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Dozens watch the start of CatVideoFest at the Roxie Theater after a long pandemic closure and a period of viewing cat videos at home.Brontë Wittpenn/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Assistant manager Jake Ryan takes tickets as cat-loving fans enter the Roxie Theater.Photos by Brontë Wittpenn/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A poster reads “Cat Video Fest” outside of the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, Calif. on Sunday, July 25, 2021. The festival has returned to the theater after a one-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show features homemade videos of cats and their owners along with cat videos that have gone viral on YouTube and social media platforms.Brontë Wittpenn/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Children watch “Toy Story 2” at the Balboa Theater, where guests are treated on the weekends to a jazz show and movie at their parklet. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
On a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, the sounds of live jazz wafted up and down Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond District as a small crowd sipped beer, munched on popcorn and moved with the rhythm.
During the final set from Danny Brown and the Noise All-Stars in front of the closed entrance to the Balboa Theater, Emily Bridwell and her two young children arrived. As the musicians packed up their instruments, workers wheeled a big-screen TV out to the theater’s parklet, where Bridwell’s children plopped down to watch a free showing of “Toy Story 2.”