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Onstage

Seeking out ‘Mission Rebel No. 1’—and a father’s story

Marke B. - September 21, 2023

Rev Jesse James founded the historic Mission Rebels in the 1960s. David James relates his life through music onstage

Dance

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

Emily Wilson - September 20, 2023

Produced by Nelson George, the short feature celebrates organized resistance in the face of community displacement.

Lit

Something rotten: Nazi-occupied Denmark through young eyes in Richard Kluger’s latest novel

Lou Fancher - September 19, 2023

Seasoned journalist explores a country's moral quandry via historical fiction of 'Hamlet's Children.'

Stage Review

Speculative Shakespeare, and a cocky Kit Marlowe, in Aurora’s ‘Born with Teeth’

Charles Lewis III - September 19, 2023

Two giants of literature bicker literately in Liz Duffy Adams' entertainingly tinfoil-hat take on the Bard

Movies

Screen Grabs: Dance Film Fest leaps onto screen—and out of prison yards

Dennis Harvey - September 18, 2023

Plus: Carlos Santana's story, Cambodian cinema showcase, 'North by Northwest' in 35mm, and campy hell on wheels

Music

The joy (and tech) of Old St. Mary’s free Noontime Concerts

Marke B. - September 18, 2023

35 years of Tuesday lunchtime tranquillity, expanding the definition of "classical" and juiced with state-of-the-art streaming

Dance

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

Mary Carbonara - September 17, 2023

Colonization and exploitation collide with caregiving and ancient ceremony in Alleluia Panis' latest at ODC.

Environment

Public power for all of Northern California? After fires, the framework is in place

Tim Redmond - September 16, 2023

Report to LAFCO cites a little-known state agency that has the authority to seize PG&E's assets and let every community decide its energy future.

Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

Stage Review

Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

Charles Lewis III - September 13, 2023

'Soul Train' tribute at ACT jumps the rails when it comes to representation, power, and even music

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