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Art

‘Oh, I love that place!’: SCRAP brings sustainable marvels to Randall Museum

Emily Wilson - March 31, 2022

Fundraiser and gallery show 'ReImagine' features an 'Aladdin's Cave' of recycled wonders from 29 artists.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Immersed in the works of an African great

Dennis Harvey - March 29, 2022

Plus: A Georgian wrestler in New York, and miserables Irish spin on 'Hereditary,' Zero F*cks Given, more new movies

Movies

Greta Snider’s experimental films pack a punk punch at the Roxie

tamara suarez porras - March 18, 2022

16mm autoethnographies, found footage essays, materialist inventions, and recent projects focusing on human rights hit the screen

Music

Under the Stars: Sounds from the Black history of now, Big Joanie to Pursuit Grooves

John-Paul Shiver - February 27, 2022

5 Black artists to support this and every month, including Oakland's beatmaker-rapper quiet storm Stanley Ipkuss.

Music

Beast Nest’s ‘Sicko’ is a jubilant freak celebration—Bollywood, Kardashians, and all

Daniel Bromfield - February 22, 2022

East Bay artist Sharmi Basu calls their new electronic album a 'crazy wet blankie' of comfort and community.

Onstage

Bringing back the va-va-voom with four nights of Burlesque Extravaganza

Joshua Rotter - February 20, 2022

Expect titillation, empowerment, creativity—and possibly even Cthulhu and corgis, says organizer Red Velvet.

Environment

‘We feel abandoned’: Bayview protest highlights ongoing toxic waste scandal

Tom Molanphy - February 14, 2022

Community demands excavation and removal of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard radioactive residue, with local oversight.

Onstage

Review: Electrifying ‘I, Too, Sing America’ contains multitudes

Kevin Madrigal - February 9, 2022

At Brava Theatre, performers dance, sing, and rap about wide-ranging issues—but the show feels specific to Calle 24 culture.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Who We Are’ lays out just how much racial justice has stalled

Dennis Harvey - February 2, 2022

Plus: Poetic 'Why is We Americans,' listless 'Sundown,' rousing 'The Conductor'—and 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,' too.

Remembrance

Peter Haberfeld, lawyer, organizer, and legendary community activist, dies

Stephen Bingham - January 30, 2022

Advocate for civil rights, labor rights, and the power of the people, was 80.

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