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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,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A Japanese master of ‘The Human Condition’ gets his due

Dennis Harvey - July 16, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Considered by some one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers of a brilliant period (the Fifties and Sixties), the late Masaki Kobayashi nevertheless never...

News + Politics

Judge ducks decision on search warrants for local reporter

Michael Toren - July 12, 2019

Two months after emergency motions were filed in court to quash and unseal search warrants executed against Bay Area journalist Bryan Carmody, a judge...

News + Politics

Oakland landlord’s epic fail in stunt to push out homeless people

Davey D Cook - July 12, 2019

Sad situation to witness today over at the High Street/Home Depot Homeless Encampment. Here’s the backstory: For the past couple of weeks the Orange Man...

News + Politics

Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Tim Redmond - July 11, 2019

When the San Francisco Chronicle runs an editorial saying that a PG&E bailout bill is a bad idea because it might undermine the city’s...

Campaign Trail

Deputy Sheriffs Association resorts to bizarre Red Scare tactics in DA race

Tim Redmond - July 10, 2019

The role of law enforcement in the district attorney’s race has become a political issue as the SF Police Officers Association endorsed, then unendorsed,...

Lit

Beyond the valley of the gig economy

Johnny Ray Huston - July 10, 2019

Spanning the month of July, this year’s incarnation of LaborFest, the 26th annual, includes history talks and walks, union gatherings, films (including Sorry to...

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...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The perils of ‘Midsommar’

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2019

SCREEN GRABS The big noise commercially this week is Spider-Man: Far From Home, yet another entry in the most confusingly overpopulated movie franchise of...

Onstage

Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season

Joshua Rotter - June 29, 2019

Art mirrors Bay Area life in San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT)’s 60th-anniversary show, Treasure Island. Opening in Dolores Park on July 4, the play about...

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

Screen Grabs: A Japanese master of ‘The Human Condition’ gets his due

Judge ducks decision on search warrants for local reporter

Oakland landlord’s epic fail in stunt to push out homeless people

Will Newsom sign PG&E bailout bill?

Deputy Sheriffs Association resorts to bizarre Red Scare tactics in DA race

Beyond the valley of the gig economy

Magnificent obsession with Cate Le Bon

Screen Grabs: The perils of ‘Midsommar’

Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season

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