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Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 29, 2026

Public bank would be stable, provide affordable housing, and help with climate goals

New study shows vast benefits of the financial institution that Prop. B would help create

News + Politics Ian Firstenberg - October 29, 2026

How Germany took to Pawel Pawlikowski’s dramatized account of its ‘sacred beast’

'Fatherland' filmmaker speaks of his award-winning black-and-white rendering of Thomas Mann's discombobulation.

Movies Pam Grady - November 1, 2026

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 29, 2026

Music

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Angelique Persails - October 29, 2026

Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.

What To Do

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

Caitlin Donohue - October 29, 2026

Spooky bashes from Sazon Libre and Fake and Gay, De'Sean Jones' four-night residency, Indian Restaurant Week, cinema scares, more.

Elections

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2026

It appears Mandelman, Lurie, and all the billionaires never read the text of Prop. A. It restores the right of supes to serve more than two terms.

Music

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Dennis Harvey - October 28, 2026

Plus: A six-hour documentary on Russian press freedom, John Turturro's weary pickpocket, 'Los Domingos,' more.

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Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Music Danny Acosta - October 28, 2026

Chicago's finest punks tore into Thursday night, heading into final stretch of their 'Ricochet' tour.

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Art Mary Corbin - October 28, 2026

Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 28, 2026

Plus: Ethereal June McDoom, ecad's dancefloor disruption, Farsight's tuffness.

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

Contest Marke B. - October 27, 2026

Get those sexy alien Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup to this weekend's giant rave.

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - October 27, 2026

Behind the scenes while company preps seminal Merce Cunningham works and new twist on Yue Yin two-man piece.

Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

Nightlife Marke B. - October 27, 2026

Scandalous house legend disappeared for decades—now she's back to scald your ears. Just hang on to that closet door.

The bewildering incoherence of Mayor Lurie’s billionaire agenda

News + Politics Calvin Welch - October 26, 2026

It's going to deeply damage San Francisco. Here's how we can fight back

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 26, 2026

Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.

This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers

Culture Joshua Rotter - October 26, 2026

'It's like Hogwarts, only better because it's real,' says director Rani August of the Berkeley Psychic Institute

At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

Music Daniel Bromfield - October 26, 2026

Its lead singer may be an unwilling tabloid darling, but the band's dense indie foundation still shines through as a unit.

The mayor’s big lie on Prop. F

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

Plus: Come to our 13th Annual Gala Tuesday at El Rio! That's The Agenda for Oct.. 25 to Nov. 1

The real story behind the latest Chan-Wiener poll

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

The voters hate tech companies. They think the local economy is getting worse. And they like socialism as much as capitalism. We dive into the cross-tabs

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Movies

How Germany took to Pawel Pawlikowski’s dramatized account of its ‘sacred beast’

'Fatherland' filmmaker speaks of his award-winning black-and-white rendering of Thomas Mann's discombobulation.

Movies Pam Grady - November 1, 2026

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival

Screen Grabs: SF Latino Film Fest finds a happy place in heavy times

Music

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.

Music Angelique Persails - October 29, 2026

Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

Art

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'

Art Mary Corbin - October 28, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Luis Felipe Chávez

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Creative Collective

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Far Out Gallery

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Housing

SF is about to run out of affordable housing money—unless Props. I and C pass

Ten years of bond money is spent. The next bond isn't until 2034. Thousands of units will stall if the voters don't approve annual funding

Housing Tim Redmond - September 17, 2026

Why is SF encouraging a notorious landlord to build luxury housing in Lower Haight?

How cities are going to lose all control over housing development, soon

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

Politics

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

It appears Mandelman, Lurie, and all the billionaires never read the text of Prop. A. It restores the right of supes to serve more than two terms.

Elections Tim Redmond - October 28, 2026

The real story behind the latest Chan-Wiener poll

State workers hold one-day strike

The city’s a mess. The supes don’t want to question the mayor

Opinion

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

A 'No Kings' encounter put us in mind of a Roman poet's satirical—and unfortunately immortal—take on the kakistocracy.

Humor Joel Schechter - October 22, 2026

Opinion: Why labor supports Connie Chan for Congress

OPINION: It’s all about male power

How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40

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Performance

Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 29, 2026

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