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San Francisco’s lucky break turns heartbreak into a debut album
The first album by Emma Gerson, the artist who goes by the name of lucky break, was made it! Gerson said she used lowercase letters for her musical pseudonym and the album title because she didn’t...
Paul Simon at Stanford
The draw here is the chance to hear songs this finely built in a room and setting that should actually let them breathe.
Oscar noms we need to see
Here’s how I know my brain is a giant old warehouse full of contradictions: I hold space for the two competing thoughts that the Oscars are an out-of-touch racket that only celebrates films with...
Free Will Astrology, May 27 – June 2
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the weeks ahead, simply being right won’t necessarily lead to success. Having strength, intelligence, wealth or connections might help, though not as much as usual. But a different approach...
San Francisco songwriter creates western noir soundscape
Andrés Miguel Cervantes said the title of his new album, Songs For The Séance, references his process as a songwriter. “It has to do with the concept of getting in touch with the spirits...
My Fair Lad(y) meets BDSM
After a brief separation dedicated to soul-searching, Eliza Doolittle returns to Professor Henry Higgins’ house. He greets her with a singular question that encapsulates the nature of their relationship—“Eliza, where the devil are my...
Sneak peek: A preview of films to look forward to in 2026
I keep waiting to become more cynical about movies as a film critic. Every week I read one think piece after the next about how cinema is dying and no good movies are made...
Free Will Astrology: Week of Dec. 24
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the Brazilian rainforest, Cecropia trees and Azteca ants have a special relationship. The trees’ hollow branches serve as nesting spaces for the ants and offer them sugar-rich food. In return,...
Brazilian director exposes military dictatorship’s dark heart
The bodies of innocent citizens don’t stay buried, or submerged, for long in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent. Corruption in 1970s Brazil saturates the bodies and souls of politicians, police officers, the media, and industrialists....
Still got the moves
Of all the midlife betrayals for women—ageist algorithms, hot flashes, chin hairs—perhaps the worst is the myth that we’re no longer fun. And that we don’t deserve a night out with friends.
Laura Baginski, 49,...
Free Will Astrology: Week of Aug. 6
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Tagalog word gigil refers to the urge to squeeze or pinch something adorable. It’s an ecstatic tension that verges on overflowing the container of decorum. In the coming weeks,...
Free Will Astrology: Week of July 23
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Hindu cosmology, the Sanskrit term “Lila” refers to divine play. It’s the idea that all of creation is a sacred and artful amusement that’s performed by the gods with...
Free Will Astrology: Week of September 22
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Steve Maraboli says, “The best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” If that strategy appeals...
Free Will Astrology: Week of September 15
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already have inside you,” wrote author Carlos Zafòn Ruiz. Let’s take that a step further: “Other people are mirrors: You...
Free Will Astrology: Week of September 8
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We need to become more unreasonable but in an intelligent way,” says Aries politician Jerry Brown. Yes! I agree! And that’s especially true for you right now, Aries. To Brown’s...
Free Will Astrology: Week of September 1
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Anna Kamienska wrote, “I’ve learned to value failed conversations, missed connections, confusions. What remains is what’s unsaid, what’s underneath. Understanding on another level of being.” In the coming...
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