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Media

Media Week: Joe Biden, the party ‘elite,’ and the reality of big political money

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2024

Working-class voters seem less and less interested in a Democratic candidate who won't challenge the basic assumptions of neoliberalism.

Arts + Culture

SF Mime Troupe’s ‘American Dream’: Palestine, AI, and those two old white guys

Charles Lewis III - July 9, 2024

Ever topical, the troupe's annual free park show is one of the liveliest and most realized in years.

Puff

Puff: Hash Week kicks off on 710? Light it up, folks

Dan Karkoska - July 8, 2024

Slip into seven full days of demos, drag, dabs, hash holes, karaoke, Japanese eats, and so much more.

Stage Review

‘The Lifespan of a Fact’ finds journalism at a perilous juncture

Charles Lewis III - July 5, 2024

A fascinating play about fact-checking? Believe it.

Art

In tapestries of Bay Area street life, Dance Doyle weaves a world

Mary Corbin - July 5, 2024

Artist channels interviewees'—and their own—experiences with houselessness, addiction onto the loom.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Taking Venice’ questions 1960s US avant-gardists’ possible Cold Warfare

Dennis Harvey - July 3, 2024

Plus: 'MaXXXine' just may over-rely on Mia Goth and 'Last Summer' spins Ms. Robinson tale into trainwreck.

Art

Tosha Stimage’s ‘SUPERBLOOM’ invites Presidio visitors into Bay’s rich floral heritage

Emily Wilson - July 3, 2024

Florist's Chilean strawberries and California poppies budded from research into the land.

Music

Freaky pharaoh of electro Egyptian Lover heats up the Meltdown

Joshua Rotter - July 1, 2024

Legendary DJ and beat-maker on the early '80s LA rap scene, breaking the 808, and coming to Mosswood Park.

Art

At de Young, local artists eye ‘The Peaceable Kingdom’—and US colonialism

Emily Wilson - June 25, 2024

Lee Mingwei challenged 'a family tree' of artists to reinterpret Edward Hicks' famous 1846 allegorical painting.

Media

Media Week: Why is Haney’s dubious campaign spending not a bigger story?

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2024

Plus: If SF is the worst-run city in the country, the data doesn't show it.

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