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Onstage

SF Opera returns—with a lakeside, drive-in production of ‘Barber of Seville’

Emily Wilson - 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.”

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Tragedies of global market capitalism on display

Dennis Harvey - April 1, 2021

From Lesotho to Ohio, new films draw a damning through-line. Plus: Oscar nominated shorts

News + Politics

Oversight — of Recology, the Ferris Wheel deal ….

Tim Redmond - March 14, 2021

... and commercial landlords. Plus the Chron's neo-liberal editorial page editor retires. That's The Agenda for March 15-22.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

Dennis Harvey - January 11, 2021

The squirming abdominals of 'Bloody Hell' joust with Chinese super-production 'Skyfire' and hotel-scare 'Climate of the Hunter' for this week's most ludicrous new release.

Screen Grabs

With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle

Dennis Harvey - December 9, 2020

Take shelter from holiday schlock with the venerable film fest's 17th edition—in streamable form, of course.

Homelessness

The year in homeless policy

TJ Johnston - December 3, 2020

A few successes and a lot of failures as people on the streets stayed at risk during the pandemic.

City Hall

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Caitlin Donohue - November 25, 2020

Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

Marke B. - November 19, 2020

Viral Dwellings, Crazy Funny Asians, Drive-In "La Bohéme," Legends of the Rave, Native American Drag Queen Story Hour... lots to do!

Art

A local artist honors lost Black lives, portrait by portrait

Mary Corbin - November 16, 2020

Painter Radha Mehta's series commemorating lives lost to racially motivated murder and police brutality spreads to cities around the country.

Music

Why the super deluxe re-release of Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ matters

John-Paul Shiver - September 30, 2020

The genius of The Revolution, the perfect career alchemy of a prolific legend rising from the ashes—a comprehensive look at why we hail 'SOTT.'

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SF Opera returns—with a lakeside, drive-in production of ‘Barber of Seville’

Screen Grabs: Tragedies of global market capitalism on display

Oversight — of Recology, the Ferris Wheel deal ….

Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle

The year in homeless policy

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

A local artist honors lost Black lives, portrait by portrait

Why the super deluxe re-release of Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ matters

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