the resistance Archives

Lit

Black Freighter Press sails in, boosting writers of color and radical imagination

Alan Chazaro - April 14, 2021

The revolution will be published, with the help of SF Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin and Alie Jones' new outlet.

Performance

Screen star Colman Domingo revisits Bay Area roots for Mime Troupe celebration

Joshua Rotter - March 9, 2021

The very hot actor on Chadwick Boseman, 'Nash Bridges,' and his powerful work with the Troupe's Youth Theatre Project

Culture

San Francisco Mime Troupe: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

48 Hills - December 22, 2020

Pivoting to online 'radio plays,' the 51-year-old favorite brought us vibrant 'Tales of the Resistance' and a timely 'Red Carol'

Best of the Bay

BEST OF THE BAY 2020 EDITORS’ PICKS

48 Hills - December 1, 2020

We're highlighting some of the tremendous people, places, and things that made the Bay Area shine during one heck of a year

Music

For Puerto Rican freedom, MaJo Montijo summons a bomba ‘Huracán’

Joanna Ladd - October 27, 2020

Oakland musician fights "continuous colonial disaster," including Hurricane María aftermath, with gale-force release.

Music

New Music: Big Joanie, Eki Shola, Osees, Clipping., more deliver fall-ready tunes

John-Paul Shiver - August 31, 2020

August may be fading into fall, but the music in 2020 keeps on a-coming. Here are some joints resonating with us. PSA: STOP MURDERING BLACK PEOPLE....

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Every day they write the book

Dennis Harvey - August 6, 2020

Writing and writers seem to be the dominant theme in this weekend’s new releases—something that is seldom a particularly exciting subject for movies, admittedly....

Onstage

Take that, 2020: The Mime Troupe pivots to web

Caitlin Donohue - July 20, 2020

It’s a rough time for live theater. As San Francisco arts organizations brainstorm ways to carry their message into the COVID era, some of...

News + Politics

A brief history of replacing Trump with kittens

Caitlin Donohue - July 7, 2020

Picture in your mind’s eye a bug-eyed, enigma-faced kitten at peace, chilling in its home, it’s cheek tufts spreading wantonly. I hate to do...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Cinema’s future in doubt, but these world classics endure

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2020

Movie theaters (drive-ins aside—who’d have imagined they’d get a comeback?) remain closed for the time being, their re-openings TBD in the Bay Area and...

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