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Movies

Clap your hands, stomp your feet for ‘River City Drumbeat’

Pam Grady - August 5, 2020

River City Drumbeat (playing Fri/7-August 21 at Roxie Virtual Cinema) captures a Louisville, KY, phenomenon: the River City Drum Corp, a youth brigade of African...

Music

All Ears: Denise Young takes the helm of the SFJAZZ board of trustees

John-Paul Shiver - August 4, 2020

As the world grapples with how to stabilize itself this summer, SFJAZZ has announced a change that should catapult the esteemed institution; effective September...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: You say you wanted a ‘Revolution’

Dennis Harvey - August 4, 2020

At this point even six months ago may feel like an entirely different, long-lost epoch—as, meanwhile, November 3 can’t possibly come soon enough. But...

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Local shows to stream on your screens

Caitlin Donohue - August 3, 2020

Local drag star and owner of SoMa club Oasis, D’Arcy Drollinger’s new show “Hot Trash” would probably not have been born under normal circumstances....

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Art imitates life

Dennis Harvey - July 28, 2020

Social media political propaganda campaigns, sexual abuse accusations, invaded privacy—art certainly seems to be imitating life even more than usual amongst new streaming releases...

All Ears: How to craft the perfect BBQ playlist

John-Paul Shiver - July 27, 2020

Guess what chicken butt, it's summer. Time for properly charred specialty foodstuffs—and don’t we need 'em? Grab a grill, a heating source be it propane...

Culture

Cannabis has a racism problem. The Floret Coalition can help.

Caitlin Donohue - July 24, 2020

On Thursday, hundreds of people who work in the marijuana industry gathered for a virtual event called “allyship + weed” convened by cannabis brand...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music

Marke B. - July 23, 2020

Superstar DJ The Black Madonna has changed her name to The Blessed Madonna. Beloved disco-house DJ Joey Negro has dropped his stage name and...

New Music: Oakland collective SMARTBOMB has that feeling of futurism

John-Paul Shiver - July 23, 2020

Beat music, the defiant all-inclusive electronic aesthetic that seizes and chops up odd bits of hip-hop, library music, jazz, bass music, IDM, and anything...

Campaign Trail

Some defining issues in the fall supes race

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2020

The San Francisco Democratic Party will vote on endorsements for the Board of Supes Wednesday/22, and while the party nod doesn’t always mean victory,...

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