iran Archives - 48 hills

Music

Daniel Bromfield - October 21, 2024

The Oakland installation artist's engrossing first album is full of insects, sirens, santur, and ghostly flickers of her voice.

Culture

Dennis Harvey - October 6, 2024

Plus: Rod Serling's Black president, John and Yoko host the Mike Douglas show, David Wojnarowicz's AIDS rage still burns.

Onstage

Lou Fancher - May 20, 2024

Composer Sahba Aminikia blends Farsi vocals blend with AI animation for Persian mystic Farid ud-din Attar's storied tale.

Movies

Dennis Harvey - May 8, 2024

Plus Ralph Fiennes' Macbeth, 'Evil Does Not Exist,' 'H2: The Occupation Lab,' 'Terrestrial Verses,' more movies

Arts + Culture

Torange Yeghiazarian's NCTC play refreshingly lets a young lesbian from a repressive county just be horny.

Stage Review

Palestinians come back home in the shadow of the Six-Day War, in Golden Thread's latest on Potrero Stage.

Art

Mary Corbin - April 23, 2024

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.

Movies

Dennis Harvey - March 7, 2024

'Shayda' portrays life in a women's shelter for Iranian mother and child, 'Cabrini' highlights a nun on a mission.

Art Review

Genevieve Quick - March 6, 2024

At ICA SF, Hayv Kahraman employs haunting metaphors, conveying a surreal mythology of female figures.

News + Politics

Tim Redmond - January 9, 2024

Preston, Ronen, Peskin agree on compromise that all of the activists could support in historic vote.

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