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Taylor Swift shows political side on new album ‘Lover’

Haley Keizur - August 25, 2019

Taylor Swift has done it again, unleashing a headline-grabbing album that also delivers musically—and, intriguingly, weaves in her new-found political voice. Seventh studio album Lover has...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Frameline Fest gets new executive director, more …

Marke B. - August 20, 2019

ARTS FORECAST I honestly have no idea how one would wrangle an organization that puts on such a huge annual film festival—more than 60,000 attendees,...

Lit

AIDS, sex, and ‘Illuminations on Market Street’

James Tracy - August 14, 2019

LIT Author Benjamin Heim Shepard is a Brooklyn-based activist who has published 10 books, including White Nights and Ascending Shadows: An Oral History of...

Onstage

Who’s up for some Drunk Drag Dizney Broadway?

Joshua Rotter - August 12, 2019

ONSTAGE For the past three and a half years, Drunk Drag Broadway has been bringing its original parodies of memorable Great White Way musicals to SF...

Arts + Culture

Joan Jett Blakk for President, perpetually!

Johnny Ray Huston - August 6, 2019

“Hunny, I cannot tell you, it’s so weird being history.” Terence Alan Smith, aka Joan Jett Blakk, is over at my apartment for lunch, and...

Puff

Puff: Notes from a serious (and seriously interesting) cannabis expo

Dan Karkoska - August 2, 2019

PUFF Last week in San Jose, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) held its yearly Cannabis Business Summit and Expo at the convention center for...

All hail the ‘Timeless’ return of Imperial Teen

Joshua Rotter - July 31, 2019

ALL EARS Imperial Teen was just being “a little bit cheeky” with the title of its sixth studio album, Now We Are Timeless, according to...

Revolution music: What’s soundtracking protests around the globe?

Marke B. - July 26, 2019

ALL EARS "If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution," the old anarchist-feminist saying goes. And it's true, every uprising needs a good soundtrack,...

Movies

Jewish Film Festival sparks with romance, tragedy, fiddler on roof

Dennis Harvey - July 17, 2019

Though it has programmed its share of controversial fare over the years, the 39th edition of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival will open...

Culture

Designer Dexter Simmons’ new ‘Wavy’ line was born in SF clubs

Joshua Rotter - July 15, 2019

Earlier this month, breakout Oakland-born fashion designer, celebrity stylist, and "Project Runway" alum Dexter Simmons launched his first-ever website. It will serve as a one-stop-shop...

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