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FRAMELINE 2013: Short takes and highlights from Frameline37Young and WildPit Stop (Yen Tan, US) One of the very best narrative features at Sundance this year, Yen Tan's drama nonetheless completely...
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SF Ethnic Dance Festival triumphs, despite budget cuts and the loss of its main venueAntoine Hunter of Urban Jazz Dance Companyarts@sfbg.comDANCE Last weekend, World Arts West's San Francisco Ethnic...
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Boxing, bigots, beauty, booze: Weighty themes permeate SF Jewish Film Festival docsBrave Miss Worldcheryl@sfbg.comSAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL The 33rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival broadens...
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Light Asylum: getting in the leather swingFolsom Street Fair: yes to fisting, whipping, piercing. But the September 29 event has also morphed, through the auspices of kicky executive director Demetri...
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Voices and impressions from Poland's Dialog Festival A scene from Sarah Kane's Cleansed as staged in Wroclaw, Polandarts@sfbg.comTHEATER Maybe there's no better way to grasp your own time and place...
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Stanford's Festival Jérôme Bel celebrates the 'non-dance' pioneerPHOTO COURTESY OF ASSOCIATION R.B. (2005, MONTPELLIER)arts@sfbg.comDANCE Conceptual French choreographer Jérôme Bel thrives on...
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Feed your genre needs at Another Hole in the HeadA shut-in's filthy bathroom spawns a new frenemy in Motivational GrowthCOURTESY OF SF INDIEFESTcheryl@sfbg.comFILM Clad only in a dingy T-shirt and...
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Summer in the Bay means music festival season — hold on to your butts (and your wallets)JJAAXXNN at Hickey Fest.PHOTO BY GINGER FIERSTIENesilvers@sfbg.comRead more »
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The pop-punk whiz kid comes of age. Plus: More festivals!GRMLN HITS THE RICKSHAW STOP JULY 30 WITH SONGS FROM HIS NEW ALBUM.esilvers@sfbg.comLEFT OF THE DIAL Yoodoo Park is the kind of musician who...
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Our picks for the Treasure Island Music festivalAna Tijoux rocks Treasure Islandesilvers@sfbg.comTuckered out from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass? Yeah, us too.Read more »
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