Chan and Wiener will face off in November
Plus: Iceland's glaciers melt into memory, Human League keeps feeling fascination, 'The Lunchbox' is a tasty charmer
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Today's headlines:
Chan and Wiener will face off in November
By Tim Redmond
For the most part, Big Tech money got its way—but a strong progressive has a shot at Congress.
Iceland’s glaciers melt away like memory in ‘Time and Water’
By Pam Grady
Sara Dosa's adventurous doc weaves climate change alarm, family history, and love story into an elegy for our disappearing world.
San Francisco does, indeed, want The Human League
By Joshua Rotter
Monster '80s hitmakers return to city where they feel at home, this time with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet in tow.
Drama Masks: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Lunchbox’ is a delicious charmer
By Charles Lewis III
Plus: 'Phantom of the Opera' descends on a new haunt, and 'Becoming a Man' faces transition head on.
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