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Arts Forecast: More, More, More! (and more)
RIP PEGGY L’EGGS This is apparently drag week on 48 Hills—our fabulous interview with D’Arcy Drollinger dropped Monday and we hit up the inimitable Juanita More below. But we’re also shedding a tear...
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Arts Forecast: Museums reopen, Litquake rolls out… and music in parklets?
Top image: Nickolas Muray, “Frida with Olmeca Figurine, Coyoacán,” 1939 from the de Young show. One of the biggest piece of arts news lately is that museums are starting to reopen—socially distanced,...
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A very haunted Arts Forecast: Halloween undead!
Er, maybe it’s a good thing that Halloween is basically cancelled this year. I’m all for edge play, but the possibility of some very questionable costumes looms in the air like so many “sexy...
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Supes to vote on cops contract — as new records show history of blocking reform
The full Board of Supes will consider Tuesday a deal with the Police Officers Association that gives the cops a raise without any written commitments to reform – particularly in the much-abused “meet...
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Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more
I knew organizer and super-human Micaya was going to plan something special for the 22nd Annual SF International Hip-Hop Dancefest (Sat/21, starting at noon), which of course had to go virtual like...
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Arts Forecast: A peep back at psychedelic SF will raise your spirits
Whenever my spirits are low (lately a lot!) and I’m missing some good ol’ wiggly-waggly far-out San Francisco spirit, I take a virtual stroll through the stunning Tea Lautrec poster collection from...
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Arts Forecast: Holy smokes, I went to a show. And ate inside a restaurant!
Last Thursday, on a call with city health officials, the mood seemed jubilant as guidelines were laid out for moving into the “yellow tier” of pandemic precautions. We aren’t there yet—we’ll need to...
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Arts Forecast: Walk gently into reopening with Kronos Festival and Pop-Up Mag
The big announcement came down Tuesday: SF is going to “fully reopen” on June 15. While there are a few restrictions for large events, that means the city is coming in line with the state regarding...
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Arts Forecast: The show goes on!
Nature is healing, the arts are returning, Hamilton is rising again at the Orpheum… As the city and state “reopen” this week, it may feel like a mad rush back into those tiny concert/theatre...
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Arts Forecast: CounterPulse fest, Bowie Bash, How Wierd, Opera in the Park ….
“Liveness and body-based arts have perhaps never felt more relevant and seductive, nor more endangered,” CounterPulse Artistic and Executive Director Julie Phelps told me. “The CounterPulse Festival...
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Arts Forecast: Open Studios 2021, Colson Whitehead, The Residents return…
Back for its 47th year, ArtSpan’s SF Open Studios (now rechristened, cutely, “Wide Open Studios”) returns after a virtual 2020 installment that saw its artists creatively taking to Instagram and other...
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Arts Forecast: Folsom MEGAHOOD Fair plays safely naughty, Litquake erupts in...
I’m polishing my latex ‘n leather ‘n soft pink crimped tulle—you always need a little femme!—for Sunday’s scaled-back Folsom Street Fair, this year named MEGAHOOD 2021 (11am-6pm), the original name of...
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Arts Forecast: More Open Studios, Simpsons trivia, saving Grubstake…
The grand if still slightly understated reopening of ArtSpan’s month-long Open Studios continues, this weekend encompassing the great 1890 Bryant Street Studios community, among others, for studio...
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Arts Forecast: An 11/250th of Beethoven, a Skybridge arts fest…
Beethoven’s 250th birthday in December 2020 got short shrift, what with COVID uncertainty, and many celebrations were hoovered from the live stage into the cybersphere or delayed indefinitely. But the...
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Arts Forecast: Robot hair metal, drag pumpkins, the best New Wave…
A quickie Arts Forecast from me this week, because I am busy tallying up the more than 10,000 Best of the Bay Readers’ poll votes. But there’s still so much going on, so buckle up your rhinestone belt...
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Arts Forecast: SF International Arts Fest, Litcrawl, Lumpialooza, Bearrison…
The big news is the we are having a party at El Rio tonight, Wed/20, 6pm-9pm to celebrate 8 whole years of 48 Hills and our 2020 and 2021 Best of the Bay winners! Do come if you can (we have tarps for...
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Arts Forecast: Pop-Up Magazine pops back up, more
Arts are popping up all over, more than we can quite keep up with! Suddenly my dance card is full and my ears are gaily ringing. (If the rapturous Outside Lands weekend was any indication, people are...
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Arts Forecast: Who doesn’t love a Neon Gothic Unicorn?
It’s been a rough re-entry for some into the IRL world after 18 months of streaming opportunities. I sincerely hope many venues have learned about the value of accessibility and global exposure that...
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Merry mess: Our guide to local holiday happenings
It’s beginning to look a lot like pre-COVID Christmas in San Francisco. Lit trees are on display at Union Square, Civic Center, and Pier 39. Santa Claus is making people’s wishes come true at Macy’s,...
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Arts Forecast: MoAD reopens with ravishing new shows
You could be forgiven for thinking that the title of Amoako Boafa’s stunning show at the reopened Museum of the African Diaspora—”The Souls of Black Folks” (through February 27), inspired by WEB Du...
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