History Archives - Page 19 of 121

Dance

Robert Moses’ ‘New Legacies’ takes on the specter of censorship

Mary Carbonara - March 10, 2024

'There’s a body to culture and we’re cutting off the legs and arms,' says choreographer about latest innovative work.

Music Review

Noise Pop report: Hailu Mergia shot Ethiopian jazz into stratosphere for adoring GAMH crowd

John-Paul Shiver - March 7, 2024

The septuagenarian keyboardist was all but forgotten, driving a DC cab, but he's making up for lost time with fire.

Movies

Oscar who, again? Ficks’ Picks fave flicks from last year, part two

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - March 6, 2024

Japan's rampaging reptile shares space with 'Rotting in the Sun'—and our critic's pick for 2023's most unfairly maligned movie.

Stage Review

Eviction breeds guerrillas as the people fight back in ‘Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad’

Charles Lewis III - March 6, 2024

Ashley Smiley's world premiere at Magic Theatre presses hot button issues through the lives of Black San Franciscans.

Art Review

‘Look Me in the Eyes’ confronts the phantasmagoria of Kurdish history

Genevieve Quick - March 6, 2024

At ICA SF, Hayv Kahraman employs haunting metaphors, conveying a surreal mythology of female figures.

Music Review

Noise Pop report: Diode diva Suzanne Ciani channeled Grace Cathedral’s ambient majesty

Daniel Bromfield - March 6, 2024

Kiss the Buchla: One of our most vital electronic music trailblazers took an awe-struck crowd to church

Opinion

Why immigrants are worried about SF’s Proposition E

Carolina Arevalo - March 4, 2024

The measure would undermine the Sanctuary City policies.

News + Politics

After 111 years, SF is finally moving to oust PG&E and create a public power system

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2024

Cheap, reliable, green energy is only a few steps away—but the private utility is trying its best to delay the process and protect its illegal monopoly

Music

Watch: The Houston hip-hop revolutionary who slowed things down, on Music Book Club

Tamara Palmer - March 3, 2024

Author Lance Scott Walker on his fascinating oral biography of DJ Screw—and some Bay Area connections

Labor

While they helped win WWII, Hunters Point Shipyard’s Black workers fought discrimination at home

Tom Molanphy - March 2, 2024

Stacey Carter talk focused on valiant history of resistance and neglect leading to Board of Supervisors' apology.

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