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Arts & Culture columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, farmer’s market patron, small dog person.
Heklina shaped drag culture. After her death, her community is making sure it lasts.
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Inside Heklina's closet: S.F. drag icon's costumes, wigs and makeup tell her full story
Heklina shaped drag culture. After her death, her community is making sure it lasts.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/heklina-drag-closet/
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‘See you, Hubbell’: Reflecting on Robert Redford and the unattainable man
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‘See you, Hubbell’: Reflecting on Robert Redford and the unattainable man
Robert Redford’s death recalls his most iconic role in “The Way We Were,” where his tender performance opposite Barbra Streisand defined tragic romance.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/robert-redford-way-we-were-21051246.php
10 days ago
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‘Back to the music’: S.F. Symphony opens new season with optimism
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‘Back to the music’: S.F. Symphony opens new season with optimism
The San Francisco Symphony averted a strike with a new labor contract with its musicians, opening its 2025-26 season with relief, optimism and dazzling performances.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/sf-symphony-gala-celebration-21045216.php
13 days ago
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If we gloat in Charlie Kirk’s death, we become what we loathe
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If we gloat in Charlie Kirk’s death, we become what we loathe
OPINION: In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, we must remember political violence is never acceptable — no matter how abhorrent the person, Tony Bravo writes.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/charlie-kirk-killing-reaction-21041845.php
15 days ago
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Lynn Hershman Leeson explores aging, science in ‘About Time’
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Lynn Hershman Leeson explores aging, science in ‘About Time’
San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman Leeson debuts About Time at Altman Siegel, blending science, technology and questions about aging.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/lynn-hershman-leeson-about-time-21037057.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
18 days ago
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Michael Varrati
23 days ago
I was honored to be briefly quoted in this piece from
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and writer
@tonybravosf.bsky.social
about the enduring magic of Elisa Donovan. Give it a read!
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This ‘Clueless’ star and S.F. resident is making a movie about the worst year of her life
Elisa Donovan hopes to harness the nostalgia around the 30th anniversary of “Clueless” to direct her first film, a deeply personal story about the worst year of her life.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/clueless-elisa-donovan-sf-20807126.php
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S.F. Opera Ball highlights urgent need for support: ‘No civilization has ever survived without culture’
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S.F. Opera Ball highlights urgent need for support: ‘No civilization has ever survived without culture’
The San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season opener mixed glamour with urgency, as arts leaders and longtime patrons worry about the survival of the arts amid funding cuts and political pressure.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/sf-opera-arts-funding-21033150.php
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This ‘Clueless’ star and S.F. resident is making a movie about the worst year of her life
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This ‘Clueless’ star and S.F. resident is making a movie about the worst year of her life
Elisa Donovan hopes to harness the nostalgia around the 30th anniversary of “Clueless” to direct her first film, a deeply personal story about the worst year of her life.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/clueless-elisa-donovan-sf-20807126.php
23 days ago
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about 1 month ago
The good vibes for this screening are off the charts.
@tonybravosf.bsky.social
is hosting a 30th anniversary “Clueless” screening on Wednesday Sept. 10 with co-star Elisa Donovan at the mighty Balboa Theatre. Get your tickets!! 🍿🌁❤️
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Live event: Join the Chronicle and Elisa Donovan for a 30th anniversary screening of ‘Clueless’
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Clueless,” the Chronicle is presenting a special screening of Amy Hecklering’s teen comedy classic with actor, writer and San Francisco resident Elisa...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/events/article/clueless-screening-elisa-donovan-20822553.php
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Dean Cain’a latest role as an ICE recruit shows he’a no Superman.
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Dean Cain’s latest role as an ICE recruit shows he’s no Superman
OPINION: “Decades after his run as the caped hero, it’s horrifying to imagine someone recognizing the face they remember as Superman not coming to rescue them, but as an ICE officer.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/dean-cain-ice-superman-20809312.php
about 1 month ago
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I couldn’t help but wonder, is this really the end of “Sex?”
