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Sports

Track by track, the Bay runs the court on ‘NBA2K’ series

Danny Acosta - November 16, 2023

E-40, Too $hort, Zion I, Snow Tha Product... The 2K franchise has fused hip-hop and gaming for decades. Here's the playlist

Stage Review

‘Bulrusher’: A California story that wades into fetid weeds

Charles Lewis III - November 16, 2023

Eisa Davis' 2007 Pulitzer nominee at Berkeley Rep is engrossing, until it succumbs to colorism and misogynoir.

Stage Review

‘Omar’ is pretty to look at, but opera treats slavery with kid gloves

Charles Lewis III - November 13, 2023

New work by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels traces the tempestuous life of enslaved African scholar Omar ibn Said.

Art Review

Do Yayoi Kusama’s candy-colored creations transcend a problematic past?

Lou Fancher - November 13, 2023

Recently reported racist writings in the towering 94-year-old artist's past raised questions about her blockbuster SFMOMA show.

Music

Under the Stars: Dawn of H31R’s hip hop reign, new book gives ’80s R&B its due…

John-Paul Shiver - November 13, 2023

Fierce We Are Scorpio debut at Yoshi's, Freight & Salvage welcomes Thanksgiving orphans, more music news

Onstage

What’s up, THEYFRIEND? Dive into the fierce nonbinary performance festival

Joshua Rotter - November 11, 2023

Co-host LOTUS BOY fills us in on third annual International showcase for nonbinary artists.

Music

What happens when a true metalhead collabs with the Symphony? ‘Drowned in Light’

Marke B. - November 9, 2023

2022 Emerging Black Composers Project winner Jens Ibsen draws on progressive metal and blackgaze in latest work

Art

Sandy Ostrau wants viewers to ‘feel their place’ in her luminous figurative work

Mary Corbin - November 9, 2023

The invitation has been extended to inhabit her haunting landscapes of Californian light.

Food & Drink

8 winning spirits that raised our Whiskyfest glass

Adrian Spinelli - November 8, 2023

Old Potrero, Elijah Craig, Uncle Nearest, Few Spirits, Jack Daniel's, more caught us in the rye

Lit

Been here, done gone: Arhoolie Records’ Chris Strachwitz snapped our musical heritage

Lou Fancher - November 7, 2023

Beyond his precious recordings, a new book celebrates the documentarian's photos of essential roots musicians

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