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Reshaping Yelamu: ‘Indigenize SF’ makes visible Native past, present, future

American Indian Cultural District's unveiled orbs bring the Raven and the Medicine Wheel to 16th Street BART Plaza.

Art Herbert F. Mintz II - August 24, 2026

Good Taste: SF confectioner opens a sweet (and affordable) cooking school

Iranian chef Shekoh Moossavi offers one-day classes ranging from Persian and Italian cooking to knife skills.

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - August 23, 2026

Deep lessons from art and life in Dave Eggers’ ‘Contrapposto’

Local literary hero and trained artist's latest novel dives into a wide-ranging love story that shows a more mature side.

Lit Lou Fancher - August 24, 2026

Ro Khanna’s endorsement of Connie Chan could make a difference with Chakrabarti voters

Plus: Will the local Democratic Party side with the billionaires—and why is Lurie opposing affordable housing? That's The Agenda for Aug. 23-30

The Agenda Tim Redmond - August 23, 2026

Music

Under the Stars: Black Rave Culture locks in for the groove corrective

John-Paul Shiver - August 21, 2026

Plus: Cindy Blackman Santana bangs out the vibes, Pearl & the Oysters open their 'Monkey Mind,' Club DeLuxe reopens, more music

Business + Tech

Communities are aligning to fight data centers: A report from rural Wisconsin

JJ Lansing - August 20, 2026

Across the political spectrum, people are organizing against Big Tech—and it could have national implications

Lit

She touched roses: From Book of Love to ‘Plants That Heal’ with Susan Ottaviano

Joshua Rotter - August 20, 2026

As synth-pop queen prepares band debut's 40th anniversary tour, she pops into Omnivore Books with some natural wisdom.

Opinion

OPINION: The danger of Stefani’s nuisance law for sex workers and people of color

Maxine Doogan - August 20, 2026

AB 2001 allows city attorneys to weaponize past charges to seize property and shut down businesses

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BIG WEEK: Crash an Indian Wedding Party, SF Bay Popfest, ‘Disastrous!,’ David Byrne…

Big Week Marke B. - August 20, 2026

'Girl of the Golden West,' Starman SF, SF Cocteaufest, All Mo' Wax, SF Queer Film Fest, more to do!

In Kensington, a small-town orchestra survives as civic triumph

Music Michael Tapscott - August 20, 2026

Navigating an era of gutted arts funds, a volunteer symphony rallies for its 49th season, teddy bears in tow.

Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - August 19, 2026

Plus: Willem Dafoe finds 'Late Fame,' snarky summer camp romp 'Floaters', excellent 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money'

This year’s Bliss Fest was all about the sparkling ride

Music John-Paul Shiver - August 19, 2026

Elliott Peck's immersive jazz-folk, Combo Tezeta's energizing cumbia, Circus Bella's high clownery drove some Presidio heat.

Drama Masks: A sensitive Julius Caesar, lost in the ’70s shuffle

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - August 19, 2026

Marin Shakes' bold, beautiful, but muddled adaptation humanizes a tyrant at the expense of message or meaning.

Kiev, 1911: the Bund, revolution, and a sparkling work of historical fiction

Lit Tim Redmond - August 18, 2026

'Radiant as the Stars' tells of a young woman who returns from the US to fight in the Russian Revolution—and it's based on a real story

Al Green gilded Stern Grove’s season finale in golden soul

Music Review Jess Oledan - August 18, 2026

80-year-old legend brought R&B classics, funky arrangements, 'Love and Happiness' to adoring crowd.

Lurie attacks affordable housing plan—and undermines his own proposal

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - August 17, 2026

By saying housing money hurts the cops, he may be undermining support for his own Housing Trust Fund.

The Marina Safeway project has a serious toxics and sewage problem

The Agenda Tim Redmond - August 16, 2026

And yet, thanks to Wiener, there's no EIR. Plus: Punk politics in the 1970s—and today. That's The Agenda for Aug. 16-23

Toro y Moi’s sweeping show at Bottom of the Hill hurt so good

Music Ankita Bhanot - August 16, 2026

Chaz Bear's trip through artistic eras served as poignant reminder of why small rooms matter.

Monét X Change: retired party girl, current comedy queen

Onstage Joshua Rotter - August 15, 2026

'Drag Race' and 'Traitors' star brings two nights of coming-of-age cracks to Cobb's.

Musical genius runs in the family—but the Womack Sisters’ success didn’t come easy

Music Tamara Palmer - August 13, 2026

'We got it out the mud,' they say, as debut album soars.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

Plus: Willem Dafoe finds 'Late Fame,' snarky summer camp romp 'Floaters', excellent 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money'

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - August 19, 2026

Director Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I’m trying to queer the rules of horror’

Screen Grabs: ‘The Piano’ plays again

Screen Grabs: From farmworker to ‘the Shakespeare of Chicano theater’

Music

Under the Stars: Black Rave Culture locks in for the groove corrective

Plus: Cindy Blackman Santana bangs out the vibes, Pearl & the Oysters open their 'Monkey Mind,' Club DeLuxe reopens, more music

Music John-Paul Shiver - August 21, 2026

BIG WEEK: Crash an Indian Wedding Party, SF Bay Popfest, ‘Disastrous!,’ David Byrne…

In Kensington, a small-town orchestra survives as civic triumph

This year’s Bliss Fest was all about the sparkling ride

Art

Deep lessons from art and life in Dave Eggers’ ‘Contrapposto’

Local literary hero and trained artist's latest novel dives into a wide-ranging love story that shows a more mature side.

Lit Lou Fancher - August 24, 2026

Sculptor Michelle Gregor gives the kiln the last word

Enjoy your trip inside M. Mark Bauer’s labyrinthine paintings

‘Jerry farts and burps’: Grateful Dead live on in spirited retrospectives

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Housing

The Chron discovers, sort of, that Wiener’s housing bills are a con

Finally, a story that mentions the real issue: Cities can't force developers to build

Housing Zelda Bronstein - July 6, 2026

Lurie and four supes move to cut affordable housing fees for luxury developers

New Melgar-Lurie plan for affordable housing is great; cutting other funding is not

The complete failure of Lurie’s tax cuts for developers on full display at hearing

Politics

Ro Khanna’s endorsement of Connie Chan could make a difference with Chakrabarti voters

Plus: Will the local Democratic Party side with the billionaires—and why is Lurie opposing affordable housing? That's The Agenda for Aug. 23-30

The Agenda Tim Redmond - August 23, 2026

The Marina Safeway project has a serious toxics and sewage problem

Why IE campaign corruption matters

‘Independent’ super PAC paying Wiener campaign staffers, records show

Opinion

OPINION: The danger of Stefani’s nuisance law for sex workers and people of color

AB 2001 allows city attorneys to weaponize past charges to seize property and shut down businesses

Opinion Maxine Doogan - August 20, 2026

I was a fake chatbot in San Francisco

The other problem with police drones: They don’t work well in San Francisco

Why can’t all that campaign money go to public services?

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Performance

Drama Masks: A sensitive Julius Caesar, lost in the ’70s shuffle

Marin Shakes' bold, beautiful, but muddled adaptation humanizes a tyrant at the expense of message or meaning.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - August 19, 2026

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