Sanctuary Archives

Art

Fan Warren’s weighty works evoke the Black Madonna in all her glory

Mary Corbin - October 17, 2024

Oakland artist pulls from folk art, her ancestors' journey, and our need for maternal love in times of strife.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Surf’s up at Ocean Beach, dude

Dennis Harvey - September 12, 2024

Surf Film Fest gets gnarly. Plus: New York mediums, heroic director returns, and the best Gothic movie in a long while.

The Agenda

Preston gets SRO elevators fixed—and rent control could be a fall campaign issue

Tim Redmond - September 2, 2024

Peskin measure before supes puts key tenant issue in the political debate. That's The Agenda for Sept. 3-8.

The Agenda

The supes vote on an imperfect, but much better, budget …

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2024

... plus new affordable housing and a series of City Charter amendments. That's The Agenda for July 14-21

Police

SF cops haven’t disclosed the latest in military gear they may be using

Tim Redmond - May 8, 2024

State law requires information that the supes didn't get; are we going back to killer robots?

Movies

Screen Grabs: A couple of powerful mothers

Dennis Harvey - March 7, 2024

'Shayda' portrays life in a women's shelter for Iranian mother and child, 'Cabrini' highlights a nun on a mission.

Music Review

Noise Pop report: Diode diva Suzanne Ciani channeled Grace Cathedral’s ambient majesty

Daniel Bromfield - March 6, 2024

Kiss the Buchla: One of our most vital electronic music trailblazers took an awe-struck crowd to church

Opinion

Why immigrants are worried about SF’s Proposition E

Carolina Arevalo - March 4, 2024

The measure would undermine the Sanctuary City policies.

Art

Disposable razors, oversize IUDs: Annie Duncan plumbs intimacy of everyday objects

Mary Corbin - January 3, 2024

Painter and ceramicist explores crux of beauty and toxicity within femininity's rubric.

Music

Swell’s reunion tour harkens back to SF’s ’90s indie rock sanctuary

Daniel Bromfield - December 1, 2023

Band suffered the loss of lead singer David Freel—but with 300 unreleased tapes in the archive, it's ready to ride a new wave.

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