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SFFILM Fest brings new ‘Tales of the City,’ rare gems, big star power

The big-screen experience for movies is on the cultural endangered list, between venues going under (or having their leases revoked by landlords eager to...

Review: Wild highs and lows in ‘Falsettos’

ONSTAGE The first act of revered musical Falsettos—the touring 2016 Broadway revival stops at Golden Gate Theatre through April 14—is a fascinating study in nostalgia....

Outside Lands 2019: What’s good? Welp…

ALL EARS The monster that is Outside Lands (August 9-11, Golden Gate Park) coasts less on San Francisco’s rock ’n’ roll reputation these days than when the...

‘Recycle’ artist Romanowski looks back ‘Every Now & Then’

ART LOOKS "My house is a museum," Romanowski tells me over the phone. "My whole life is art." I haven't been to his house, but anyone...

The sun hasn’t set yet on Sonny Smith’s SF

ALL EARS As the decade began, all eyes were on San Francisco’s rock scene. Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, and the Fresh...

Review: Tuskegee Airmen take flight again in ‘Black Eagles’

ONSTAGE Black Eagles (through March 31 at Marines' Memorial Theatre), now being staged by the African-American Shakespeare Company and directed by L. Peter Callender, illuminates...

San Pablo’s Los Cenzontles ramps up its Mexican rhythms

ALL EARS There are certain well-worn channels through which culture tends to move. Socioeconomically dominant countries export cultural products, regional art forms are picked...

Reviews: Gender under the microscope in ‘Queent’ and ‘Boys in Trouble’

DANCE What happens when drag gestures are codified as dance? What happens if drag struggles are brought to the dance arena? And how can...

From Mali to Memphis: Dee Dee Bridgewater fires up the soul of her youth

ALL EARS Two of the great divas of blues and jazz will be performing in the Bay Area this coming week. It's a wonderful opportunity...

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

SCREEN GRABS Though it doesn’t get the same international nostalgic attention these days accorded similar movements in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, one of...