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Music

Funkier than ‘Super Freak’: 6 enduring flashes of Rick James’ genius

John-Paul Shiver -
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 -
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 -
This was an unparalleled summit of Black art.
Nightlife

Nicki Jizz’s Black drag revue Reparations goes IRL after raising $20k online

Caitlin Donohue -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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