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News + Politics

The view from a homeless shelter

michelle - March 18, 2019

Will someone please adopt me? Take me in? I’m going to be 45 at the end of this month and I’m trying to wade through...

Lit

Race, labor, and activism on the waterfront

Alex Catsoulis - March 15, 2019

For those unfamiliar with the radical history of dockworkers leading the fight against economic and racial inequality for workers across color lines, Peter Cole’s...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Though it doesn’t get the same international nostalgic attention these days accorded similar movements in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, one of...

Dance

Sean Dorsey Dance continues to shatter boundaries, 15 years on

Marke B. - March 9, 2019

DANCE "I'm still pinching myself at this 15th anniversary milestone!" says Sean Dorsey, whose groundbreaking dance company celebrates a decade and a half this...

Onstage

Review: Carrying the weight of diaspora in ‘Her Portmanteau’

Elaine Elinson - March 7, 2019

ONSTAGE A young woman frantically shouts into a graffiti-scrawled pay phone in a shabby airline terminal. She clutches a green handbag and tries to keep...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….

Marke B. - March 5, 2019

ARTS FORECAST For decades, if you had a question about sex, any question at all, you would "Ask Isadora." The goddess of alternative weekly...

Onstage

Review: The gleaming, steaming ‘Hamilton’ machine

Marke B. - March 4, 2019

ONSTAGE OK, Thomas Jefferson as Slick Rick got me. Dazzlingly embodied by actor Simon Longnight in the latest touring production of Hamilton to hit SF (through...

News + Politics

A new crisis at City College

Michael Toren - March 2, 2019

City College seems to perpetually be on the precipice of one disaster or another. San Francisco’s community college, cherished by many for its lifelong learning...

Puff

Welcome, Puffragettes! ‘Mary Janes: The Women of Weed’ comes to town

Dan Karkoska - February 28, 2019

PUFF I heard that the cannabis industry was predominantly a male-driven industry when I first got involved in it, and while I've met many...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Dynamation Celebration, African Film Fest, and even more cats!

Dennis Harvey - February 26, 2019

SCREEN GRABS It’s a busy week for arthouse openings and other film events of interest, though we couldn’t see everything in advance. Among the...

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