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Our state and local efforts to tax the rich are getting national attention

New study by DC think tank looks at the money pouring into the campaign against Prop. D. It's stunning.

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - April 29, 2026

See a show for free at Lost Church in North Beach in May

Flamenco, comedy, folk-punk, Latin jazz, Americana—score a pair of tickets, but act fast!

Promotion Marke B. - April 29, 2026

Screen Grabs: Everyone is lying to you for money and no one cares about crazy people

Searing docs by the truckload, from DocLands fest to two Barbara Kopple classics. Plus: Charlie XCX goes Polish, more movies

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - April 29, 2026

Win tickets to Snail Mail, Chet Faker, Enno Cheng

See a killer show at a great local venue on us.

Contest Marke B. - April 29, 2026

Music

Under the Stars: Juju Rogers drops some psyche-funk ‘Voodoo’

John-Paul Shiver - April 29, 2026

Plus: Very catchy Otoliths, Bel Cobain's Brownswood reign, Georgie Sweet swears again. And what's up with the Hall of Fame?

Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Hamnet’ is gorgeous, but how was Shakespeare’s sausage made?

Charles Lewis III - April 28, 2026

Plus: 'Bloodlines' promises resistance, and SF Ballet's techno AI blockbuster 'Mere Mortals' returns, trailing cultural import.

Promotion

Save 20% on SF International Arts Festival tickets!

Marke B. - April 28, 2026

Here's the code to get you into the boundary-crossing blast, Wed/29-May 10, at a discount.

Movies

Michael Jackson and Prince deserve better

John-Paul Shiver - April 28, 2026

Sanitized blockbuster 'Michael' and estate-quashed Prince doc rob us of nuanced, imaginative, and true portraits of the pop giants.

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Beyond Butoh: inkBoat’s ‘Clouds from a Crumbling Giant’ reaches past genres

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - April 28, 2026

At SF International Arts Fest, storied local dance company takes collaborative approach to crossing borders of life.

The world is large! 8 must-sees at SF International Arts Fest

Onstage Lou Fancher - April 27, 2026

Korean tango, Canadian food prep cirque, improv hip-hop, deconstructed drag, a 'Lesbitarian Church,' more from border-erasing event.

Jury acquits man who spent 18 months in jail while DA delayed giving evidence to his lawyer

Crime JJ Lansing and Tim Redmond - April 27, 2026

In yet another case, DA Jenkins loses after questions arise about evidence and ethics

RIP, MTT: Read our 2012 review of the Maestro making a fruit smoothie onstage

Music Marke B. - April 26, 2026

SF Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas passed last week, but left a legacy of avant-garde 'American Maverick' treasures.

Pushing back against a radical move to change SF’s housing and drug policy

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 26, 2026

Chen calls budget hearing to address the importance of 'housing first.' That's The Agenda for April 26-May 3

Joffrey Ballet plunged into bizarre and wondrous ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’

Stage Review Lou Fancher - April 25, 2026

Gags, puns, allusions, and bodies flew as storied company literally made hay with beloved fantasia.

At ‘Passing the Torch,’ KCSM literally schooled the crowd in jazz

Music Review Tom Molanphy - April 24, 2026

Storied station's Jazz Appreciation Month tribute showcased refreshingly human high school, college, and pro talent.

Under the Stars: OM Records announces 30-year Embarcadero blast

Music John-Paul Shiver - April 24, 2026

Plus: Shabazz Palaces hit the parsecs, Hollie Cook wows in dub, Jeff Parker bounces back, Altın Gün pays tribute, more music

The brutal Lurie budget: Cuts for everyone except the cops and the very rich

City Hall Tim Redmond - April 23, 2026

Mayor's Office admits that its budget will harm vulnerable communities while pouring vast sums of money into law enforcement

What if Tom Steyer wasn’t a billionaire any more?

Humor Joel Schechter - April 23, 2026

If he gave away most of his fortune to good causes in the next few weeks, he could say he's not just a rich guy running for governor.

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest hits 69. Nice.

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 23, 2026

11 days of global visions, including Boots Riley's latest, a Kid Koala cartoon, and 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Plus: 'I Swear,' 'The Blue Trail,' more

BIG WEEK: Dahlia Sale, Shipyard Open Studios, Foglifter, GUSH fest, ‘Broadway Baby’…

Big Week Marke B. - April 23, 2026

'Mere Mortals,' Black Gold Sun, SFFILM Fest, 'The Celluloid Closet,' Paranoid London, more to do this week!

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Everyone is lying to you for money and no one cares about crazy people

Searing docs by the truckload, from DocLands fest to two Barbara Kopple classics. Plus: Charlie XCX goes Polish, more movies

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - April 29, 2026

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest hits 69. Nice.

Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

Screen Grabs: Balboa Theater hits 100—and honors a costuming legend

Music

See a show for free at Lost Church in North Beach in May

Flamenco, comedy, folk-punk, Latin jazz, Americana—score a pair of tickets, but act fast!

Promotion Marke B. - April 29, 2026

Under the Stars: Juju Rogers drops some psyche-funk ‘Voodoo’

Michael Jackson and Prince deserve better

The world is large! 8 must-sees at SF International Arts Fest

Art

Karyn Gabriel’s ceramic sculptures ask, ‘Is beauty important?’

Drawn to the mantra of repetition and the stillness of nature, the Marin artist lets each work 'percolate on its own timeline.'

Art Mary Corbin - April 18, 2026

Rachel Simon Marino’s off-kilter Day-Glo world aims to overwhelm

Four decades later, seminal queer punk zine ‘Homocore’ blasts back into view

For Iranian artist Shiva Ahmadi, ‘ornamentation becomes a form of resistance’

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Housing

The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Some rational discussion based on facts, and some Yimby presentations with no facts

Housing Tim Redmond - April 16, 2026

In Oakland, a tiny-home community is forced back onto the streets

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Supes approve affordable senior housing project—but discussion raises larger issue

Politics

Pushing back against a radical move to change SF’s housing and drug policy

Chen calls budget hearing to address the importance of 'housing first.' That's The Agenda for April 26-May 3

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 26, 2026

Lurie wants to undermine mandate for big institutions to tell neighborhoods what they are doing

SF backs away from harm reduction and Housing First

Hundreds rally against health care cuts

Opinion

What if Tom Steyer wasn’t a billionaire any more?

If he gave away most of his fortune to good causes in the next few weeks, he could say he's not just a rich guy running for governor.

Humor Joel Schechter - April 23, 2026

‘Sex trafficking’ stings—or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl?

United Nations, won’t you come on home?

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

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Performance

Drama Masks: ‘Hamnet’ is gorgeous, but how was Shakespeare’s sausage made?

Plus: 'Bloodlines' promises resistance, and SF Ballet's techno AI blockbuster 'Mere Mortals' returns, trailing cultural import.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - April 28, 2026

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