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Protest

DNC week proves there’s more than one way to stand up for Gaza

Caitlin Donohue - August 23, 2024

From uncommitted delegates to some creative protestors, Chicago didn’t let the Dems forget the issue of Palestine

Dance

A spirited dash through Black music history in ‘Following the Road to Ose Tura’

Charles Lewis III - August 23, 2024

Last weekend at Dance Mission, Adia Tamar Whitaker and Àṣẹ Dance Theater connected African villages to US streets.

Performance

In 1960s secretary drag, she types strangers’ DNC week letters to POTUS

Caitlin Donohue - August 21, 2024

Sheryl Oring's Bay-born "I Wish to Say" project has loosed tongues for two decades—now she's on the ground in Chicago.

Campaign Trail

The DNC word of the night? ‘Corporate greed.’

Tim Redmond - August 20, 2024

Speakers powerfully hammered the phrase. And yet: Nobody talked about billionaire greed, or raising taxes on the rich.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Katya Smirnoff-Skyy

Charles Lewis III - August 15, 2024

Stage queen serves polished pipes and pathos from Oasis to New Conservatory Theatre Center.

Onstage

Star Finch’s ‘Shipping & Handling’ urges consideration of what we’re being delivered

Emily Wilson - August 14, 2024

We spoke with the playwright about her most ambitious production to date.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Family time’s not great in ‘Good Half’ and ‘Good One’

Dennis Harvey - August 14, 2024

Plus: 'Sugarcane' doc platforms Indigenous survivors, Japan's Shinji Somai takes over the Roxie.

Music Review

Dick Dale via the Dead: otherworldly BALTHVS grooves at Outside Lands Night Show

John-Paul Shiver - August 13, 2024

The Bogotá power trio is known for its global sound, but brought electric SF specificity to Rickshaw Stop.

Stage Review

‘Collective Rage’: 5 Betties, a puppet, a vaginal hand mirror, and some yummy ice cream

Charles Lewis III - August 8, 2024

Laughing to keep from crying at Shotgun Players' production of Jen Silverman’s play.

Music

‘Do you pinky promise not to sock me in my sh*t?’

Leah Isobel - August 7, 2024

At 924 Gilman, Militarie Gun set off an all-ages mosh frenzy to thrashy punk glazed with pop hooks.

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