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News + Politics

Protesters face off with cops after driving white supremacists away

Garrett Leahy - October 18, 2020

Tiny number of Trumpites get nowhere as hundreds of anti-fascist demonstrators show up.

Screen Grabs

Whirling through Turf, tap, and ballroom: SF Dance Film Festival streams needed motion

Rita Felciano - October 15, 2020

Dance and film, two mediums existing in time, have had a relationship over the decades. Though dance for the camera has existed since the...

Art

Holding onto love, through painter Gage Opdenbrouw’s ‘slow, quiet’ color chords

Mary Corbin - October 14, 2020

'I make art for the fact that words are rarely enough,' says Bay Area artist, whose interiors can reflect our current solitude

Movies

Wayne Wang weaves food and family through ‘Coming Home Again’

Pam Grady - October 13, 2020

At CAAMfest Forward, the 'Joy Luck Club' director returns to his indie roots

Music

A playlist celebrating Pharoah Sanders’ 80th trip around the sun

John-Paul Shiver - October 10, 2020

The legendary saxophonist and free jazz icon lstreams a birthday show Tue/13. Here's an intro to his astral output

Housing

The mystery of Newsom’s 3.5 million housing units shortage

Zelda Bronstein - October 9, 2020

The data shows that the figure the governor still uses to justify his policies is just wrong.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Will you strap in for the re-opening of SF cinemas?

Dennis Harvey - October 2, 2020

Officials say next week is the re-entry date. Even if you're not ready to go IRL to theaters, here's a full lineup of new releases and online festivals to keep you glued to the screen.

Music

New Music: 5 artists to support directly on Bandcamp Day

John-Paul Shiver - September 29, 2020

Mothership's metal, Blues Lawyer's lo-fi punk, Marcus Shelby's jazz, techno from The Tourist, more great releases

Art

In painting, Elena Zolotnitsky lives by ‘beauty will save the world’

Mary Corbin - September 29, 2020

Four decades into her career, the Russian-born, Oakland-based artist devotes her work to mystery, seduction, and life.

Dance

An epic, equitable ‘Power Shift’ for Hope Mohr Dance’s latest

Rita Felciano - September 27, 2020

Anti-racism training, Magic squares, 'Space Carcasses,' more refocus on BIPOC improvisation practitioners for company's Bridge Project.

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