Friday, May 3, 2024

Tagged with: History

City College board fires chancellor

The City College Board put Chancellor Mark Rocha on administrative leave today, the first step toward what will almost certainly be a full dismissal...

Screen Grabs: Leap upon your sofa, intrepid explorers

Now that theaters are closed and basically everyone is reduced to home viewing, it’s easier than ever to see what those viewing trends are....

Review: ‘Toni Stone’ hits a home run (and you can watch it on your couch)

Editor's Note: In the wake of its theaters shutting down, ACT is streaming its plays Gloria (reviewed here) and Toni Stone, reviewed below on...

Is SF General ready for the crisis?

The Board of Supes is still meeting at this point, although the board is encouraging people to submit comments online and avoid public gatherings...

SF’s Juli Delgado Lopera on language, matriarchy, and ‘Fiebre Tropical’

UPDATE: The book release party has been postponed, but you can still buy Fiebre Tropical at Booksmith. When I met San Francisco author, artist, and...

How do you represent Black and Latino communities at major museum shows?

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco started its Community Representatives program back in 1992 when it hosted an exhibit of the work of...

Noise Pop snaps, crackles, and jangles with surprises and new favorites

Facilitators of Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival know the key to running a successful week-long bill of shows throughout the Bay Area, which extended...

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

’80s troubadour Colin Hay is still a man at work

Singer Colin Hay could have written Men at Work’s first major hit “Who Can It Be Now?” anywhere. But there was something about conceiving it...

Castro march a ‘funeral’ for vacant storefronts

About 100 people gathered by the Harvey Milk Memorial Flagpole Saturday to participate in “A March To Remember and Reignite Hope,” organized by Juanita...