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Onstage

Review: ‘Toni Stone’ hits a home run (and you can watch it on your couch)

Elaine Elinson - March 17, 2020

Editor's Note: In the wake of its theaters shutting down, ACT is streaming its plays Gloria (reviewed here) and Toni Stone, reviewed below on...

Movies

Robbie Robertson on heart-wrenching The Band doc ‘Once Were Brothers’

Joshua Rotter - February 24, 2020

The Band’s Robbie Robertson feels that most rock autobiographies and documentaries lack “feeling." But finding so much pathos and excitement in much of his former...

Housing

Preston wants rent control for Midtown

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - January 9, 2020

Supervisor Dean Preston announced Tuesday the introduction of legislation that would bring the Fillmore-Western Addition’s historic Midtown Park Apartments under rent control. The rents at...

Exclusive

Investigation: Complaints cite racist, sexist harassment by Muni fare inspectors

Chloe Bennett - December 9, 2019

In January, 2019, a woman called Muni’s customer service to complain about what she described as her daughter’s alarming interaction with a fare inspector....

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-Hop (Dance Fest) hurray! + more

Marke B. - November 20, 2019

I'm old enough to remember rappers on Fillmore corners and TURF dancers in Oakland intersections. The homeboys gathered on my stoop throughout the day...

Brittany Howard’s fearless ‘Jaime’ blasts racism’s specter

John-Paul Shiver - November 19, 2019

With "Jaime", a fearless debut solo album from Brittany Howard (appearing Fri/22 at the Fillmore, SF), the incendiary lead singer of Alabama Shakes, there...

News + Politics

Two big victories for tenants at Midtown apartments

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - November 11, 2019

Five years into the ongoing campaign for tenant ownership and self-management at the Midtown Park Apartments, residents have won two major victories. Earlier this year,...

Natasha Bedingfield takes some poignant new curves

Joshua Rotter - October 30, 2019

Natasha Bedingfield (playing Sun/3 at The Fillmore) has never been overtly political in her music. That is, until the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter — best known for...

Campaign Trail

Vallie Brown’s excuses for evicting tenants were false, records show

Tim Redmond - October 29, 2019

The political mess that is Sup. Vallie Brown’s attempt to explain her eviction of African-American tenants from a building she bought on Fillmore Street...

The Agenda

Guess who’s a lawyer for the city’s worst planning scofflaw? (Hint: He writes for the Chron)

Tim Redmond - October 27, 2019

The City Attorney’s Office and the Planning Department just released some details of the legal settlement between the city and the Academy of Art...

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