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The Best Books I Read in the Final Months of 2024
Keke Palmer's insightful memoir, Sally Rooney's chess novel and other recommendations from our critic.
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The Spies on TV This Fall Are Juggling Work and Family – Just Like the Rest of Us
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A Wordless Cat Parable About Climate Change Is the Year’s Best Animated Movie
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Frightening AI Developments From 2024 to Laugh at While We Still Can
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Brave, Mesmerizing Amy Adams Triumphs Over Frustratingly Odd Script in ‘Nightbitch’
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Dave Eggers Opens a Library for Youth, by Youth in San Francisco
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Rightnowish’s Grand Finale: Words of Wisdom from Timothy B.
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Building a Native Arts and Culture Space From the Ground Up
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‘All The Nights We Got to Dance’ is a Tribute to Queer Nightlife in SF
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No One Is a Spectator in Murray Bowles’ Punk Photography
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The Best Bay Area Music of 2024
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Behind the Scenes of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Squabble Up’ With Bay Area Turf Dancers
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Brave, Mesmerizing Amy Adams Triumphs Over Frustratingly Odd Script in ‘Nightbitch’
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‘Unstoppable’ Is an Inspirational if Formulaic Drama About a Wrestler With One Leg
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This Soul Food Spot in San Leandro Serves Some of Tastiest Gumbo in the Bay
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The Best Dishes I Ate in 2024
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How Pretzels Went From Human Sacrifice To Beer Gardens
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Saafir, Inventive and Dextrous Oakland Rapper, Dies at 54
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The Best Books I Read in the Final Months of 2024

Keke Palmer's insightful memoir, Sally Rooney's chess novel and other recommendations from our critic.
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The Spies on TV This Fall Are Juggling Work and Family – Just Like the Rest of Us

In a wave of shows, including ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ ‘The Agency,’ and ‘Black Doves’, the spies have got families at home.
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A Wordless Cat Parable About Climate Change Is the Year’s Best Animated Movie

A solitary black cat escapes a cataclysmic flood and navigates a water world in Gints Zilbalodis’ wondrously shimmering film.
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Frightening AI Developments From 2024 to Laugh at While We Still Can

Before robot dog armies are unleashed and Chat GPT steals our jobs, let's enjoy tech's limitations this year.
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Brave, Mesmerizing Amy Adams Triumphs Over Frustratingly Odd Script in ‘Nightbitch’

An artist grapples with life as a stay-at-home mom in this adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s feminist fable.
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Dave Eggers Opens a Library for Youth, by Youth in San Francisco

The International Youth Library houses work by authors ages 6–18, and takes submissions.
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The Best Live Music I Saw But Didn’t Get to Review in 2024

One can only review so many concerts. Here's a roundup of 30 stellar shows that didn't make the cut this year.
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