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Onstage

Review: ‘Woman in Black’ gives all the right scares

Charles Lewis III - January 6, 2022

'London's longest-running ghost story' comes to the Strand—delivering a good kind of terror for our times.

News + Politics

Breed’s office denies reality in hearing on Tenderloin state of emergency

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2022

There's not much available housing. There's not enough medical care. And the mayor's staff denies that the city even does homeless sweeps. Oh: But the cops are making more busts.

News + Politics

Elections of next six months will be referendum on Mayor Breed’s policies

Tim Redmond - December 28, 2021

She's not on the ballot until 2023—but candidates and ballot measures will test whether the voters think Breed is leading the city in the right direction.

Music

20 best albums of 2021: ‘A weirdly liminal year for music’

Daniel Bromfield - December 27, 2021

Floating mountains, urgent Urdu, quotidian ambient, fakeout psychobilly, and a synth-drone take on Sun Ra top our charts—Lana Del Rey, too.

Art

Review: In ‘Mothership,’ Afrofuturism blasts off from myriad launch pads

Genevieve Quick - December 17, 2021

A global roster of artists claims space for the unfixed, fragmented, and hybridized at OMCA.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Lost Daughter’ dares to explore maternal instinct’s absence

Dennis Harvey - December 16, 2021

Plus: 'Nightmare Alley' intrigues, 'Margrete: Queen of the North' engrosses, and 'Revolution of Our Times' inspires.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: MoAD reopens with ravishing new shows

Marke B. - December 15, 2021

Plus: Soundbox returns, Bauhaus typography, Charlie Brown Christmas Tribute, Jackie Beat, more.

Dance

Review: SF ballet delivers comforting ‘Nutcracker’ in less-than-plum circumstances

Charles Lewis III - December 14, 2021

Clara battles giant pests and reaches wonderland—a hopeful contemporary parallel, if only the audience could keep up.

Onstage

Review: Shotgun Players’ ‘Cassandra Sessions’ reminds us we’re not out of the woods yet

Charles Lewis III - December 13, 2021

Poetically nailing the COVID era in all its claustrophobia, futility, and mansplaining... with Malvina Reynolds' folk songs.

Opinion

Reflections from a trip to Cuba

Mark Ginsburg - December 9, 2021

US faith leaders head to the island nation to bring medical supplies—and counter US propaganda.

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