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News + Politics

Social distancing is the wrong term

Marc Norton - April 9, 2020

I am very tired of hearing about “social distancing.” We do not need social distancing. We need physical distancing. What we need is social solidarity. I...

News + Politics

In Hong Kong, protests and precautions at Chinese New Year

Herb Mintz - March 24, 2020

My wife (she prefers that label) and I travel to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region each year to visit her relatives, in particular,...

Arts + Culture

These film revivals prove SF is still a place for movie lovers

Dennis Harvey - March 2, 2020

Though exhibition is perennially imperiled—the most recent bad news being that after 110 years, the Clay Theatre is no more, the good news that...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2020

A couple of the smaller, more idiosyncratic local film festivals add to the celluloid mix this week. Within the larger Noise Pop schedule of...

Dance

Review: A dash of variety and joy in SF Ballet’s ‘Classical (Re)Vision’

Marke B. - February 14, 2020

If you're looking for a delectable entry point into ballet today, San Francisco Ballet has created a program expressly for you. Classical (Re)vision, playing...

Onstage

Springsteen meets surveillance state in ‘Born in East Berlin’

Emily Wilson - February 10, 2020

Rogelio Martinez likes a little chaos when he works. So one day he had his toddler daughter, Charlotte, on his lap watching videos while...

Arts + Culture

Never mind the Brexit, here’s Mostly British film fest

Dennis Harvey - February 10, 2020

Our political relations with the Britain may be strained at present—last month its Defense Secretary said they were looking for new strategic alliances as...

Onstage

Review: ‘Mimi’s Suitcase’ packs a lot in, but destination is cloudy

Elaine Elinson - January 27, 2020

Even before the play begins, a red suitcase is in full view, slightly stage right, on an otherwise empty set. During the course of the...

Culture

Comedian Moshe Kasher’s ‘Crowd Surfing’ album mortifies, delights

John-Paul Shiver - January 22, 2020

Packing 10 tales of embarrassing scenarios involving everyday people caught in tawdry situations, Crowd Surfing, the new comedy album from Oakland native Moshe Kasher sees the...

Movies

Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - January 15, 2020

48 Hills festival movie critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks travels the continent for us checking out the biggest film events. He also hosts the invaluable...

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