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Dance

Which witches? Choreographer Liz Lerman’s coven is here to dance

Lou Fancher - October 25, 2022

"Wicked Bodies" at YBCA conjures magic from a diverse cast, in reaction to the crude depictions of the past

Music

Pinnacles and paradise: SF rapper Cold Medina on new ‘Knights in Tropicana’

Alan Chazaro - July 7, 2022

Local lyricist breaks down his debut studio album and talks about the role of art in provoking cultural progression

Stage Review

Dancers lifted by a resonant voice in Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s ‘Deep River’

Charles Lewis III - May 18, 2022

Collaboration among choreographer King, composer Jason Moran, and vocalist Lisa Fisher at YBCA captivates

Movies

Screen Grabs: Fests fete films from Greece, UK, Berlin & Beyond (and here at home)

Dennis Harvey - March 7, 2022

Wayne Wang gets a retrospective, the SF Urban Film Fest comes panel-rich, and Dennis Hopper's critical comeback is restored.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Another vital public film program axed—for what?

Dennis Harvey - July 26, 2021

SFMOMA's hatchet job. Plus reviews of Blood Red Sky, Old, Charlatan, Mandibles, more

Art

Review: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s sequined gas masks and intergalactic minarets

Genevieve Quick - March 31, 2021

Speculative meets divine in 'Future Faithful: Islamic Experiments in Space Exploration and Posthumanism'

Art

In a year of protest and change, YBCA 100 highlights vital activist-artists

Emily Wilson - March 1, 2021

The annual list of honorees focuses on organizers, educators, and creators whose work reaches deep into community.

Art

See Black Women emphasizes ‘who gets counted,’ in Census and beyond

Emily Wilson - May 25, 2020

A two-part conversation called See Black Women, part of Art+Action’s Come to Your Census campaign, is calling attention to Black women's often overlooked contributions to...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: More marathon movies to help sustain you

Dennis Harvey - April 15, 2020

Part 2 in our survey of really, really long films for your sequestrian pleasure casts its big net over films from around the globe,...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

Dennis Harvey - March 4, 2020

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

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