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Lit

In Phuc Tran’s memoir: grammar, tattoos, and the refugee experience

Emily Wilson - June 24, 2020

When Phuc Tran, who will be in conversation with author Viet Thanh Nguyen this Fri/26 evening, was asked to do a TEDx talk a...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: More marathon movies to help sustain you

Dennis Harvey - April 15, 2020

Part 2 in our survey of really, really long films for your sequestrian pleasure casts its big net over films from around the globe,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Horse Feathers!—and even more great comedy streaming

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2020

Before winding up, for the time being at least, our survey of cinematic comedies that will lighten up your house arrest sojourn (part one...

Onstage

You’ve never seen a ‘Gatsby’ like this

Emily Wilson - February 5, 2020

When his theater company starts working on a show, says John Collins of Elevator Repair Service, members don’t necessarily know–or want to know–where they’re going...

News + Politics

Breed talks tough on homelessness — while sweeps continue

Sam Lew - January 8, 2020

“Sweeps Kill.” The fliers fluttered down from the third balcony at City Hall as Mayor London Breed finished up her inauguration speech Wednesday. The sweeps that...

News + Politics

City College chancellor wants to reject emergency funding

David Mamaril Horowitz - December 16, 2019

The sudden cancellation of 345 classes at City College of San Francisco on Nov. 20, the night before the school’s spring 2020 registration, prompted...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: South Asian cinema, transgender visions, amateur porn…

Dennis Harvey - November 4, 2019

Woe betide the Bay Area movie lover equally enthused about South Asian cinema, transgender screen expressions, and amateur porn—because this week the signature local...

Lit

Red-hot but clear-eyed, Flea recounts his youth in ‘Acid for the Children’

Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2019

Michael “Flea” Balzary told 48 Hills that he credits three things with keeping the fiery Red Hot Chili Peppers together for almost four decades. First,...

‘A Gothic Tale’ plumbs Legion of Honor’s haunting depths

Emily Wilson - October 28, 2019

Does Halloween have you in the mood for some film noir? Maybe some mirrored walls and alternate selves? Something SPOOKternatural? Then head to the Legion...

Dance

Nature takes astounding flight in ‘Viva MOMIX!’

Joshua Rotter - October 17, 2019

With its 40th birthday fast approaching in 2020, the MOMIX dance company is excited to bring a vibrant “compilation album” of its “greatest hits”...

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In Phuc Tran’s memoir: grammar, tattoos, and the refugee experience

Screen Grabs: More marathon movies to help sustain you

Screen Grabs: Horse Feathers!—and even more great comedy streaming

You’ve never seen a ‘Gatsby’ like this

Breed talks tough on homelessness — while sweeps continue

City College chancellor wants to reject emergency funding

Screen Grabs: South Asian cinema, transgender visions, amateur porn…

Red-hot but clear-eyed, Flea recounts his youth in ‘Acid for the Children’

‘A Gothic Tale’ plumbs Legion of Honor’s haunting depths

Nature takes astounding flight in ‘Viva MOMIX!’

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