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‘It’s so cringe’: The Chronicle weighs in on end of ‘And Just Like That’
The end of “And Just Like That …” marks the close of a pop culture era built on cocktails, couture and complicated relationships.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/just-like-that-finale-20814218.php
about 1 month ago
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Exclusive: How Doja Cat’s surprise show at Oasis came together during Outside Lands
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Exclusive: How Doja Cat’s surprise show at Oasis came together during Outside Lands
Club owner D’Arcy Drollinger reveals how the secret show came together, just weeks after announcing the venue’s impending closure.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/doja-cat-surprise-sf-oasis-show-20811034.php
about 2 months ago
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I feel like if you’re in the “thump zone” of Outside Lands where all you hear is the pounding bass you should be entitled to some kind of inconvenience fee.
about 2 months ago
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Brixton and Linda have been beloved members of the community now for years- Jess Lander has a full report at
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A beloved Bay Area therapy dog comforted people for years. Now he also needs help
Brixton’s owner is raising money to help cover “insurmountable” bills after the 11-year-old golden retriever’s lymphoma diagnosis.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/brixton-therapy-dog-cancer-20799985.php
about 2 months ago
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Heard someone was going after male prom queens so just leaving this here.
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A male prom queen reflects on his legacy 20 years later | Datebook
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about 2 months ago
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Exclusive: New fair for artists with developmental disabilities to launch in San Francisco with grant from Svane Family Foundation.
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Exclusive: New fair for artists with developmental disabilities to launch in S.F.
Creativity Explored, a center for artists with developmental disabilities, will lead the event in a converted downtown office building.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/art-fair-sf-disabled-artists-20794167.php
about 2 months ago
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Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show, citing removal of transgender painting
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Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show, citing removal of transgender painting
The exhibition and painting “Trans Forming Liberty” debuted at the San Francisco Museum of Art in 2024 to acclaim.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/amy-sherald-cancels-smithsonian-20784497.php
2 months ago
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Lady Gaga honors Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett at San Francisco concert
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Lady Gaga honors Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett at San Francisco concert
On the first night of her San Francisco tour stop at Chase Center, Lady Gaga honored the late Black Sabbath singer and thanked the city for its care of her longtime collaborator Tony Bennett.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/ozzy-osbourne-lady-gaga-sf-20773203.php
2 months ago
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Lady Gaga honors Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett at San Francisco concert
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Lady Gaga honors Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Bennett at San Francisco concert
On the first night of her San Francisco tour stop at Chase Center, Lady Gaga honored the late Black Sabbath singer and thanked the city for its care of her longtime collaborator Tony Bennett.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/ozzy-osbourne-lady-gaga-sf-20773203.php
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Saturday: writing a rave about Oasis' latest Monday: collaborating with
@tonybravosf.bsky.social
on a reaction piece about Oasis' closure This is writing about arts in the Bay Area in 2025
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If San Francisco’s drag laureate can’t make a drag club work in the city, who can?
San Francisco’s LGBTQ community grapples with news that Oasis, the city’s famed cabaret and queer nightclub, plans to close at the end of the year due to ongoing financial challenges.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/oasis-san-francisco-closing-20778780.php
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Very sad news
@sfoasis.bsky.social
announces closing. The beloved drag club owned by SF Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger hopes to stay open until New Years Eve.
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S.F. drag club to close as latest victim of Bay Area arts death spiral
The famed LGBTQ venue, owned by San Francisco Drag Laureate D’arcy Drollinger, has hosted celebrities from Cher to Jane Fonda and countless “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/oasis-drag-club-to-close-20773209.php
2 months ago
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Paul Simon’s quiet power remains strong in San Francisco concert
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Paul Simon’s quiet power remains strong in San Francisco concert
The singer-songwriter’s first performance of three at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco focused on his 2023 “Seven Psalms” album, followed by greatest hits.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/paul-simon-sf-seven-psalms-20773199.php
2 months ago
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Heard that Trump administration officials are touring a certain San Francisco island…Making Alcatraz great again: Is Trump’s obsession with Hannibal Lecter the real reason behind reopening the prison?
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Making Alcatraz great again: Is Trump’s obsession with Hannibal Lecter the real reason behind reopening the prison?
Since calling to reopen the federal prison turned tourist attraction, many have called...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/trump-alcatraz-hannibal-lecter-20310556.php
2 months ago
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Love the new season of “The Plot Thickens” by
@tcmtv.bsky.social
telling the bonkers story of the making of Joseph Mankiewicz’s “Cleopatra” told by his nephew
@benmank77.bsky.social
While the production was troubled it gave us amazing costumes for Elizabeth Taylor by the legendary Irene Sharaff.
