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Music

Under the Stars: Gauging the Bay Area spring music hype

John-Paul Shiver - April 19, 2024

Do you want to know what's good, mostly musical, coming from The Bay and beyond this spring? Hop on and let’s get right into...

Housing

SF could get federal funding for 4,000 affordable housing units—maybe

Savannah Dewberry - April 18, 2024

So far, the Breed Administration has not taken advantage of a program that will close in September

Stage Review

Ranger, activist, housewife, centenarian: ‘Sign My Name to Freedom’ traces an extraordinary life

Charles Lewis III - April 4, 2024

Betty Reid Soskin's continuing journey is set to music—and portrayed by four actors—at Z Space.

Onstage

102-year-old heroine Betty Reid Soskin’s journey premieres on Bay Area stage

Lou Fancher - March 28, 2024

Writings and songs by the nation's oldest park ranger and longtime activist form base of 'Sign My Name To Freedom.'

The Agenda

Prop. F won—but SEIU is ready to go on strike to get rid of it

Tim Redmond - March 10, 2024

Plus: How will SF find $7 billion to prepare the waterfront for climate change? And what does 'progressive' mean these days? That's The Agenda for March 10-17

Music

The Best Music of 2023: Dream beyond your curated stream

John-Paul Shiver - January 12, 2024

Nabihah Iqbal, Sweeping Promises, Bored Lord, La Doña, Larry June, Pharoah Sanders, more bucked the algorithm with golden sounds.

News + Politics

Why is the Chron so freaked out about Socialism?

Tim Redmond - December 17, 2023

Yes, neoliberal capitalism helped create the homelessness crisis. What are we even arguing about that?

Labor

Who are these nice people who say they want me to get a raise?

Tom Gallagher - December 11, 2023

Turns out it's a rabid anti-labor group that wants to destroy public-sector unions.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Priscilla,’ locked in a golden Graceland cage

Dennis Harvey - November 2, 2023

Sofia Coppola's opaque tribute. Plus: Colman Domingo plays Civil Rights giant 'Rustin,' border-town education gets 'Radical'

Movies

Harrowing tales of escape from North Korea in ‘Beyond Utopia’

Pam Grady - November 1, 2023

Doc traces Pastor Seungeun Kim's efforts to aid defectors: 'I lost my gallbladder after I fell in the jungle during a rescue mission'

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