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Movie Reviews

Fall movie preview

By Michael Snyder

Fall arts previews in the media are almost as inevitable as autumn itself — and they usually include a look at coming attractions in cinema, so here’s one for the Marina Ti... Read More
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Fall Arts Preview

MUSIC CLASSICAL Celebrating Michael Tilson Thomas’s 20th season, the San Francisco Symphony celebrates throughout September and beyond with an impressive lineup of concerts, ... Read More
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@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

By Sharon Anderson

“If my art had nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is “art” for? “ — Ai Weiwei With Ai Weiwei’s arrest in a Beijing airport in 2... Read More
The Best of Books

Fall look forward

By Brian Pettus

In lieu of our best-seller list, here are some of the titles we are excited about for the fall. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey (Sept. 2) Over 14 years of O, The Oprah Magazi... Read More
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Appreciating Robin Williams

By Michael Snyder

His untimely departure, perhaps to dimensions unknown, was devastating to countless fans and admirers, but no one feels the recent painful loss of the protean actor and comedian Ro... Read More
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Fashion, fun and philanthropy: The fall fundraising season begins

By Maryann LoRusso

Summer’s over. You’re back from that final vacation, you’ve finished that last novel, and your tan is finally fading. It’s back to work, back to school, bac... Read More
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Modernism from the National Gallery of Art on display at the de Young

By Sharon Anderson

“I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality.” — Barnet... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading (August 2014)

By Brian Pettus

Books Inc. best-seller list The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt #Girlboss, by Sophia Amoruso Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, by Michael Lewis The Vacationers: A Novel, by Emma Straub ... Read More
Humor

Sunny today with a chance of an apocalypse

By Sandy Fertman Ryan

You can’t help but notice the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having in San Francisco this year. When I asked a sun-kissed couple wearing shorts at Fisherman’... Read More
Movie Reviews

The blockbuster burden

By Michael Snyder

The movie business has undergone radical changes in the past decade. That would be the movie business, not the film business. The industry is still producing moving pictures, but l... Read More
The Best of Books

Books Inc. best-seller list (July 2014)

By Brian Pettus

Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green City of Thieves, by David Benioff This Is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper Gone Girl, by Gillian Flyn... Read More
Movie Reviews

‘Boyhood’

By Michael Snyder

In an astonishing feat that echoes and even trumps some aspects of his time-spanning Before trilogy, filmmaker Richard Linklater has produced Boyhood, a thoroughly engaging, often ... Read More
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Summer concerts in the city

From Macklemore to McCartney, great music abounds this season
By Maryann LoRusso

I love to attend concerts year round, but there’s just something about catching a show in the summertime that feels so good. It could be the memories of all those high school... Read More
Humor

The best new San Francisco festivals you’ve never heard of

By Sandy Fertman Ryan

Just being lucky enough to live in San Francisco makes every day seem like One Big Lovefest. Even the dense fog of winter — spring, summer, and fall — can’t put a damper ... Read More
The Best of Books

Books Inc. best-seller list

By Brian Pettus

Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel Brown Creative Confidence, by David Kelley City of Thieves, by David Benioff ... Read More


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