2 months ago
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The world is on fire, so I watch people wash antique wedding dresses
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The world is on fire, so I watch people wash antique wedding dresses
Genteel stories like “Downton Abbey,” “The Gilded Age” along with “And Just Like That” and silver polishing reels are more atmospheric than anxiety inducing, and that’s the point.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/ambient-tv-age-of-anxiety-20761727.php
3 months ago
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Peaches Christ to direct new movie about making of a cult S.F. drag film "Vegas in Space." “I want to do for Doris Fish what Tim Burton did for Ed Wood,” Grannell told the Chronicle.
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Peaches Christ to direct new movie about making of a cult S.F. drag film
“Vegas in Space,” starring San Francisco drag performer Doris Fish, represents a seminal moment in drag history that the upcoming project will spotlight.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/peaches-christ-doris-fish-director-20759326.php?utm_campaign=CMS+Sharing+Tools+%28Premium%29&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLZYD1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtNl58V3zXkY81f_a6UkZHlm7tizidXlom80BgoIo-xNsSP3zMLHg2bbU63H_aem_tYLi-vvrU9E3-lyirl3hZA
3 months ago
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Immigrant stories take center stage in trio of San Francisco art exhibitions
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Immigrant stories take center stage in trio of San Francisco art exhibitions
Arleene Correa Valencia, Alejandro Cartagena and Nanci Amaka present unforgettable work at Catharine Clark Gallery.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/immigrant-artists-san-francisco-20367054.php
3 months ago
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Trump’s shameful erasure of Harvey Milk’s legacy is a direct attack on the LGBTQ community
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Trump’s shameful erasure of Harvey Milk’s legacy is a direct attack on the LGBTQ community
The renaming of USNS Harvey Milk was intended to be announced after World Pride in Washington, D.C., adding further insult to injury.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/harvey-milk-navy-ship-removal-20359782.php
3 months ago
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Is S.F. Pride having an identity crisis in the age of Trump?
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Is S.F. Pride having an identity crisis in the age of Trump?
With Supreme Court rulings and executive orders targeting transgender and gay rights and corporations cutting Pride sponsorships, how are celebrations shifting?
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/pride-parade-lgbtq-sf-20381896.php
3 months ago
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I just saw this tonight and it was phenomenal. A joyful celebration of an extraordinary artist.
add a skeleton here at some point
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‘That’s all.’ Anna Wintour leaves editor-in-chief role at Vogue
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‘That’s all.’ Anna Wintour leaves editor-in-chief role at Vogue
Anna Wintour, the most famous fashion editor in the world, is stepping down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue while still holding onto much power.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/anna-wintour-leaves-editor-vogue-20395807.php
3 months ago
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San Francisco Symphony presents ‘Blackstar Symphony,’ Bowie’s final masterpiece reimagined
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San Francisco Symphony presents ‘Blackstar Symphony,’ Bowie’s final masterpiece reimagined
David Bowie’s final album “Blackstar” returns as a powerful orchestral tribute at the San Francisco Symphony, led by the late artist’s original collaborators.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/david-bowie-blackstar-at-sf-symphony-20376261.php
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Police in Los Angeles continue to fire pepper balls and flash bangs at protesters near city hall. Across the freeway, thousands remain, some watching in disgust, but not moving. Many are yelling “peaceful protest.” Read more →
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San Francisco lauds Ruth Asawa in stunning SFMOMA homecoming.
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San Francisco lauds Ruth Asawa in stunning SFMOMA homecoming
The retrospective centers the artist’s home and family as much as her studio practice...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/ruth-asawa-retrospective-sfmoma-20259302.php
4 months ago
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Irony dies: Trump goes to ‘Les Misérables’
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Irony dies: Trump goes to ‘Les Misérables’
President Trump attended a musical about overthrowing a tyrannical state as he sends the National Guard to suppress protests in Los Angeles.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/trump-les-miserables-kennedy-center-20374031.php
4 months ago
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Trying to decide whether it’s more appropriate to watch “Freddie vs. Jason” or “Alien vs. Predator” tonight.
