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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Choose your own adventure in a city full of wonders

Marke B. - May 2, 2022

Lila Downs, Front Line Assembly, Kronos Quartet, Rob Reger, Chinese Pioneers, Punk in the 'Loin, more terrific doings this week

Lit

Local conference looks to shake up publishing, with a focus on access and equity

Emily Wilson - April 18, 2022

Publishers Professional Network gathering celebrates vibrancy of the book business while invoking a better future

Party Radar

Party Radar: Riveting ‘Raver Girl’ flashes back to the ’90s underground scene

Marke B. - April 5, 2022

Author Samantha Durbin follows the map points of her party life. Plus: Turtle Bugg, T4T, Oliver Koletzki, Quiche!, more functions

Arts + Culture

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan laughs last on stereotype-smashing debut stand-up album

Joshua Rotter - February 25, 2022

Recorded at SF's Punchline club, 'Dhayatribe' eviscerates hecklers—and praises the resiliency of the almighty Cheech and Chong.

Music

They just weren’t ready, Betty: A tribute to “bad boy” Davis

John-Paul Shiver - February 24, 2022

Honoring the queen of funk's next-level sounds, her defiance of sexual norms—even the Bay Area pedigree of her collaborators.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’… of influencers?

Dennis Harvey - February 21, 2022

Plus: Two outrageous retro classics and three indie horrors that caught our eye (if not our hearts)

Movies

Read an excerpt from an SF Indiefest award-winning local screenplay

Alex Arabian - January 29, 2022

In 'Swipe,' a recovering agoraphobe with OCD navigates the Millennial dating scene in search of love.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: One of the best films of the year is sneaking into theaters

Dennis Harvey - January 20, 2022

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee has swept many a Best Documentary Feature award already (at least those not claimed by Summer of Soul), which is something of a...

News + Politics

Don’t blame progressives for problems like homelessness, drugs, and crime

Tim Redmond - December 13, 2021

Neoliberal mayors and their failed market-based policies have created the crisis that the left is now trying to solve.

News + Politics

Everything you were never told about Veteran’s Day

Herb Mintz - November 12, 2021

t was once about peace. Now it's about a brutal, bloated military that doesn't really care about its veterans.

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