardia, who went from being a lawyer to a congressman to...

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Screen Grabs: Never mind the Oscars, we’ve got screwballs and Pod People

Dennis Harvey - February 20, 2019

SCREEN GRABS As if nothing mattered but the Oscars on Sunday (harrumph!), there are no major Hollywood releases this weekend, and few notable arthouse ones....

Foreign Correspondent

Sex, Russia, and impeachment

Reese Erlich - December 14, 2018

NEW YORK --America's largest city is abuzz over the latest revelations about Donald Trump's crimes. I'm here on A book tour discussing Iran, but...

News + Politics

Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 2

Fabian Fernandez, Levi Vonk, Seth M. Holmes. - December 7, 2018

Read part 1 of our coverage here. Three days ago, anthropologists Seth M. Holmes, Fabian Fernandez, and Levi Vonk returned to UC Berkeley after meeting...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Festival mania fills local cinemas!

Dennis Harvey - November 6, 2018

SCREEN GRABS There is surely nowhere in the world with more film festivals per capita than San Francisco. While the bigger annual events are...

Foreign Correspondent

Assassination of Philippine leader 35 years ago holds lessons for today

Reese Erlich - October 7, 2018

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Filipinos remember a disaster that hit their country 35 years ago. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Philippine leader...

Onstage

Power, corruption, and lust: A timely ‘Tosca’ at SF Opera

Emily Wilson - October 3, 2018

Shawna Lucey has strong feeling about Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, which she directs for the San Francisco Opera October 3-30. “It’s the perfect opera,” she said. “It’s...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: I Am Not a Witch, Iranian Film Fest, Blaze …

Dennis Harvey - September 16, 2018

SCREEN GRABS While you could say the annual fall sprawl of anticipatory “awards season” has already begun—with the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals that...

Foreign Correspondent

What 15 years of war has brought us: Angry Iraqis

Reese Erlich - August 23, 2018

Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra despite a harsh government crackdown. Thousands of Iraqis are demanding jobs, restoration of basic...

Foreign Correspondent

Why Trump will lose the trade war with China

Reese Erlich - July 27, 2018

When I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing's major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story...

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