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Comedy

How to tell a joke in Palestine: Arab American Comedy Fest brings essential connection

Marke B. - February 7, 2024

Co-founders Maysoon Zayid and Dean Obeidallah talk about 20 years of using laughs to transcend hatred.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: ‘The Wiz’ whisks us right down that Yellow Brick Road

Marke B. - February 1, 2024

Plus: Danny Glover, Kafana Balkan, Valentine's Gay, Tongues Untied, parallax errors, Bob Dylan Center, more great things to do

Dance

For 15 years, Lenora Lee Dance has tackled immigration and carceral trauma

Mary Carbonara - January 26, 2024

Two new works highlight Chinese and Latin migrant experience in El Paso and California's prison-to-ICE detention pipeline.

Arts + Culture

How do you spell ‘Real Housewives’ trouble? Two T’s, please.

Joshua Rotter - January 21, 2024

Fired Bravo stars Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge blaze again with a podcast, live show, and plenty of dish

Arts + Culture

Under the Stars: Get 2024 on the floor with New Year’s Eve music blasts

John-Paul Shiver - December 27, 2023

Celebrate the end of this very long year with Sonny & the Sunsets, LCD Soundsystem, Reggae Gold, Fishbone, more

Music

Soul legend Lee Fields: ‘Look deep enough, the answer is there, right in front of you’

Adrian Spinelli - December 20, 2023

Playing over New Year's weekend at the Chapel, the 73-year-old singer talks about his long career and 'scientific thinking'

Stage Review

Circus Bella heats up the winter big top with ‘Kaleidoscope’

Charles Lewis III - December 18, 2023

Beloved troupe brings their awe-spurring feats of skill indoors, with all the juggling, contortion, and balanced derby hats intact.

Onstage

All aboard ‘Schick Machine’ for a poetic percussive journey

Marke B. - December 12, 2023

Contemporary music champion Steven Schick performs as a mad-genius instrument inventor making sense of a disquieting world.

Onstage

Trans star Dylan Mulvaney alights on ‘Holiday Gaiety’ with SF Symphony

Joshua Rotter - December 12, 2023

The performer, activist, and prolific TikToker is eager to hit the stage for the annual explosion of LGBTQ festivity.

Stage Review

No genocidal conflicts resolved, but electrifying dancing and much backstory in ‘Tell’

Charles Lewis III - December 11, 2023

At Dance Mission Theater, Sarah Crowell and Keith Hennessy led a troupe intent on reaching deep inside themselves

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