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Nightlife

A drag tribute fit for Sinéad’s mighty voice

Marke B. - August 16, 2023

'Her music is the kind of poetry that lends itself to the drama drag queens do so well,' says trixxie carr of upcoming show

Live Shots

Live Shots: Patti Smith ‘Howl’s at Stern Grove (and a festive crowd howls back)

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - August 14, 2023

The rock legend read Allen Ginsberg and launched into career favorites for an ecstatic crowd at the packed park.

Onstage

Confronting decline while flying through the air in ‘the Curve’ at Fringe Fest

Joshua Rotter - August 11, 2023

Circus acrobat Genie Cartier's show combines gravity-defying feats with candid tales of a body slowing down

Onstage

At Fringe Fest, a tale of bullied young immigrants ‘Dancing Home’

Emily Wilson - August 10, 2023

Dyana Díaz's play was inspired by a children's book—and her own experience at the San Francisco Youth Theatre

Homelessness

From Hooverville to Nicklesville

Tiny - April 4, 2023

A report from Seattle, where housing built and run by homeless people is having an impact.

Lit

At Mission bookstore Medicine for Nightmares, the remedy for struggle is familia

Alan Chazaro - November 11, 2022

'A lotus blossoming in mud': Rare POC-owned bookstore rows against the tides of late capitalism with poetry, music, art

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Terror Vault, How Weird, Other Minds, Autumn Lights, Day to Night, more

Marke B. - October 12, 2022

Monster Drawing Rally, 20th Street Block Party, Oktoberfest by the Beach, African Arts Fest, Black Poetry Day, so much to do this week!

Lit

Fighting dystopia with essential voices: ‘Black Literature vs. The Climate Emergency’

Emily Wilson - April 2, 2022

Aya de León brings together writers and activists for a lively online conference that focuses on the possible and combats invisibility

Lit

How Bay Area graffiti led me to a life of writing

Alan Chazaro - February 23, 2022

From writing on walls to writing in books—and the value of seeing others publicly dream

Music

‘Long Way From Home’ proves Ian Kelly’s among the best Bay Area wordsmiths

Alan Chazaro - January 31, 2022

Standout new EP balances clash between making art and meeting the capitalistic demands of economic survival

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