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‘City on the Edge’ is an absorbing history of modern San Francisco — even when it lacks a thesis Original

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By Lily Janiak Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
When recent local headlines make it into a book you’re reading, the effect is like suddenly seeing in a mirror how you’ve aged: dismaying but validating at the same time. Oh yeah, I did live through all that. That was a lot.
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See how one chance S.F. encounter becomes a time-bending dance story

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By Lily Janiak Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
DATEBOOK PICK Inside a mechanical watch or clock, there’s a device called an escapement that makes the tick-tick sound and governs each brief “escape” of gears by a fixed interval. “Escapement”: Tether Dance Project. 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 10-11; 3 p.m. Sunday, July 12. $25-$50. Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama St., S.F. www.tetherdanceproject.org In Tether Dance Project’s “Escapement,” by contrast, time doesn’t just inch forward.
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‘Goat Blood’ shares monster DNA with Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ but its own beast lacks bite

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By Lily Janiak Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
If vampires can stand in for a lot of things — feminism, homosexuality, racism — so can their cryptid second cousin from Latin America. But for those who haven’t heard of the 1990s-era myth of the chupacabra, JT Presents and Theatre Rhinoceros’ undercooked “Goat Blood” finds an everyday entry point: birria tacos.
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