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The big billionaire-backed mayoral debate is becoming the Losers Show

Tim Redmond - May 16, 2024

Breed won't go. Peskin won't go. Lurie might not go. Here's what that means for the mayor's race.

Music

Live Shots: Thy Art is Murder roared ‘Godlike’ at Regency Ballroom

D.A. Mission - May 16, 2024

Aussie deathcore stalwarts shook SF venue on their 'Hate Across America' tour with Angelmaker.

Music

From Soulsville, USA to the beach (Boys): 4 new music docs to tune up your summer sounds

John-Paul Shiver - May 17, 2024

Never-before-seen archival footage gives insight on your favorites—unguarded Beatles and Indigo Girls, anyone?

Stage Review

‘Hear Our Voices’: How many colors are in that Pride flag?

Charles Lewis III - May 16, 2024

Left Coast Theatre Co.’s new show of shorts aims to represent myriad queer identities—and almost gets there

Hot topics

Art Review

Poetic efficiencies, subtle subversions streak through ‘vītatio’

Bec Imrich - May 16, 2024

Thoughtful group show at Altman Siegel coalesces into third space beyond gender binaries and colonial violence.

Crime

SF’s new War on Drugs has created dangerous, intolerable conditions in the county jail

Tim Redmond - May 15, 2024

Many predicted that this would happen—but the Mayor's Office had no plan.

Music

Under the Stars: Hip-hop has a moment (no, not that headline beef)

John-Paul Shiver - May 15, 2024

Plus: Portola 2024 lineup drops, La Luz brings 'News,' Aluminum taps Madchester, Remain in Light tours, more music

Art

At ‘Noonan Unlocked,’ Pier 70 artists will display their resilient community

Emily Wilson - May 15, 2024

Storied studio building throws open its doors before redevelopment transforms the tight-knit creative clan

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Screen Grabs: Grokking the creepy cipher of ‘I Saw the TV Glow’

Movies Dennis Harvey - May 15, 2024

Plus: Touching 'Gasoline Rainbow,' Avant-Barb(ie), a Toney W. Merritt tribute, and Sundown Cinema's movies in the park

There’s nothing to stop AI election deep fakes in San Francisco right now

Elections Tim Redmond - May 14, 2024

State and local law are lagging while technology explodes—and is a real threat.

Ambitious ‘Galileo’ discovers a musical universe all its own

Onstage Lou Fancher - May 14, 2024

Composers Michael Weiner and Zoe Sarnak take off from rock and pop to explore more celestial sounds.

$20 million Music City aims to shoot SF back to the top of the charts

Music Joshua Rotter - May 13, 2024

Rock impresario Rudy Colombini launches mega-studio, artist accelerator, and Hall of Fame for renewed glory days.

As ‘Tales of the City’ winds down (maybe), a hymn to the quintessential SF saga

Lit Tamara Palmer - May 13, 2024

The author and his heroine have alighted in England, but the heart of the series remains in Baghdad by the Bay.

Mythic TikTok: Ancient heartbreak gets a Gen Z update in ‘Red Red Red’

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - May 13, 2024

OTP's staging of poet Anne Carsons retelling of the Greek tale of Geryon nails eternal youthful crushes.

Tough budget times in a city full of rich people who don’t pay even remotely fair taxes ….

The Agenda Tim Redmond - May 12, 2024

... plus AI and local elections, the crisis in the jails, and can the zoo really handle pandas? That's The Agenda for May 12-19

At Columbia, the Gaza encampment was peaceful, collaborative, and considerate

Protest Stephanie Gutierrez Rios - May 12, 2024

And then the police came. A student's perspective

Developers, not CEQA, are keeping a SoMa housing site as a parking lot

Opinion Angelica Cabande - May 12, 2024

The city needs to buy 469 Stevenson for affordable housing.

Stern Grove just announced its free summer concert lineup, and it’s a doozy

Music Marke B. - May 10, 2024

The 87th installment of the beloved musical institution pulls out some gobsmacking classics and newer faves.

‘Blue Door’ brilliantly worms out the mundane intricacies of Black self-hatred

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - May 9, 2024

At Aurora, Michael J. Asberry gives one of his best performances as an Ivy League prof haunted by valiant ancestors.

Good Taste: Italian disco deli prepares to party downtown

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - May 9, 2024

Aurora Centro from DJ-chef Dario Barbone will open as part of SF’s Vacant to Vibrant program. Yes, there will be music.

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Movies

From Soulsville, USA to the beach (Boys): 4 new music docs to tune up your summer sounds

Never-before-seen archival footage gives insight on your favorites—unguarded Beatles and Indigo Girls, anyone?

Music John-Paul Shiver - May 17, 2024

Screen Grabs: 90 years ago, a ‘Black Cat’ slunk in from the future

Hot-topic CAAMFest 2024 kicks off with dive into affirmative action fight

Ivan Sen’s ‘Limbo’ confronts crimes against Australia’s Aboriginal women

Music

From Soulsville, USA to the beach (Boys): 4 new music docs to tune up your summer sounds

Never-before-seen archival footage gives insight on your favorites—unguarded Beatles and Indigo Girls, anyone?

Music John-Paul Shiver - May 17, 2024

Under the Stars: Hip-hop has a moment (no, not that headline beef)

Ambitious ‘Galileo’ discovers a musical universe all its own

$20 million Music City aims to shoot SF back to the top of the charts

Art

Poetic efficiencies, subtle subversions streak through ‘vītatio’

Thoughtful group show at Altman Siegel coalesces into third space beyond gender binaries and colonial violence.

Art Review Bec Imrich - May 16, 2024

In simple cardboard, Ann Weber finds endless resiliency and expression

How Irving Penn brought the world to his studio—and vice versa

Striking probe of colorism leads to artist’s first solo show—at MoAD, no less

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Housing

SF is failing badly to meet its state mandates for extremely low-income housing

Hearing shows yet another example of how the city's Housing Element is nothing more than a farce.

Housing Tim Redmond - May 6, 2024

Breed hedges on supporting legal protections, rent relief for tenants

Protecting a program that saves hundreds from becoming unhoused …

In a dramatic move, a CA court says housing density doesn’t mean affordability

Politics

The big billionaire-backed mayoral debate is becoming the Losers Show

Breed won't go. Peskin won't go. Lurie might not go. Here's what that means for the mayor's race.

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - May 16, 2024

Tough budget times in a city full of rich people who don’t pay even remotely fair taxes ….

Peskin wants a hands-on mayor, Breed wants a downtown party (for some people) …

The Hyatt Regency restaurant is spinning again. Where are the workers?

Opinion

Developers, not CEQA, are keeping a SoMa housing site as a parking lot

The city needs to buy 469 Stevenson for affordable housing.

Opinion Angelica Cabande - May 12, 2024

Police violence on campuses must end

The Hyatt Regency restaurant is spinning again. Where are the workers?

Breed’s Treasure Island developer bailout is a serious problem

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Performance

‘Hear Our Voices’: How many colors are in that Pride flag?

Left Coast Theatre Co.’s new show of shorts aims to represent myriad queer identities—and almost gets there

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - May 16, 2024

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