History Archives - Page 57 of 107

Music

All Ears: 25 new albums for fall survival

John-Paul Shiver - September 10, 2020

From Sade and Róisín Murphy to Hot Chip and the Flaming Lips, here are the sounds you'll need to keep your own world spinning.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Heavy themes for heavy times

Dennis Harvey - September 8, 2020

New movies: Social media manipulation, voter suppression, deportation, white nationalism... Oh, and Suzi Quatro!

Homelessness

OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights

Paul Boden - September 3, 2020

Earlier this summer, law student interns with the Systemic Justice Project worked with local organizers to create Know Your Rights pamphlets for ten communities...

Movies

Screen Grabs: Two notorious tricksters return—as does the big screen(?)

Dennis Harvey - September 3, 2020

This week sees the US release at last of what must be the most re-scheduled movie in history, Tenet. Christopher Nolan’s latest Rubik’s Cube-y...

News + Politics

The air is bad all over the city. It’s way worse in Bayview Hunters Point

Tom Molanphy - September 2, 2020

Although unhealthy air quality canceled the car parade to City Hall to Mayor Breed’s office, a small but devoted group of 30 Bayview Hunters...

Nightlife

Grab that virtual wig, it’s all aboard for Oaklash!

Marke B. - September 2, 2020

Weekend-long Oakland drag festival Oaklash (Fri/4-Sun/6 at www.twitch.tv/oaklash2020) has become such an integral part of the Bay Area queer performance scene that I was taken...

Homelessness

The New York Times fails on equitable cities

Tim Redmond - September 1, 2020

The New York Times has been hyping its America We Need series of stories, editorials, and events on future public policy, and the latest...

Movies

A man, a plan, a documentary: ‘The Palindromists’

Pam Grady - September 1, 2020

Palindromes read the same forward and back. We learn that in grade school. "Madam, I'm Adam." "A man. A plan. A canal. Panama." "Was...

Homelessness

Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2020

Most start-up political organizations like a splash. They hold news events, press conferences, big galas to say: We have arrived. This is who we...

Lit

Books: A fun ride through SF and NorCal in the 1980s

Tim Redmond - August 31, 2020

I’ve known Daniel Ben-Horin for many years – as journalist, as the head of Media Alliance way back in the days when I was...

Tagged with: History

All Ears: 25 new albums for fall survival

Screen Grabs: Heavy themes for heavy times

OPINION: Homeless sweeps and civil rights

Screen Grabs: Two notorious tricksters return—as does the big screen(?)

The air is bad all over the city. It’s way worse in Bayview Hunters Point

Grab that virtual wig, it’s all aboard for Oaklash!

The New York Times fails on equitable cities

A man, a plan, a documentary: ‘The Palindromists’

Old SF money backing stealthy new right-wing group

Books: A fun ride through SF and NorCal in the 1980s

News

Politics

Arts

Culture