Chan pushes back against radical attacks on Housing First
Plus: That time MTT made a fruit smoothie onstage, Joffrey Ballet makes hay, KCSM schools the riffs
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Today's headlines:
Pushing back against a radical move to change SF’s housing and drug policy
By Tim Redmond
Chan calls budget hearing to address the importance of 'housing first.' That's The Agenda for April 26-May 3
RIP, MTT: Our 2012 review of the Maestro making a fruit smoothie onstage
By Marke B.
SF Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas passed last week, but left a legacy of avant-garde 'American Maverick' treasures.
Joffrey Ballet plunged into bizarre and wondrous ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’
By Lou Fancher
Gags, puns, allusions, and bodies flew as storied company literally made hay with beloved fantasia.
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By Tom Molanphy
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