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Fall gala season celebrates notables

By Lynette Majer

Autumn in San Francisco means numerous things, including children returning to school and a long wait until the next round of vacations and holidays. But the city also takes this t... Read More
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Mural series by international graffiti artist BiP comes to San Francisco

By Sharon Anderson

When an artist begins a painting, we imagine tubes of paint lined up next to brushes. These tools are set next to an easel in proximity of comfortable access, and then the proper l... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading this summer

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee (HC) City of Thieves, by David Benioff (PB) Mindfulness Coloring Book, by Emma Farrarons (PB) Life Changing Magic of T... Read More
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J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free at the de Young through Sept. 20

By Sharon Anderson

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in collaboration with the Tate Britain and the J. Paul Getty Museum present J.M.W. Turner: Painting Set Free, the first major survey of the a... Read More
Movie Reviews

‘The Third Man’ and the Smartest Man

By Michael Snyder

‘THE THIRD MAN’ In an era of widescreen 3D blockbusters and IMAX mega-theaters, some will disdain the idea of going to the local multiplex to watch an old black and whi... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, by Marie Kondo (hardcover) All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel... Read More
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Summer Sundays at Stern Grove

By Lynette Majer

The Stern Grove Festival kicked off its 78th year of free concerts last month to a picnicker-packed performance of the Doobie Brothers and The California Honeydrops. July brings th... Read More
Book Notes

Ki Longfellow on writing ‘The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall’

By Sharon Anderson

Musician, singer, writer, and artist Vivian Stanshall is perhaps best known as the charismatic front man of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, whose albums and stage antics brought them... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff (paperback) All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel, by Anthony Doerr (hardcover) The Life-Changing Magic of Ti... Read More
Television

Corporations, cable, consumers, and the broadband conundrum

By Michael Snyder

In the craven new world of entertainment on demand, a strange landscape stretches before us. And it isn’t just the idea that in the not-too-distant future we’ll be acce... Read More
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Miles, Mingus, Mozart and murder: A conversation with Howie Becker

By Ernest Beyl

When I read the lengthy profile on Dr. Howard Becker in a recent issue of The New Yorker, a few things stopped me cold. Writer Adam Gopnik said Becker played jazz piano (boogie woo... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson French Coast: A Novel, Anita Hughes The Girl on the Train: A Novel, by Paula Hawkins The Tender Bar: A Memoir, ... Read More
Movie Reviews

Close to the madding crowd

By Michael Snyder

There’s something extremely attractive about the tried and true when contemporary movie companies are deciding to green-light projects. As far as the suits are concerned, the... Read More
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

By Lynette Majer

The outdoor Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicks off its 15th anniversary season on Sunday, May 3. Dedicated to enhancing the vitality and quality of life in the parks and open space... Read More
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58th S.F. International Film Festival

By Michael Snyder

These days, it seems like there’s an annual film festival in every town, village, and glen. Some of the fests are designed to have a major impact on the movie business, with ... Read More


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