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BIG WEEK: Full Queer Wrestling, Pi Day, Alysa Liu celebration, ‘Women Who Ride’…
14+ hour, 41+ min ago (600+ words) Plus: Peaches Christ eats the rich, Duserock, Maria BC, Greek and Irish films, Renegade Orchestra, more to do! Welcome to our calendar feature BIG WEEK, wherein our'expert Arts & Culture writers'recommend the best things to do. GENERAL ARTSCaitlin Donohue is keeping…...
Drama Masks: Kings in their castle—and a queen in her closet
16+ hour, 55+ min ago (270+ words) 'Spamalot' at Golden Gate Theatre rides on familiar laughs; 'The Ache' at Z Below brings music and drama to heel. This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in…...
BIG WEEK: Women's Day, Barbara Ramos street photography, Lunar New Year parade, John Malkovich
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (564+ words) Welcome to our calendar feature BIG WEEK, wherein our'expert Arts & Culture writers'recommend the best things to do. Don't forget International Women's Day is on Sunday'do something useful to thank the queens in your life. GENERAL ARTSCaitlin Donohue is keeping an…...
BIG WEEK: Lunar New Year, Emory Douglas, Catherine O'Hara drag, and Bernie vs AI
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (261+ words) Plus: Circlesongs, Joe Claussell, SF Beer Week, Hwa Mi Won, Japanese American WWII film fest, more. Welcome to our calendar feature BIG WEEK, wherein our'expert Arts & Culture writers'recommend the best things to do. This edition, we're celebrating the Year of…...
Women of SNL, Joel Kim Booster, Wet Hot American Summer, Alex Bennett tribute... annual fest mines comedy gold.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (337+ words) But the truth is, there isn't much time left, because a lot of the big events are likely to sell out on Sunday or early next week. Here are five intriguing options that may require fast action to ensure entry,…...
Beloved sketch stalwarts to call it quits after next show due to NEA and other foundation cuts.
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (770+ words) Beloved sketch stalwarts to call it quits after next show due to NEA and other foundation cuts. Compared to most Bay Area theatre companies, Killing My Lobster were actually doing well in 2025. Despite other companies cutting back or shutting down…...
'Going in there to be myself and make my positions clear is my way of protesting,' says the comedian on 'Who's With Me?' tour
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (915+ words) From Kennedy Center to Berkeley Rep, W. Kamau Bell still rides "that curiosity thing" 'Going in there to be myself and make my positions clear is my way of protesting,' says the comedian on 'Who's With Me?' tour In front of…...
Ngozi Anyanwu's play at Z Below was written in a fervor after the actor prodded her with a playbill and a lack of 'insane' roles.
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (596+ words) Ngozi Anyanwu's play at Z Below was written in a fervor after the actor prodded her with a playbill and a lack of 'insane' roles. The Last of the Love Letters by Ngozi Anyanwu, produced by Crowded Fire Theater Company…...