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Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

Dennis Harvey - October 8, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...

Onstage

ACT’s ‘Sweat’ asks: When does class solidarity end and racism begin?

Elaine Elinson - October 8, 2018

ONSTAGE The tavern setting is a familiar trope for American theater and television—think Langston Hughes’ Simple series, Casablanca, The Iceman Cometh, or Friends. It offers both an intimate...

Onstage

25 cheers for the Kinsey Sicks!

Marke B. - October 3, 2018

ONSTAGE Creamy voices, sharp tongues, bright dresses, and a whole lot of hairspray have been the calling cards of "dragapella" performance quartet the Kinsey Sicks...

Culture

Transgender rights battle continues, on Trump’s rocky ground

Emily Wilson - October 3, 2018

When Kris Hayashi was executive director of the Audre Lorde Project in New York City, a community organizing center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Mill Valley, SF Dance, Drunken Film Fests ….

Dennis Harvey - October 1, 2018

SCREEN GRABS It’s a starry as well as busy week in Bay Area filmgoing, with major openings including the new Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga A Star...

News + Politics

Rape Culture and the Kavanaugh hearings

Bianca Rosen - September 28, 2018

The Brett Kavanaugh hearing yesterday showed that even during a period of heightened public consciousness around sexual assault, rape culture wins out. Rape culture is...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Quick ‘n dirty guide to Folsom 2018

Marke B. - September 26, 2018

PARTY RADAR It's that time, almost! Time to coordinate your leather-chic looks, eat whole grains, polish up your spurs, and tackle that jumble of raw...

Movies

‘Bel Canto’ director on the unity of different voices

Emily Wilson - September 23, 2018

In Bel Canto, Ann Patchett’s acclaimed 2001 book—and now a movie by Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Grandma, American Pie), currently in theaters— people...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Joan Jett, Hola Mexico, Hong Kong Cinema …

Dennis Harvey - September 23, 2018

SCREEN GRABS This week brings a whole lot of mini-festivals to various Bay Area screens. The Roxie has the Hola Mexico, a three-day touring edition...

Fall Arts aflame! The 50+ best things to do this season

Marke B. - September 20, 2018

FALL ARTS PREVIEW The light is deepening, the food is getting heartier, harvest is bringing much good grape and green, and fall arts season is...

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