Iowa Archives - 48 hills

Lit

In ‘The Return,’ James Terry pens a lush, tragic ‘coming-of-old-age’ story

Lou Fancher - November 25, 2023

Novella's UC professor protagonist must brave modern cacophony, despite silent film obsession.

The Agenda

WTAF is up with Newsom? And why is it so hard to get SF police reports?

Tim Redmond - October 9, 2023

Vetoes of a series of progressive reforms show the guv is thinking about Iowa 2028, not California today. Pus: A hearing on police data. That's The Agenda for Oct. 8-15

Art

In graphite, Zachary Oldenkamp captures peace at day’s edges

Mary Corbin - August 2, 2023

The artist feels out his delicately precise drawings in a Tendernob flat

Art

Printmaker David Tim layers time and materials to capture individual stories

Mary Corbin - October 25, 2021

"Accessing multiple media allows me to challenge myself, to explore and struggle,” says the Oakland artist

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Toto’s Pizza returns to SF after decades, Lazy Susan turns the tables

Tamara Palmer - March 2, 2021

Plus California Mochi lives on, Awesome Bars satisfy that craving, perfect farmer's market picks, more food news

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Trans films to the front for Pride

Dennis Harvey - June 21, 2020

Normally, the Frameline International LGBTQ Film Festival would already be open, though this year COVID-19 has pushed the festival into a smaller online edition running this...

News + Politics

First results: A few surprises

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2020

The early results are in and there are some surprises. For starters, the numbers are very small – only 46,000 ballots were returned by...

News + Politics

After Iowa, why the establishment fears Sanders

Tim Redmond - February 4, 2020

I have a theory about why the Democratic Party Establishment – folks like John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, among others, are so freaked out...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls

Marke B. - October 30, 2019

Ready to shed the rotting pumpkin skin of Halloween and sniff the sweet spice of the afterlife? OK that question is a lot, but...

Onstage

Playing a skinned cat: John William Watkins of MTC’s ‘Wink’

Emily Wilson - July 1, 2019

ONSTAGE John Williams Watkins, who plays the title role of the cat, Wink, in the play premiering at the Marin Theatre Company (through July...

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