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Arts + Culture

Man vs Tammany in classic musical ‘Fiorello!’

Emily Wilson - February 27, 2019

ONSTAGE Here’s something you may not know: There’s a 60-year-old musical about Fiorello La Guardia, who went from being a lawyer to a congressman to...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Never mind the Oscars, we’ve got screwballs and Pod People

Dennis Harvey - February 20, 2019

SCREEN GRABS As if nothing mattered but the Oscars on Sunday (harrumph!), there are no major Hollywood releases this weekend, and few notable arthouse ones....

News + Politics

Save the Redstone Building!

Tim Redmond - February 19, 2019

My first job in San Francisco was in the Redstone Building, at 2940 16thStreet, near the 16thand Mission BART plaza. I worked as a...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 2: Documentaries

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 14, 2019

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Sundance Film Festival: See part 1 here and part 3 here! SUNDANCE 2019 The Documentary categories are often the best...

Arts + Culture

Cross-bay institution Black Choreographers Festival celebrates its first 15 years

Caitlin Donohue - February 14, 2019

“A courageous/ambitious idea,” is how co-founder Laura Ellis characterizes the birth of her and fellow choreographer Kendra Barnes’ enduring yearly event, the Black Choreographers...

News + Politics

Police-reform advocates push Assembly bill to restrict shootings

Haley Keizur - February 12, 2019

Nine hundred ninety-eight. That’s how many people were shot and killed by police in the US in 2018. And 115 of those were in...

Onstage

Detailing the splashy brilliance of Berkeley Rep’s ‘Metamorphoses’

Emily Wilson - February 12, 2019

ONSTAGE When actor Benjamin Ismail was in high school, he loved Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. "They're so primal and ancient...

Solate finds lush, soulful music in intimate connections

Joanna Ladd - February 11, 2019

ALL EARS I’ve lived in California for 11 years, and feel pretty well-adapted, but the Golden State still springs the occasional culture shock on...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: British Film Fest, Holiday, Tongues Untied….

Dennis Harvey - February 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS As we mourn the abrupt loss of the AMC Van Ness 14—it closed on short notice last week—and hope the same fate...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Son Jarocho Festival, J Dilla shots, and queer gamers unite!

Caitlin Donohue - February 6, 2019

ARTS FORECAST In the years that have passed since the 2006 death of Detroit producer, J. Dilla’s import has only come into sharper focus....

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