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ON STAGE
Music
Funkier than ‘Super Freak’: 6 enduring flashes of Rick James’ genius
John-Paul Shiver
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September 12, 2021
A new doc explores the star's wild, conflicted life. Here are the songs that immortalize his talent
Movies
‘Respect’ director spotlights Aretha Franklin’s mighty activism
Pam Grady
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August 11, 2021
Former Berkeley Rep director Liesl Tommy grew up under South African apartheid, values music's transformative power
Movies
Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ purposefully hands 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival its flowers
John-Paul Shiver
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July 11, 2021
This was an unparalleled summit of Black art.
Nightlife
Nicki Jizz’s Black drag revue Reparations goes IRL after raising $20k online
Caitlin Donohue
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July 7, 2021
Local queen didn't see the melanin-heavy show of her dreams as a baby gay. So she decided to create one.
Movies
Docfest 2021 provides colorful human stories in a year that needs them
Dennis Harvey
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May 31, 2021
Heroic women wrestlers, legendary soul singers, Sparks, and the Space Lady all feature in this year's festival.
Music
Living Large: A tribute to Shock G from a Bay Area kid
Alan Chazaro
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April 29, 2021
Outlandish rapper's gleeful freedom presented an alternative form of masculinity for a Mexican American fifth grader.
Onstage
SF Opera returns—with a lakeside, drive-in production of ‘Barber of Seville’
Emily Wilson
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April 22, 2021
Director Matthew Ozawa reflects on his art form's new normal: “Sometimes it gets cold at night, and there’s a lovely duck that loves to say hello.”
Music
The best albums of 2021 (so far)
John-Paul Shiver
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April 21, 2021
All that time stuck indoors last year is paying off—2021 has been bountiful when it comes to new sounds, from Madlib's post-DOOM triumph to Brijean's tropicalia expansiveness.
Lit
All the yuks: A history of stand-up comedy traces the artform’s evolution
Joshua Rotter
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March 14, 2021
Wayne Federman's 'The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle' pays special attention to Bay Area
Arts + Culture
Screen Grabs: A fascinating ‘Father,’ an over-bloated ‘Cherry’…
Dennis Harvey
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March 11, 2021
Even for movies, it feels like 2020 is dragging its feet well into 2021. COVID World’s changes in release patterns and delays in awards-giving...
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