Culture Archives - 48 hills

Dance

‘They come across oceans’: SF International Hip Hop DanceFest keeps leaping ahead

Mary Carbonara - November 4, 2024

26 years in, mastermind Micaya speaks on the wildly popular showcase's ever-growing global community.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Soviet hard labor camps couldn’t stanch this brilliant director’s vision

Dennis Harvey - October 31, 2024

Sergei Parajanov's work seems more vital than ever. Plus: 'Wandering Paths' walks around France, 'Don't Move' thrills, more new movies

Art

A flowering of Filipino art reclaims the SoMa landscape

Emily Wilson - October 31, 2024

More than a dozen striking public artworks centered on Filipino history have popped up in the past year, from SOMA Pilipinas to SFMOMA.

Art

SF’s Goethe-Institut makes a big move—and asks even bigger questions

Nicole Gluckstern - October 31, 2024

German cultural powerhouse's new art/tech show queries: 'Can technology enable artists to create an equitable society?'

Music

Under the Stars: Strange Men want your library card

John-Paul Shiver - October 30, 2024

Plus: More great local listens with 37 Houses and Cindy, Noise Pop drops Cymande funk bomb, Kokoroko gets the message...

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Paris on the Embarcadero

Tamara Palmer - October 29, 2024

New Parisian bistro and bar Bon Délire offers bubbly escapism—and some filling steak frites.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘La Cocina’ serves up an intense kitchen confidential

Dennis Harvey - October 28, 2024

Alonso Ruizpalacios' tour de force of delectable cinematic technique. Plus: 'Black Box Diaries' traces harrowing Japanese sexual abuse case.

Campaign Trail

The politics of no future

Ian Firstenberg - October 28, 2024

The country's youngest voters are demanding real change to the corporate culture of our political system.

Nightlife

SF rave doc ‘Between the Beats’ finally hits the streets

Tamara Palmer - October 24, 2024

Martin O’Brien’s long-awaited treasury of early '90s memories is a Venn diagram of Bay Area party culture.

Stage Review

Fabulous alien scares aplenty in ‘Fatal Abduction’—just watch that anal probe

Charles Lewis III - October 22, 2024

The latest Terror Vault installation has an elaborate backstory, lots of green goo, and, of course, a wormhole.

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