. Get ready to Roxieâthe iconic indie theater reopens this week with viewers choice screenings beginning with Cinema Paradiso. 22 Fun Things to Do This Week (5.17.21)
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May 15, 2021
Bye, Netlix. Hello, movie theater! For the first time in over a year, the Roxie, San Francisco s most iconic indie film venue, is opening for IRL showings.
Plus, there are several concerts on this week s lineupâthink Dirty Cello at Brooklyn Basin and The Mother Hips in Big Sur; brews on tap at Harmonic Brewing s new waterfront taproom; comedian Lewis Black at Litquake; sweet shoe deals at the Freda Salvador sample sale; and a good old fashioned NoLa-style crawfish boil.
Jessica Flores April 30, 2021Updated: April 30, 2021, 12:33 pm
Pam Tau Lee holds a photo of Brandon Lee during a rally at San Francisco City Hall on Aug. 9, 2019. Brandon Lee, an activist and community organizer, was shot outside his home in the Philippines, according to friends. Photo: Noah Berger, Special to The Chronicle
Pam Tau Lee was 21 years old when she began her activism career in San Francisco, later becoming the co-founder of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network and the Chinese Progressive Association. Now Lee has started painting to continue her activism.
“I can’t be out on the front lines anymore at 73 years old,” Lee, of San Francisco, told The Chronicle in a phone interview. “I express my views now mainly through my painting.”
Brandon Yu April 29, 2021Updated: April 30, 2021, 6:22 pm
Lowen Hu (5), his brother Darn Hu (7), father Walter Hu, and mother Ling Woo Liu support the San Francisco AAPI community at a rally in Portsmouth Square, Chinatown, in March. Photo: Mike Kai Chen / Special to The Chronicle
After a year marked by unique trauma for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, Melanie Elvena believed it necessary, if difficult, to look toward the future. That’s why for the 24th annual United States of Asian America Festival, the theme is “Forging Futures.” Such idealism and hope are essential to healing, says Elvena, the artistic director of the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, which has organized USAAF since 1998.