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News + Politics

CASA’s secret New York junket

Zelda Bronstein - January 15, 2019

During the final meeting of the CASA Technical Committee on December 12, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf let slip that she and unnamed others had...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The world’s most popular comedy duo shows its seams in ‘Stan & Ollie’

Dennis Harvey - January 10, 2019

Laurel & Hardy may be the most popular comedy duo ever — their fame was international, easily surviving the transition from silents to talkies...

News + Politics

What the regional housing “compact” amounts to — so far

Zelda Bronstein - January 10, 2019

The first installment of my CASA story listed bills introduced in the state Legislature on December 3, most notably Scott Wiener’s do-over of his...

Somi sings of Harlem immigrants (and gentrification’s effects) on ‘Petite Afrique’

Joanna Ladd - January 4, 2019

ALL EARS The sound of Harlem during its jazz heyday is so indelible that it jumps to mind instantly, almost a century later. For...

Lit

Fearless artist Keith Haring’s sister tells his tale, for all ages

Marke B. - December 4, 2018

LIT World AIDS Day, marked every December 1, is usually a solemn occasion, a reminder of how far we still have to go to...

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...

News + Politics

The truth about ‘progressive’ housing policy

Calvin Welch - October 22, 2018

Randy Shaw, who runs a website called “BeyondChron,” is now writing for the Chron. In a piece that ran Oct. 21, he argues that...

Arts + Culture

Old school Chinatown funk? 50 years of Jest Jammin’ with Rev. Norman Fong

Joanna Ladd - October 9, 2018

ALL EARS If you’re not nostalgic for Chinatown nightlife circa 1970, it’s probably because you don’t know about it. Despite the passing of civil rights...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Green Thursday, Autumn Moon Fest, Comedy Day

Marke B. - September 9, 2018

ARTS FORECAST One of the great things about the tsunami of environmentalism hitting San Francisco this week is Green Thursday (Thu/13), during which a number of...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Soviet Hippies, Green Film Fest, John McEnroe

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2018

SCREEN GRABS It’s a week unusually full of documentaries, including the Roxie’s single showing next Wed/5 of Soviet Hippies—a look at countercultural resistance behind...

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