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Movies

Screen Grabs: Green Film Fest regenerates with a ’70s sci-fi classic

Dennis Harvey - April 12, 2022

A new version of the fest springs up around Earth Day. Plus: two very different Aussie flicks and 'All the Old Knives' reviewed

News + Politics

And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Elaine Elinson - July 15, 2021

Hundreds who spent the 1980s doing Sandinista solidarity work are now condemning Daniel Ortega's new wave of political repression. Here's why.

Nightlife

Club mogul accused of vigilante homeless sweep says he did nothing wrong

Marke B. - September 23, 2020

Peter Glikshtern says he called private trash crew to encampment, insists he was justified by city inaction.

’80s troubadour Colin Hay is still a man at work

Joshua Rotter - March 2, 2020

Singer Colin Hay could have written Men at Work’s first major hit “Who Can It Be Now?” anywhere. But there was something about conceiving it...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-Hop (Dance Fest) hurray! + more

Marke B. - November 20, 2019

I'm old enough to remember rappers on Fillmore corners and TURF dancers in Oakland intersections. The homeboys gathered on my stoop throughout the day...

Fall Arts Preview: 37 cool things to do this season

Marke B. - September 4, 2019

FALL ARTS PREVIEW Let's keep this short because there's a lot to do and see, obviously! Proclamations of the SF arts scene's demise—despite the...

News + Politics

The spy cameras you didn’t know about in Golden Gate Park

Beth Winegarner - December 27, 2018

Just inside Golden Gate Park, not far from where Haight Street dead-ends at Stanyan, Alvord Lake offers a quiet, shady spot to relax, walk...

Movies

SFFILM Awards’ stars speak about Hollywood’s growing diversity

Joshua Rotter - December 12, 2018

The stars shone bright on the City by the Bay last week when Amy Adams, Steve McQueen, and Boots Riley turned up to be...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-Hop Dance Fest, The Orb, Great Dickens Christmas Fair…

Marke B. - November 13, 2018

ARTS FORECAST Everyone's pretty much been forced indoors by the smoke, so it's a good time to see a show—and I'll be keeping an eye...

Fall Arts aflame! The 50+ best things to do this season

Marke B. - September 20, 2018

FALL ARTS PREVIEW The light is deepening, the food is getting heartier, harvest is bringing much good grape and green, and fall arts season is...

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