4 months ago
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Roman Coppola is the ‘swiss army knife’ of Wes Anderson’s films
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Roman Coppola is the ‘swiss army knife’ of Wes Anderson’s films
”The Phoenician Scheme” writer is a prolific collaborator, a role that comes naturally to him as part of a cinematic family.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/roman-coppola-phoenician-scheme-20354071.php
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I wrote an obituary for Rocco. A very good boy, and an opportunity to write about the specific-to-the-Bay Area thing I love about being a sports fan. 🌈 🐾
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RIP Rocco, Klay Thompson’s bulldog. You defined what’s special about Bay Area sports
The Golden State Warriors legend shared his best friend with us and created a relationship with fans that went beyond basketball.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/rocco-klay-thompson-bulldog-bay-area-20359076.php
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Trump’s shameful erasure of Harvey Milk’s legacy is a direct attack on the LGBTQ community
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Trump’s shameful erasure of Harvey Milk’s legacy is a direct attack on the LGBTQ community
The renaming of USNS Harvey Milk was intended to be announced after World Pride in Washington D.C., adding further insult to injury.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/harvey-milk-navy-ship-removal-20359782.php
4 months ago
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Thinking of rainbow Gay Pride flag creator Gilbert Baker on what would have been his 73rd birthday.
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The untold story of rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker, the ‘gay Betsy Ross’
For Gilbert Baker, sequins and rhinestones weren’t just fabulous. In his hands, they...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/style/article/The-untold-story-of-rainbow-flag-creator-Gilbert-13008223.php
4 months ago
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Chasten Buttigieg reveals how he really feels about Pete’s beard and family life. I spoke to the best selling author about his first children’s book “Papa’s Coming Home.”
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Chasten Buttigieg reveals how he really feels about Pete’s beard and family life
“Papa’s Coming Home,” Chasten Buttigieg’s first children’s book, reflects his family with Pete and tells a story many modern families can relate to.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/chasten-buttigieg-childrens-book-20352002.php
4 months ago
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It’s that day we wait for all year, Leslie Uggams fans!
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June is bustin' out all over - Leslie Uggams
YouTube video by Todd Lampe - PrecipiceProductions
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4 months ago
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“I got through the war of Mama Roses- and I’m here…”
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‘And Just Like That...’: The official gay response to Season 3
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‘And Just Like That...’: The official gay response to Season 3
From the fashion and friendships to the fabulous guest appearance by Rosie O’Donnell, a longtime fan of “Sex and the City” watches Episode 1.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/and-just-like-that-review-20353470.php
4 months ago
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Why Isaac Julien’s ‘I Dream a World’ proves beauty can still be radical
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Why Isaac Julien’s ‘I Dream a World’ proves beauty can still be radical
The de Young Museum’s first exhibition dedicated to moving images is a stunning presentation with deep substance.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/isaac-julien-sf-de-young-20312910.php
4 months ago
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Saw “Parade” last night at
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Playwright Alfred Uhry’s observation was at the top of my mind: “antisantisemitism is a light sleeper and anything will stir it up.”
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An antisemitic lynching haunted his childhood. So he wrote a musical about it
Alfred Uhry, author of “Driving Miss Daisy,” had a familial connection to the lynching of Leo Frank, which informed his work on the musical “Parade.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/alfred-uhry-parade-antisemitic-lynching-20320892.php
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An antisemitic lynching haunted his childhood. So he wrote a musical about it. My interview with the great Alfred Uhry about "Parade" coming to
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May 20.
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An antisemitic lynching haunted his childhood. So he wrote a musical about it
Alfred Uhry, author of “Driving Miss Daisy,” had a familial connection to the lynching of Leo Frank, which informed his work on the musical “Parade.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/alfred-uhry-parade-antisemitic-lynching-20320892.php
5 months ago
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‘No notice’: Union slams SFMOMA’s surprise layoffs as museum cites financial strain
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‘No notice’: Union slams SFMOMA’s surprise layoffs as museum cites financial strain
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art laid off 29 employees on Wednesday, May 7, in a move that has sparked sharp backlash from workers.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/sfmoma-layoffs-union-outrage-20315573.php
5 months ago
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Bay Area fashion icons shine in Met Gala’s celebration of Black style
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Bay Area fashion icons shine in Met Gala’s celebration of Black style
Bay Area fashion icons shine in Met Gala’s celebration of Black style including Zendaya, Kamala Harris and Colman Domingo
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/bay-area-met-gala-20312994.php
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Deeply grateful for the recognition from the
@pulitzerprizes.bsky.social
for
@jennifergollan.bsky.social
's and my investigation into deadly, reckless police pursuits. And especially grateful to the families who shared their stories w/ us.
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