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Goldie returns to revive SF’s golden age of drum and bass

John-Paul Shiver - December 8, 2019

If the early 1990s are regarded as the golden age of European techno, a theory recently put forth by British electronic music royalty Kirk...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Drag Queens on Ice, Burning Man: The Musical, more

Marke B. - December 4, 2019

Blades will slice, crystals will fly, Mariah will be Careyed up to the high heavens. OK, it's not as dramatic as all that—I wish—but...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Monsters (and wonders) of history awaken

Dennis Harvey - December 3, 2019

The holiday season tends to induce nostalgia, and while Hollywood is always very interested in directing your leisure dollars towards big new commercial movies,...

Arts + Culture

At Zinn Fair, Peter Cole explores SF’s unique history of labor and race

James Tracy - December 3, 2019

In Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in South Africa and the San Francisco Bay Area, labor historian Peter Cole uncovers the undocumented history of waterfront...

Onstage

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Joshua Rotter - December 2, 2019

Sugar, booze, and music — these are the things that Ana Gasteyer’s holidays are made of. Top on the comedian, actress, and singer’s list of...

Exclusive

SF General nurses told not to provide bilingual services

Michael Toren - December 1, 2019

When Lauren Cook heard that the new contract her union, SEIU 1021, had negotiated with San Francisco General Hospital included provisions to streamline the...

Onstage

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

Joshua Rotter - November 29, 2019

There are plenty of ways to experience yūgen or “beauty, with a tinge of sadness,” according to the great 14th- and 15th- century Japanese...

Talking beat evolution with SF native producer Dave Aju

John-Paul Shiver - November 28, 2019

For years, Marc Barrite built out his Dave Aju alias, a wordplay nom de plum for a San Francisco techno night in the early...

Housing

Swept to death

Tiny - November 27, 2019

“We know Caltrans has two trucks, one for the stuff they think they can sell, one for the stuff they throw away,” said Rosa...

Culture

Finnish your drinks

Peter-Astrid Kane - November 27, 2019

“Hyvää joulua” might not roll off the tongue as mellifluously as “Mele Kalikimaka,” but it is indeed the thing to say on a dark...

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