Protests Archives

Lit

In ‘The Return,’ James Terry pens a lush, tragic ‘coming-of-old-age’ story

Lou Fancher - November 25, 2023

Novella's UC professor protagonist must brave modern cacophony, despite silent film obsession.

Music

Nearing 80, singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn angles into mortality on ‘O Sun O Moon’

Lou Fancher - November 16, 2023

'The songs are written from the view of an old guy,' says the legendary Canadian musician. 'I invited people to notice.'

Onstage

Downtown darling Amber Martin rides high on musical wheel of fortune

Jim Gladstone - October 24, 2023

Uplifted by Radical Faeries and naked Reba shows, the NYC star headlines 'Cassette Roulette' with John Cameron Mitchell

Movies

Screen Grabs: A slew of slays for spooky season

Dennis Harvey - October 23, 2023

From 'Ring' and 'Anguish' to 'Phantasm' and 'Sex Demons,' local theaters have got your fright nights covered

Movies

What we saw at the Toronto International Film Festival

Pam Grady - October 7, 2023

No starry red carpet, but plenty of dazzle in thoughtful new films by Anna Kendrick, Ava DuVernay, Wim Wenders, more

Onstage

Seeking out ‘Mission Rebel No. 1’—and a father’s story

Marke B. - September 21, 2023

Rev Jesse James founded the historic Mission Rebels in the 1960s. David James relates his life through music onstage

News + Politics

The world stands with Cuba—but not Joe Biden or Nancy Pelosi

Mark Ginsburg, Vicki Legion, and Diana Block - November 14, 2022

Protests focus on ongoing brutal boycott and 'terrorist' claim that has no basis in reality.

News + Politics

Remembering Spain’s 15-M Movement, Occupy’s scrappy precursor

Marke B. - September 20, 2021

As the US looks back a decade later, a necessary reminder that Occupy was a reverberation of a global movement.

Opinion

Opinion: The Great Highway shutdown fiasco

Steven Hill - September 9, 2021

It's worse for the environment. It's infuriated residents. The city needs to rethink the highway closure—now, when a compromise is possible.

Labor

‘It’s always been there:’ Dolores Huerta speaks out on racism and Jim Crow

Dennis J. Bernstein - August 29, 2021

At 91, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union is still active and speaking out against voter suppression.

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