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"Free Muni" Is Never Free

Hey, we'd desire some fiscal reality for Muni! ​Things have gotten desperate enough for Muni that it's time for allusions to A Streetcar Named Desire. Imagine Muni is Blanche DuBois -- a woman/transit agency in need of a protector. She's not getting one in Stanley Kowalski (Gavin Newsom). In the p ... More >>

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Drama Queen

A festival of one-acts pays tribute to perhaps America's greatest playwright, Tennessee Williams

Ann-Margret, in the Flesh

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Second Time Around

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Night+Day

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In the Land of Tennessee

Tennessee Williams authorized biographer Lyle Leverich on his book and his subject