Top San Francisco Arts Stories
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Theater of War
Two shows take us through armed conflict, but only one bothers to question... More >>
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Tackling Boston Bombing Backlash
International Museum of Women launches new exhibit Muslima More >>
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Artist's Statement
How old family photos became a big hit More >>
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Off the Farm
Globe-hopping street artist Aryz gifts the City with a five-story canvas More >>
Arts Features
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Black Watch, the penultimate show in A.C.T.'s 46th season, is being marketed as a major departure for the company. For one, the import from the... More >>
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On a hot Saturday afternoon, the celebrated street artist Aryz is perched 100 feet above Polk and Eddy streets as he paints a farm girl onto a... More >>
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In the 1970s, the Bay Area was 86 percent white and just four percent Asian, according to U.S. Census data. Asian faces were rarely in visual... More >>
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Shahid Nadeem, a three-time prisoner of conscience in Pakistan for his prominent work as an activist and dramatist, when asked about performing... More >>
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"Coppola." In cinema, the name inspires a million associations — everything from Apocalypse Now and a fat Marlon Brando to Lost in... More >>
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Many theater companies say that making "provocative" art is part of their mission. The Thrillpeddlers is one such company – depending on... More >>
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At 2:15 a.m. on a recent Friday, on the fourth floor of SFMOMA, a smattering of art-goers snoozed, lying prone on soft couches after watching a... More >>
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Jeremy Fish says his bunny sculpture — the one that's stood for two years at the southwest corner of Haight and Laguna streets — is... More >>
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Sheherezade 13, a coproduction by Wily West Productions and Playwrights' Center of San Francisco, didn't start as a women-centered event. It was... More >>
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During San Francisco's first dot-com boom, the Ansel Adams Center, an acclaimed photography space on Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom, had... More >>
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Reasons to Be Pretty, which opens this weekend at San Francisco Playhouse, is written by a man and follows a male character, yet its subject is... More >>
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The middle-aged woman was drunk in public, and as she staggered around the streets of New York during daylight hours — leaning on a man for... More >>
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During the morning and evening commutes along Market Street, thousands of people pass by a mural between Seventh and Eighth that features a... More >>
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If you're like me, you probably remember Nick Offerman best as the environmental activist from a 1999 episode of The West Wing, during which he... More >>
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Impact Theatre Artistic Director Melissa Hillman is all about making the Bard into one of the bros. Shakespeare didn't write just for the elites;... More >>
From the Print Edition
Theater of War: Two Shows Take Us Through Armed Conflict, but Only One Bothers to Question the Trip
Black Watch, the penultimate show in A.C.T.'s 46th season, is being marketed as a major departure for the company. For one, the import from the National Theatre of Scotland has… More >>
Off the Farm: Globe-Hopping Street Artist Aryz Gifts the City With a Five-Story Canvas and a Few Small Ones
On a hot Saturday afternoon, the celebrated street artist Aryz is perched 100 feet above Polk and Eddy streets as he paints a farm girl onto a Tenderloin apartment building.… More >>
The Other 'Burbs: Michael Jang's Family Photos Defy the Brady Bunch
In the 1970s, the Bay Area was 86 percent white and just four percent Asian, according to U.S. Census data. Asian faces were rarely in visual media, except occasionally as… More >>
Lifting the Veil: Brava Theater Imports Pakistan's Most Controversial Play
Shahid Nadeem, a three-time prisoner of conscience in Pakistan for his prominent work as an activist and dramatist, when asked about performing his play Burqavaganza in his home country, can… More >>
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