Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Sitting submerged in movie theatre darkness at the iconic Roxie Theater on 16th and Valencia, I await the screening of one of the newest cultural […]
Category: ARTS & CULTURE
China Live Updates SF’s Perspective on Chinese Cuisine
In the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown is the twenty million dollar, 30,000-square-foot China Live Marketplace. Owned by world-renowned chef and restaurateur George Chen, the […]
Alfonso Curaon’s Roma Amplifies the Voices of Domestic Workers Fighting for Equal Rights
Autobiographical film Roma follows the story of Cleo, a live-in maid, in 1970’s Mexico City. The success of this nationally-praised film, released in early November, […]
Notes on Fashion: The Met Gala in Review
Ah! The Met Gala: the first Monday night in May when Hollywood’s gilded elite gather at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City to flaunt […]
Avengers: Endgame Brings Fitting Conclusion
Marvel Studios delivered a monumental conclusion to their Avengers franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) longest and most star-studded movie made waves across the […]
SF Film Festival Features Up-and-Coming Female Directors
The San Francisco Film Festival celebrated its 62nd festival on April 10th to April 29th, honoring new and emerging filmmakers, and this year, highlighting the […]
Retelling an Ancient Tale: Lick Puts on Beauty and the Beast for Spring Play
This spring the Lick-Wilmerding Theater department is putting on the musical Beauty and the Beast, a classic written by Linda Woolverton, composed by Alan Menken […]
“Surviving R. Kelly”: Docuseries Outs Years of His Sexual Misconduct
R. Kelly is a popular R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the 1990s and produced iconic songs like, “I Believe […]
Ian Arenas Discusses What Makes a Good Documentary
The Paper Tiger asked Ian Arenas, who teaches Contemporary Media and Arts classes and Film Studies at Lick-Wilmerding, what makes a good documentary. His thoughts: […]
Instagram-worthy Pop-up Shows Redefine What a Museum Is
Stepping into the Museum of Ice Cream (MOIC) is stepping into a whimsical candy land filled with cotton candy clouds, sprinkle pools, and unicorn statues. […]
