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Stage Review

Do you feel what I feel? ‘Into the Dark’ plunges audience into the sensorial

Nicole Gluckstern - November 14, 2023

Jess Curtis/Gravity's latest for Blind, Low Vision, and Sighted physical performers immerses viewers in limitations and possibilities

Dance

Up, up, and within: Gravity’s Jess Curtis on the wayfinding of ‘Into the Dark’

Mary Carbonara - November 7, 2023

Company's blind, low vision, and sighted performers use touch and sound to create dimensionality on lightless stage.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Civic Center to be flooded with drag queens, fabulously

Marke B. - October 12, 2023

Join 'The Show.' Plus: How Weird, Bearrison, APAture, Kal Penn, Dreamers' Circus, 111 Minna turns 30, more to do

Movies

Screen Grabs: Green Film Fest celebrates 50 years of ‘Soylent Green’

Dennis Harvey - October 10, 2023

Plus: Short Film Fest, Albany Film Fest, Kenneth Anger tribute, 'Underground Art-Stars,' and three earnest new releases

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A refuge for refugee art in the Mission

Marke B. - October 5, 2023

Refugee Eye opens eyes. Plus: Shipwreck Week, Kafana Balkan, Hard French, Recombinant Fest, CounterPulse Fest, more to do!

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2023: Arts & Nightlife Winners

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

READERS' POLL: Best Nightclub, Best Art Gallery, Best Drag Queen, Best Karaoke, Best Live Venue, Best DJ, more

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: SF Electronic Music Fest plugs into ‘ecosystems of sound’

Marke B. - September 14, 2023

Plus: Dengue Fever, El Güegüense XI, Detroit Love, Faetooth, The Worst Drag Show Ever, more to do this weekend

Stage Review

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

Charles Lewis III - August 25, 2023

The troupe mines laughs from the human body's unpredictable horrors and triumphs at CounterPulse

Nightlife

Crip Ecstasy’s disabled club kids will see you on the dance floor

Caitlin Donohue - May 29, 2023

Head's up, promoters: One-night event teaches possibilities of nightlife accessibility.

Arts + Culture

As Omicron surged, local arts venues were left to fend for themselves

Marke B. - January 11, 2022

Why did organizations have to make their own decision to close or stay open, with no specific guidance from the city?

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Do you feel what I feel? ‘Into the Dark’ plunges audience into the sensorial

Up, up, and within: Gravity’s Jess Curtis on the wayfinding of ‘Into the Dark’

Arts Forecast: Civic Center to be flooded with drag queens, fabulously

Screen Grabs: Green Film Fest celebrates 50 years of ‘Soylent Green’

Arts Forecast: A refuge for refugee art in the Mission

Best of the Bay 2023: Arts & Nightlife Winners

Arts Forecast: SF Electronic Music Fest plugs into ‘ecosystems of sound’

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

Crip Ecstasy’s disabled club kids will see you on the dance floor

As Omicron surged, local arts venues were left to fend for themselves

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