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Television

Joining the cults

By Michael Snyder

Cult TV. Sounds a little sinister, but it’s fairly harmless, other than the problems associated with any obsession. People find an under-the-radar television show they embrac... Read More
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Japanese inspiration on Western artists

By Sharon Anderson

Beginning Oct. 30, the Asian Art Museum will present a uni-que opportunity to illustrate where European, American, and Japanese art intersect. Looking East: How Japan Inspired Mone... Read More
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Witches, and ghosts, and ghouls, oh my!

By Lynette Majer

San Francisco loves Halloween. The city has a long history of its celebration, so it’s no surprise that October is replete with revelry. Actually, some may argue that every d... Read More
Book Notes

‘The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers,’ by Noah Charney 

By Sharon Anderson

Hold! You crafty ones, strangers to work, and pilferers of other men’s brains! Think not rashly to lay your thievish hands upon my works. Beware! Know you not that I have a ... Read More
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Fall performance offerings

By Lynette Majer

The Bay Area’s long tradition of live performances gets off to a vibrant start this fall with exciting productions. Fort Mason’s Magic Theatre opens its 2015–16 seaso... Read More
The Best of Books

Monsters, penguins, hiccups, and Jimmy Carter

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer The Day the Crayons Came Home, by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi C... Read More
Movie Reviews

Low budget, high quality: ‘Break Point’ & ‘Cooties’

By Michael Snyder

Frills and extravagance can be enchanting in the right circumstance, but they’re unnecessary when it comes to telling a good story. So it’s understandable and gratifyin... Read More
Book Notes

‘Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960–2010,’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

By Ernest Beyl

I just finished reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s latest book Writing Across the Landscape: Travel Journals 1960-2010 (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, $35). Usually I a... Read More
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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


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