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Stage Review

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

Charles Lewis III - November 21, 2023

20 years in, the transgender rock chanteuse from East Germany inspires and provokes at Shotgun.

Art

Of memories and migration: Trina Michelle Robinson’s deep family excavations

Mary Corbin - November 21, 2023

The expansive video artist, with deep roots in the Bay Area, tracks down puzzle pieces of identity.

Movies

Screen Grabs: French treats, from classic bon-bons to epic ‘Bonaparte’

Dennis Harvey - November 22, 2023

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix take on the Mad Emperor, and 'The French Had a Name for It' revives several gems

Music

Under the Stars: Soaking in the magical sounds of L’Rain

John-Paul Shiver - November 21, 2023

Plus: Peggy Gou and Lenny Kravitz made a chill record, Laetitia Sadler comes to the Chapel, more music news

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News + Politics

After 60 years, the major media still won’t tell the truth about the JFK assassination

David Talbot - November 21, 2023

The evidence that top officials in the military and CIA killed the president is overwhelming—but The New York Times won't even run an oped about it.

Onstage

Live Shots: What the Great Dickens? The Victorian Christmas Fair returns

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - November 21, 2023

Sip some mead, tie a knot, boot the cat, taste a banger, and get down with Fezziwig at the 39th annual immersive holiday affair

Labor

Surprise price hike spurs talk of video game developers organizing

Leah Isobel - November 20, 2023

Young industry has been shy of unionization—but as a major game engine changes its terms, 'democratizing' gains strength

Movies

Screen Grabs: This Thanksgiving, don’t stream a turkey

Dennis Harvey - November 20, 2023

Deep family trauma to 5000 aliens on tap. Plus: 'The Rolling Stones & Brian Jones,' Nic Cage in your dreams, more

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New report says we can’t save the planet without taxing the rich

Environment Tim Redmond - November 20, 2023

Oxfam says there is no such thing as an effective climate plan that isn't also an economic equality plan.

Cuba solidarity activists rally in SF as U.N. overwhelmingly calls for end to embargo

News + Politics Mark Ginsburg - November 19, 2023

US talks human rights—but the blockade against Cuba violates the human rights of the Cuban people.

How the B-52’s 1982 EP ‘Mesopotamia’ became a Black radio lodestar

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 19, 2023

Detroit DJs from The Electrifying Mojo to Theo Parrish have kept band's techno precursor hot.

Why not let the unhoused take over some empty SF office buildings?

Housing Mary Jane Agnew - November 17, 2023

Rally suggests solution to downtown vacancies—and homelessness

Live Shots: La Doña blew the Fillmore down at sold-out show

Music D.A. Mission - November 17, 2023

With new EP 'Can't Eat Clout' and a full band, the local femmeton trailblazer was a force of nature.

Nearing 80, singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn angles into mortality on ‘O Sun O Moon’

Music Lou Fancher - November 16, 2023

'The songs are written from the view of an old guy,' says the legendary Canadian musician. 'I invited people to notice.'

Puff: Thanksgiving treats that give new meaning to ‘smoked’ turkey

Puff Dan Karkoska - November 16, 2023

Need a little something to sustain you through the holiday? Stuff these cannabis goodies in your pocket

Track by track, the Bay runs the court on ‘NBA2K’ series

Sports Danny Acosta - November 16, 2023

E-40, Too $hort, Zion I, Snow Tha Product... The 2K franchise has fused hip-hop and gaming for decades. Here's the playlist

‘Bulrusher’: A California story that wades into fetid weeds

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - November 16, 2023

Eisa Davis' 2007 Pulitzer nominee at Berkeley Rep is engrossing, until it succumbs to colorism and misogynoir.

Screen Grabs: Todd Haynes jumps back on track with twisty drama ‘May December’

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 15, 2023

Unfortunately, Taika Waititi's 'Next Goal Wins' doesn't quite follow in the same footsteps.

The profound irony of the APEC news media coverage

Homelessness Tim Redmond - November 15, 2023

The problem that the mayor is trying to solve with sweeps was created by the same political agenda that drives the event she is so happily hosting.

Live Shots: The 48 Hills 10th Anniversary Gala went off, and you can still support us!

News + Politics Marke B. - November 15, 2023

Best of the Bay winners, local politicos, and independent media supporters filled Bssap Baobab October 26. Check out the pics!

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Movies

Screen Grabs: French treats, from classic bon-bons to epic ‘Bonaparte’

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix take on the Mad Emperor, and 'The French Had a Name for It' revives several gems

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 22, 2023

Screen Grabs: Todd Haynes jumps back on track with twisty drama ‘May December’

Screen Grabs: ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ and the evolution of trans cinema

Screen Grabs: Men on misguided paths in ‘Manodrome’ and ‘The Mission’

Music

Under the Stars: Soaking in the magical sounds of L’Rain

Plus: Peggy Gou and Lenny Kravitz made a chill record, Laetitia Sadler comes to the Chapel, more music news

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 21, 2023

How the B-52’s 1982 EP ‘Mesopotamia’ became a Black radio lodestar

Live Shots: La Doña blew the Fillmore down at sold-out show

Nearing 80, singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn angles into mortality on ‘O Sun O Moon’

Art

Of memories and migration: Trina Michelle Robinson’s deep family excavations

The expansive video artist, with deep roots in the Bay Area, tracks down puzzle pieces of identity.

Art Mary Corbin - November 21, 2023

Do Yayoi Kusama’s brilliant, candy-colored creations transcend a problematic past?

Sandy Ostrau wants viewers to ‘feel their place’ in her luminous figurative work

‘Custer had it coming’: Duane Linklater’s missives from an Indigenous present

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Housing

Why not let the unhoused take over some empty SF office buildings?

Rally suggests solution to downtown vacancies—and homelessness

Housing Mary Jane Agnew - November 17, 2023

Arrogant developer infuriates Mission activists

New laws seek to end private developer risk, burdening public instead

Breed won’t support affordable housing in gentrified Hayes Valley

Politics

Surprise price hike spurs talk of video game developers organizing

Young industry has been shy of unionization—but as a major game engine changes its terms, 'democratizing' gains strength

Labor Leah Isobel - November 20, 2023

Bandcamp layoffs paint bleak picture for indie musicians and union organizers

Who should pay for more cops? Plus: high-speed police chases ….

Plan to put police funding in City Charter creates huge public safety risks

Opinion

Dan Hoyle’s ‘Border People’ demonstrates the radical empathy we need right now

The long-running solo show channels 11 folks crossing identity-based and geographic borders, and remains a must-see

Onstage Halim Madi - November 3, 2023

Opinion: Not much to celebrate in mayor’s Latino Heritage Month celebration

Opinion: Brooke Jenkins is no ally to the LGBTQ community

OPINION: Kafka’s Statue of Liberty

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Performance

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

20 years in, the transgender rock chanteuse from East Germany inspires and provokes at Shotgun.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - November 21, 2023

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