Art Archives - 48 hills

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Stylish but deadly classic ‘Le Samouraï’ swings into the Roxie

Dennis Harvey - April 25, 2024

Plus: Ridiculous and enjoyable 'Challengers,' exhausting 'Boy Kills World,' the rise of Christian Nationalism, more

Onstage

After ‘painful’ preparation, ‘Blue Door’ opens onto Black men’s complex life in US

Lou Fancher - April 24, 2024

Director Darryl V. Jones on creating the soundtrack of generational haunting at Aurora Theatre Company.

Music

Matmos drops in for tea and jockstraps

Joshua Rotter - April 24, 2024

Radical sound-collage duo dish on their roots in SF's wild '90s nightlife scene as debut 'In Lo-Fidelity' hits 30.

Art

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

Mary Corbin - April 23, 2024

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.

Lit

‘Portrait of a Woman’ tells of unlikely champ for 18th century art equality

Lou Fancher - April 23, 2024

Bay Area-based author Bridget Quinn explains why she visited one of her subject's paintings 'every day for years.'

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Local chefs serve kitchen game on social media

Tamara Palmer - April 16, 2024

Victoriano Lopez and Kathy Fang share go-to cooking techniques when they’re off the clock. Watch and learn!

News + Politics

In Cuba, educators struggle with the impacts of the ongoing US embargo

Mark Ginsburg - April 11, 2024

And yet, their resilience is impressive.

Stage Review

Outsize passions of Carmen and Frida take centerstage in ‘Dos Mujeres’

Charles Lewis III - April 11, 2024

Premieres by Arielle Smith and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at SF Ballet bring two well-known women to vivid life.

Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

Lou Fancher - April 10, 2024

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.

Lit

A love of baseball doesn’t quite come ‘Out of Left Field’ for this queer youth

Daniel Bromfield - April 10, 2024

Local author Jonah Newman's semi-autobiographical graphic novel tells a tale of self-discovery on the diamond.

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