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Review: S.F. Symphony welcomes back a long-absent violinist, with ...
WEBFeb 24, 2024 · The boisterous finale came off in a wonderful stream of acrobatics. Fischer’s technical prowess allowed her to give the music its full measure of freewheeling energy without sacrificing anything in the way of exactitude — not even in the final pages of the piece, when Brahms suddenly ups the tempo significantly.
Celine Dion sang the perfect song for her comeback at the Paris ...
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Let’s move past the faux controversy over the alleged drag queen “Last Supper” at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris this past weekend (it was a drag queen bacchanal, people.). In the pageant on the Seine River that offered a bit of everything, from the French Revolution and Bizet’s opera “Carmen” to a Lady Gaga fan dance and the spirit of Sequana jumping ...
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ review: At nearly 4 hours ... - Datebook
WEBOct 13, 2023 · Based on David Grann’s 2017 bestseller of the same name, “Killers” tells the shocking real-life story of a series of brazen murders that took place in Osage County, Okla., in the 1920s.The Osage Native Americans had acquired considerable wealth from striking oil, but a white businessman named William Hale, while posing as a benevolent friend of the Osage, conspired to take their money.
Review: ‘War Game’ imagines a Jan. 6 insurrection even
WEBAug 26, 2024 · “War Game” is one of the more timely and disturbing movies of recent months. It imagines a Jan. 6-type insurrection, but one on steroids, with an armed attack on the U.S. Capitol by terrorists claiming that the 2024 presidential election has been stolen.. It takes place in the near future — Jan. 6, 2025 — and watching it, one can’t help but wonder whether this near future is our future.
Review: In ‘Fragile Things,’ a web of lies unravels amid ... - Datebook
WEBFeb 16, 2021 · Set amid the wreckage of San Francisco, as well as a fictional mining town near San Mateo called “San Rafaela” and Tucson, the novel explores the ways that private suffering can intersect with collective grief in the wake of a natural disaster, an emotional territory that feels eerily familiar at a time when a pandemic has killed more than 2 million people worldwide.
Major change is coming to this beloved Bay Area TV station
WEBJun 15, 2023 · But officials assured viewers the channel will continue to offer some local programming. After the changeover, KRON is “redeploying staff and resources to launch two newscasts,” said Gary Weitman, chief communications officer for Nexstar Media Group, which is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Review: Tiny Tim documentary lifts curtain on misunderstood singer
WEBApr 21, 2021 · His third wife and widow recalls him in the film as adult, child, male, female, all thrown in a blender. “He was only half gay,” Susan Wellman says in this penetrating and compassionate documentary that lifts the curtain on Tiny Tim’s essential weirdness to reveal (surprise, surprise) an intensely lonely, unloved young man who yearned to be a star and who was destined to be misunderstood.
Jann Wenner reflects on the power of music, love of S.F. and his …
WEBSep 20, 2022 · Jann Wenner in 1970 at the Rolling Stone office. Photo: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive. That inaugural issue with John Lennon on the cover, crafted in the living room of then-Chronicle music critic Ralph Gleason, launched a style and voice that would reflect and sometimes even steer the culture in new directions for the next five decades.
Review: ‘Lover of Men’ casts Abraham Lincoln in a lavender light
WEBSep 4, 2024 · “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” may be an uneven documentary, but is still a worthwhile one. The documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln” chronicles Lincoln’s close relationships with men, including bodyguard David Derickson, who slept with ...