'Why doesn't Gen Z have sex anymore?'
Plus: Berner's SF 'Splash City,' ants at Cabrillo Music Fest, 'Notes of Disquiet' at ODC
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Today's headlines:
Gregg Araki: ‘Why doesn’t Gen Z have sex anymore?’
By Pam Grady
Iconoclastic queer director's hot new 'I Want Your Sex' was transformed by #MeToo, and wants to spark spicy conversations.
To the bipper go the spoils? Cannabis impresario Berner on his debut crime thriller
By Joshua Rotter
'Splash City' filmmaker and rapper aims to bring a side of San Francisco the world rarely sees to life.
E pluribus ants: At Cabrillo Music Fest, Sarah Hennies’ work buzzes with communal activity
By Lou Fancher
Under expansive theme of US's 250th, composer's 'Grain House' considers the lowly but mighty insect.
ODC Summer Sampler’s ‘Notes of Disquiet’ fueled by invisible burdens, Armenian poetry
By Aimée T'sao
Under expansive theme of US's 250th, composer's 'Grain House' considers the lowly but mighty insect.
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