Sunday, May 5, 2024

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Screen Grabs: Leap upon your sofa, intrepid explorers

Now that theaters are closed and basically everyone is reduced to home viewing, it’s easier than ever to see what those viewing trends are....

Everyone has to sacrifice in these tough times — except the 1 percent

The governor told us last night that Californians all have to work together to prevent a greater public-health disaster. He said that “we are...

Slowing coronavirus spread in the jails

Among the most vulnerable communities in this pandemic is a group that is forcibly held in close quarters, with many members facing existing health...

SF’s Juli Delgado Lopera on language, matriarchy, and ‘Fiebre Tropical’

UPDATE: The book release party has been postponed, but you can still buy Fiebre Tropical at Booksmith. When I met San Francisco author, artist, and...

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

Election night live: Upbeat crowd at Sanders HQ

The Bernie Sanders’ San Francisco Office started to become more upbeat once the polls closed in California. At around 7:40pm, the office was busy with...

These film revivals prove SF is still a place for movie lovers

Though exhibition is perennially imperiled—the most recent bad news being that after 110 years, the Clay Theatre is no more, the good news that...

Caltrans agrees to pay $2 million for destroying homeless people’s property

In a civil rights victory, Caltrans will pay $2 million for destroying homeless people’s property and will change procedures around homeless encampment evictions on...

Screen Grabs: Raining Internet cats and live-action dogs

It’s raining cats and dogs with the more family-friendly film events of the week. One is the new 20th Century Fox Animation/Disney live action...

Electrifying art of Black Power in ‘Soul of a Nation’

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963–1983 was organized by London’s Tate Museum and traveled to Arkansas, New York,...