Stories about Culture
Silenced in place? SF’s resilient music scene faces its latest obstacle
COVID froze tours, shuttered venues, shelved releases, and canceled festivals. Local bands do their best to carry on.
Leading drag and performance venue closes indefinitely
Like many spaces, SoMa nightclub Oasis tries to figure out how to survive without any live audiences.
Arts Forecast: Apocalypse… but make it fashion!
The arts community is putting on a damn good face in this catastrophe, from floral masks to streaming Shakespeare and more.
Review: ‘Toni Stone’ hits a home run (and you can watch it on your couch)
ACT play tells the story of the first woman to play professional baseball. Here's how to stream it, along with other plays.
Let’s help local artists, workers, and small businesses. Join in!
Here's a list of links to help people out of work from the coronavirus shutdown. If you are in need, please add your info in the comments.
Staying in? Binge on mixtape romance ‘High Fidelity’
Zoë Kravitz shines in update of Nick Hornby's music nerd novel, pairing vinyl knowledge with relationship excavation.
Arts Forecast: Should you even go out?
Large gatherings have been banned, small gatherings are advised against—what are art-lovers (and arts workers) to do?
SF’s Juli Delgado Lopera on language, matriarchy, and ‘Fiebre Tropical’
The writer-artist is being celebrated for their hyper-vivid new novel, recording a teenager's move from Bogotá to Miami.
How do you represent Black and Latino communities at major museum shows?
An innovative program at the de Young, whose staff is mostly white, brings diversity to Black Power and Frida Kahlo exhibit staff.
Review: Sketch comedy legends Culture Clash return—with big tío energy
The pioneering performance trio's provocations feel comforting, but still pack a poignant wallop at Berkeley Rep.