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Grass Lands: The future of cannabis at music fests?

Jon Bauer - August 12, 2019

At last year's Outside Lands, a new area was introduced—Grass Lands, a showcase and safe space for cannabis users. Which, come on, it's a...

Arts + Culture

Joan Jett Blakk for President, perpetually!

Johnny Ray Huston - August 6, 2019

“Hunny, I cannot tell you, it’s so weird being history.” Terence Alan Smith, aka Joan Jett Blakk, is over at my apartment for lunch, and...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A devil in Tasmania, Tel Aviv on fire…

Dennis Harvey - August 6, 2019

SCREEN GRABS The San Francisco Cinematheque has been doing all too many posthumous tribute programs of late, as major figures of experimental film and video...

News + Politics

Never again is now: A month of protests at ICE headquarters in SF

Jeantelle Laberinto - August 1, 2019

On Thursday afternoon, an ad hoc group called “Month of Momentum” assembled outside of the ICE building in San Francisco to condemn US border...

Campaign Trail

Once again, Biden looked terrible

Tim Redmond - July 31, 2019

There were no defining moments in tonight’s debate – except for this: Once again, Joe Biden looked terrible. He couldn’t explain his health care plan, which...

All hail the ‘Timeless’ return of Imperial Teen

Joshua Rotter - July 31, 2019

ALL EARS Imperial Teen was just being “a little bit cheeky” with the title of its sixth studio album, Now We Are Timeless, according to...

News + Politics

After 50 years, SF poised to move on public power

Tim Redmond - July 28, 2019

The Chron kicked off the annual media week of stories on homelessness Sunday with a long, detailed, Q&A – readers submitted questions, and Editor...

Foreign Correspondent

Elizabeth Warren on war and peace

Reese Erlich - July 26, 2019

In the last few months Senator Elizabeth Warren has gained ground in public opinion polls tracking the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination....

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: A gripping dispatch from the heart of Aleppo

Dennis Harvey - July 24, 2019

SCREEN GRABS No doubt many cineastes in the Bay Area and well beyond will be lining up this weekend for arguably the first interesting mainstream...

Movies

‘The Great Hack’: They’ve got your data, and yes they’ve used it

Joshua Rotter - July 23, 2019

Social network Facebook has faced fierce criticism for its dubious privacy practices for years. In the beginning, it was tracking user activity via "Like"...

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