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Movies

Screen Grabs: Ho ho ho, it’s family (dys)functions and horrors for the holidays

Dennis Harvey - December 11, 2023

Gay divorce in 'Our Son,' generational poaching in 'Family Game,' kid vs Claus in 'Dial Code Santa,' more fa-la-film

Labor

Who are these nice people who say they want me to get a raise?

Tom Gallagher - December 11, 2023

Turns out it's a rabid anti-labor group that wants to destroy public-sector unions.

Stage Review

No genocidal conflicts resolved, but electrifying dancing and much backstory in ‘Tell’

Charles Lewis III - December 11, 2023

At Dance Mission Theater, Sarah Crowell and Keith Hennessy led a troupe intent on reaching deep inside themselves

Protest

Huge crowd shows up to support Preston-Ronen resolution on Gaza ceasefire

Tim Redmond - December 7, 2023

More than 2,000 descend on City Hall to pressure Biden Administration to push for an end to the killing.

Housing

Does Scott Wiener understand the basics of the housing market?

Zelda Bronstein - December 5, 2023

Based in his recent comments, apparently not.

Movies

Screen Grabs: AfroComicCon Film Fest zaps Black futures onto Oakland big screen

Dennis Harvey - December 5, 2023

Plus: 'A Revolution on Canvas' takes intimate look at Iranian artists' resistance and 'Bodyshop' gets ghostly, graphic, gay.

Dance

Historical photos of queer relationships inspire tender moves of RAWdance’s ‘LOVING STILL’

Joshua Rotter - December 4, 2023

"Romance has been as much a part of our history as struggle," reminds company co-founder Wendy Rein.

Art

Tintype photographer Jenny Sampson captures women on wheels, roundness of meals

Mary Corbin - December 1, 2023

Collage, her work in professional kitchens, skate culture inspire Sampson's images.

Music

Swell’s reunion tour harkens back to SF’s ’90s indie rock sanctuary

Daniel Bromfield - December 1, 2023

Band suffered the loss of lead singer David Freel—but with 300 unreleased tapes in the archive, it's ready to ride a new wave.

Performance

Việt Lê embodies the divine of ‘MOTHER | GODDESS’ with Southeast Asian ‘spiritual drag’

Joshua Rotter - November 30, 2023

Drawing on ceremony practiced in one of the oldest Indigenous Vietnamese religions, event looks to support audience's own intuition.

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