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News + Politics

City College board fires chancellor

Tim Redmond - March 23, 2020

The City College Board put Chancellor Mark Rocha on administrative leave today, the first step toward what will almost certainly be a full dismissal...

Onstage

Review: ‘Toni Stone’ hits a home run (and you can watch it on your couch)

Elaine Elinson - March 17, 2020

Editor's Note: In the wake of its theaters shutting down, ACT is streaming its plays Gloria (reviewed here) and Toni Stone, reviewed below on...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2020

As I write this on Monday the 16th, “shelter-at-home” decrees around the coronavirus have negated any need to tell you about all the individual...

Onstage

Can drag queens beat death? Find out in ‘Drag Becomes Her’

Joshua Rotter - March 10, 2020

UPDATE: 'Drag Becomes Her' has been postponed. There are approximately 800 miles separating Seattle and San Francisco’s drag scenes. What bridges them, says RuPaul’s Drag...

Onstage

Review: Sketch comedy legends Culture Clash return—with big tío energy

Marke B. - March 8, 2020

In these incendiary political times, watching the three master sketch comedians of pioneering Latino troupe Culture Clash is like dipping your spoon into a...

Music

Noise Pop snaps, crackles, and jangles with surprises and new favorites

John-Paul Shiver - March 6, 2020

Facilitators of Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival know the key to running a successful week-long bill of shows throughout the Bay Area, which extended...

New Music: Okay Kaya’s ‘Watch This Liquid Pour Itself’ laughs through the tears

John-Paul Shiver - March 6, 2020

In another world, minus the music, Kaya Wilkins, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Norway producer and songwriter, could use her Okay Kaya performance model to do edgy stand-up material....

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Feeling international, at home

Marke B. - March 5, 2020

Alas, I've been ill so I've missed a few installments of the Arts Forecast column—but we're back, baby! Let's kick things off with the announcement...

Arts + Culture

Is Marcos Mena the best guitarist in indie rock?

Daniel Bromfield - March 4, 2020

Those whose image of do-it-yourself indie rock shows is of kids struggling to tune their guitars onstage might be surprised that virtuosity—good, old-fashioned, blurred-fingers...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

Dennis Harvey - March 4, 2020

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

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