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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...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-hop pioneers, classic punks, Hawaiian fun…

Marke B. - July 26, 2018

ARTS FORECAST It's weird growing older in a media-saturated environment. For years, the only connection I had to my hip-hop-adoring youth was a clutch of...

RIP DJ Cameron Paul: a toast to the Mixx-It master

Marke B. - March 28, 2018

If you've ever danced with abandon to Salt-N-Pepa's "Push-It," or jammed out in your room to an extended mix of "Axel F"—and who here...

Arts + Culture

Can the city’s oldest gay bar be saved after all?

Marke B. - February 8, 2018

Things haven't been so great lately for gay-owned and -friendly businesses. Costumes on Haight just announced it would close. Castro clothing consignment institution Worn Out...

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