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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Drag Queens on Ice, Burning Man: The Musical, more

Marke B. - December 4, 2019

Blades will slice, crystals will fly, Mariah will be Careyed up to the high heavens. OK, it's not as dramatic as all that—I wish—but...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Monsters (and wonders) of history awaken

Dennis Harvey - December 3, 2019

The holiday season tends to induce nostalgia, and while Hollywood is always very interested in directing your leisure dollars towards big new commercial movies,...

Onstage

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Joshua Rotter - December 2, 2019

Sugar, booze, and music — these are the things that Ana Gasteyer’s holidays are made of. Top on the comedian, actress, and singer’s list of...

Onstage

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

Joshua Rotter - November 29, 2019

There are plenty of ways to experience yūgen or “beauty, with a tinge of sadness,” according to the great 14th- and 15th- century Japanese...

Arts + Culture

Life before dot-com: Two exhibitions explore the not-so-distant past of SF

Dennis Harvey - November 26, 2019

San Francisco has tended to be defined by its high profile cultural moments and movements, from the libertine Barbary Coast era to the Beats,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Escape your family at the movies

Dennis Harvey - November 24, 2019

Apparently obeying the logic that audiences will be sufficiently occupied with such recent popular entries as Frozen 2 or Ford v Ferrari—if they aren’t simply...

Defying genre, Pursuit Grooves flies high with ‘Bess’

John-Paul Shiver - November 15, 2019

While researching Mae Jemison, the first Black female astronaut, Pursuit Grooves, aka Vanese Smith, read about her bringing Bessie Colemanʻs photograph along for the journey into...

Onstage

With women at its center, ‘Amaluna’ sparkles and charms

Elaine Elinson - November 14, 2019

I can’t even count how many times I held my breath or clutched on to my seat. Or put my palms over my eyes,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: French noir to vintage punk, a week of retro gems

Dennis Harvey - November 11, 2019

Considering all the odds against it—real estate/rent issues, changing audiences, ever-more home viewing options—it’s pretty amazing that San Francisco still has any arthouse scene...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls

Marke B. - October 30, 2019

Ready to shed the rotting pumpkin skin of Halloween and sniff the sweet spice of the afterlife? OK that question is a lot, but...

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Arts Forecast: Drag Queens on Ice, Burning Man: The Musical, more

Screen Grabs: Monsters (and wonders) of history awaken

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

Life before dot-com: Two exhibitions explore the not-so-distant past of SF

Screen Grabs: Escape your family at the movies

Defying genre, Pursuit Grooves flies high with ‘Bess’

With women at its center, ‘Amaluna’ sparkles and charms

Screen Grabs: French noir to vintage punk, a week of retro gems

Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls

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