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How Can We Save Bay Area Theater From Collapse? 11 Local Experts Weigh In
Amid dire circumstances for local theater companies, 11 directors, playwrights and actors offer a remedy.
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‘Severance’ Leads Emmy Nominees With 27, ‘The Studio’ Tops Comedies
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‘Love Island USA’ Might Decenter Whiteness — But the Show Still Won’t Face Reality
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What Woodie’s Brutally Honest Rap Meant for Antioch
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Public Gets to Weigh In on Art Coming to a Renovated Portsmouth Square
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Honoring Sean Monterrosa With a Free Block Party and Scholarship
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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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88-Year-Old Audio Engineer Sandy Stone Survived Transphobic Backlash and Made History
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A man and woman stand face to face, holding onto one another, both looking stressed. They are standing in a stark white hallway.

‘Severance’ Leads Emmy Nominees With 27, ‘The Studio’ Tops Comedies

‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Penguin’ were also among the most-nominated shows, while ‘Squid Game’ was snubbed.
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How Can We Save Bay Area Theater From Collapse? 11 Local Experts Weigh In

Amid dire circumstances for local theater companies, 11 directors, playwrights and actors offer a remedy.
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Chelley Bissainthe on Season 7 of Love Island USA.

‘Love Island USA’ Might Decenter Whiteness — But the Show Still Won’t Face Reality

It's impossible to separate the season's racial and ethnic diversity from its handling of behind-the-scenes drama.
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Against a red background, a young man with short hair in a white T-shirt beneath a patterned collared shirt holds his arms up and to each side, looking into the camera.

What Woodie’s Brutally Honest Rap Meant for Antioch

Despite a troubled past and Latino gang ties, the white rapper forged Antioch’s hip-hop identity and built a platform for local talent.
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Public Gets to Weigh In on Art Coming to a Renovated Portsmouth Square

The San Francisco Arts Commission is accepting public comment on six designs until July 21.
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Honoring Sean Monterrosa With a Free Block Party and Scholarship

Since Vallejo police killed the 22-year-old in 2020, his sisters have channeled their grief into advocacy and healing.
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Why ‘Too Much,’ Lena Dunham’s New Rom-Com, Is Worth Your Time

The new Netflix series stars Megan Stalter (also Kayla on ‘Hacks’) as a 30-something who moves to London after a breakup.
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