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Screen Grabs: Psychedelic bro love swirls in ‘Lemurian Candidate’

Plus: Studio 8 Film Festival celebrates work from dearly departed Art Institute, Cheryl Dunye at BAMPFA, more releases.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Dani Offline

No wonder she's been featured at Noise Pop—this nouveau hip-hop vibe merchant isn't faking a thing.
Arts + Culture John-Paul Shiver -
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Voters recall Engardio, by huge margin

Now it's up to Lurie to appoint a D4 supe—and it won't be an easy choice
Elections Tim Redmond -
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Mel Odom’s kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS

New short film aims to capture turbulent milieu and indelible imagery of New York artist and dollmaker.
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Win a pair of tickets to Portola Night Show: Prospa

Marke B. -
Deep EDM groove duo take over the Midway for Portola satellite show Fri/19—here's how to get in.
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Elections

We will probably know Tuesday evening if Sup. Joel Engardio keeps his seat

Tim Redmond -
Early results could tell the tale—and if the D4 supe is out, what will Lurie do?
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Art

After 51 years of welcoming visitors in, Open Studios is gazing outwards

Lou Fancher -
Executive director Shamsher Virk continues to be 'incredibly impressed' by artists in a boom-and-bust creative city.
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Culture

Scrub your face with Peaches Christ

Marke B. -
Horror drag icon's new Madame Peaches soaps may not wash away your sins, but you'll still feel fresh as Rosemary's baby.
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Strange (and maybe inappropriate) actions at the Planning Commission …

Housing Tim Redmond -
... plus an attack on preservation in North Beach, and has the privatized zoo improved enough to get another $3 million? That's The Agenda for Sept. 14 to 21
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After 28 albums, Sparks still can’t resist a flourish—thankfully

Music Joshua Rotter -
Synth pop duo's 'MAD!' enlists ennui haze, light banter, schoolkids' backpacks in its theater of ideas.
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Painter Luis Felipe Chávez contemplates the monuments immigrants carry within

Art Emily Wilson -
On the eve of Mexican Independence Day, Jalisco-raised artist presents binational views of freedom.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Studio Fallout

Arts + Culture Dorothy O'Donnell -
A quiet North Beach alley leads down to the basement retail lair of a punk-surrealist stalwart and his talented friends.
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World Arts West Dance Festival delivered communal joy, despite brutal NEA cuts

Dance Tom Molanphy -
Trump's generational assault on the arts unsuccessful in dropping curtain on 40-year Bay tradition.
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Planning Commission passes Lurie plan over strong community opposition

Housing Serena Finney and Tim Redmond -
Key measure advances to Board of Supes, where neighbors from the swing vote districts will be pitted against the mayor and the big developers
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective

Arts + Culture Nicole Gluckstern -
Group's guerrilla seating makes solid statement about accessibility and humane public infrastructure.
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Under the Stars: Superlative locals Umbrellas, Fake Fruit, Now take the SFMOMA roof

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Upcoming gigs from Nirvana's favorite Shonen Knife, Devo and the B-52s, and The Saxophones' blue-lit beats.
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Drama Masks: Latest Neo-Futurists’ sandy pastiche performance invites all to dig in

Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
'HOLE' sees your angst—and counsels excavation.
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Mayor will face opponents to zoning plan at rallies outside of City Hall

Housing Tim Redmond -
Press conference, silent protest marks first official meeting on upzoning proposal. Here's what to look for
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Litquake 2025’s lineup is here, and it’s stacked like the Bodleian

Lit Marke B. -
Sprawling literary fest takes over the city with spicy readings and events in October—here are some of our first round picks.
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Abba Zabba to Kamasi Washington: 11 superior fall shows

Music John-Paul Shiver -
We got Portola Fest. We got Hardly Strictly. We got Autechre. We got Secret Emchy Society. Get in here!
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