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Back to black—and Amy—with ‘The Winehouse Experience’

Joshua Rotter - July 18, 2019

When Amy Winehouse passed away in the summer of 2011, the British jazz singer joined the 27 Club, a notorious group of brilliant, talented,...

Movies

Jewish Film Festival sparks with romance, tragedy, fiddler on roof

Dennis Harvey - July 17, 2019

Though it has programmed its share of controversial fare over the years, the 39th edition of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival will open...

Magnificent obsession with Cate Le Bon

Johnny Ray Huston - July 2, 2019

Contour: The peripatetic Cate Le Bon (playing the Chapel July 9) hand-made 100 mugs in conjunction with the release of her 2013 LA-based album Mug...

At 83, piano legend Larry Vuckovich recounts a ‘Fascinating Jazz Life’

Reese Erlich - June 13, 2019

ALL EARS Pianist and composer Larry Vuckovich has been a headliner in the Bay Area jazz scene for over 60 years. His creative approach...

Onstage

Immersive Jazz Age decadence in ‘The Speakeasy: Age of Scofflaws’

Dennis Harvey - June 13, 2019

ONSTAGE One hundred years ago the US Senate bowed to the pressure of temperance activists and passed the National Prohibition Act. It was one...

Movies

Hopes, fears, dreams, and ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’

Joshua Rotter - June 7, 2019

Two African American dreamers, Jimmie (first-time actor Jimmie Fails) and Mont (Jonathan Majors) are struggling to survive in the unforgiving reality of the City...

Onstage

Kronos Festival celebrates Bayview women, Malian griot, Howard Zinn

Emily Wilson - May 28, 2019

The four members of storied SF Kronos Quartet are in their studio in the Inner Sunset, struggling to perfect the piece they’re playing. Should...

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Open up your world with the SF International Arts Festival

Caitlin Donohue - May 22, 2019

ARTS FORECAST Sure you're broke — so let the artists from Hong Kong, Ireland, and the Czech Republic come to you? Such is the...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: White Night rally marks SF’s legacy of insurrection

Caitlin Donohue - May 15, 2019

ARTS FORECAST It was a bitter pill for the Castro the day Supervisor Harvey Milk and George Moscone were gunned down in City Hall in...

Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron on break ups, break downs, and the group’s new music

Joshua Rotter - May 9, 2019

Spin Doctors’ frontman Chris Barron can easily flash back to his first time playing San Francisco. It was 1991 and his neo-hippie jam band was...

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