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Music

Master of samples Carl Stone returns, accompanied by car-long ‘Hurdy Grande’

The 71-year-old musical pioneer inaugurates the West Oakland Sound Series with experimental gusto.
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Arts + Culture

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Local chefs serve kitchen game on social media

Victoriano Lopez and Kathy Fang share go-to cooking techniques when they’re off the clock. Watch and learn!
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?

The German-language film fest keeps broadening its borders. Plus: Ken Loach's finale 'Old Oak' and 'Dig! XX'
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Music Book Club

Watch: Legendary DJ Paulette gives us juicy nightlife history on Music Book Club

'Welcome to the Club' details more than 30 years of UK house music history and her own fascinating story.
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Stage Review

Hilarious performances whisk you up a shaky ’39 Steps’

San Francisco Playhouse lampoons a ripe Hitchcock—but you may want to binge your noir beforehand.
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Onstage

For actor John-Andrew Morrison, ‘A Strange Loop’ is a brilliant, emotional rollercoaster

The Tony nominee returns to Michael R. Jackson's lauded play at ACT—and brings a deep connection to his mother.
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Music

Live Shots: Alkaline Trio brought three decades of punk energy to Masonic

The Chicago outfit left no "Stupid Kid" behind as they whipped an adoring crowd into a frenzy.
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Stage Review

Outsize passions of Carmen and Frida take centerstage in ‘Dos Mujeres’

Premieres by Arielle Smith and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at SF Ballet bring two well-known women to vivid life.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies
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Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.
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Nightlife

Join us this Friday for a sneak peek at the new STUD!

Celebrate the return of a San Francisco legend with 48 Hills: Drinks, dancing, DJs, and of course a little drag.
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Lit

A love of baseball doesn’t quite come ‘Out of Left Field’ for this queer youth

Local author Jonah Newman's semi-autobiographical graphic novel tells a tale of self-discovery on the diamond.
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Good Taste

Good Taste: Tartine Manufactory brings the pizza party back

After a four-year break from dinner, the Mission restaurant is throwing dough at night again.
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Stage Review

Spring (and the future) is in the air in Alonzo King’s latest show

The choreographer's two strong revivals and a new piece at YBCA spur the question, 'What comes next?'
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Music

Beyoncé’s country swerve broke the charts—but don’t forget the Pointer Sisters

A preferential guide to previous artists who have spoken the same coded language of Americana roots music.
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Music

Watch: Scott Woods breaks down ‘Prince and Little Weird Black Boy Gods’ on Music Book Club

The critic and poet's latest book takes a unique look at the Purple One's career and the meaning of his music.
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Culture

A new home goods store highlights Palestinian creators—and benefits Gaza relief efforts

Ariel Magidson and HK Elkhoudary's Senses in North Beach is creating a safe space for discussion and relief.
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Culture

Puff: With ‘official’ 420 fest stubbed out, Weed Week lights up

No need to nix your high, a new weeklong celebration of local strains, growers, and dispensaries is coming.
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Art Review

A profound web of hybrid histories in MoAD’s ‘Unruly Navigations’

Curator Key Jo Lee looks beyond the US perspective, taking an exciting global perspective on Black culture.
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Movies

Among Silent Film Fest’s gems: A movie shown for the first time in 101 years

Plus: Two-tone Technicolor Douglas Fairbanks, junior Sherlock Buster Keaton, Yasujiro Ozu's ode to childhood, more
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Movies

Oh the (budget) horrors! Unnamed Film Fest gave us Frogman, Flesh Games, more frights

'The vomit and farts were real,' one director claimed at a post-show Q&A at Balboa Theatre.
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Stage Review

Ranger, activist, housewife, centenarian: ‘Sign My Name to Freedom’ traces an extraordinary life

Betty Reid Soskin's continuing journey is set to music—and portrayed by four actors—at Z Space.
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Food & Drink

Try this fudgy, grassy, mouth-numbing cheese—before it’s gone forever

Hightail it to Gus's for the last wheels of Briana, a curious cheese with a fascinating and tragic backstory
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Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: The Stud is finally reopening—come get a sneak peek!

Plus: RIP Rumi Missabu, The Blessed Madonna, Dalit Dreamlands, KPFA's 75th anniversary, Drunk Drag, Chocolate Festival, more
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Art

Life burbles with inside jokes in Rebecca Ness’s jumbo paintings

Bookstores, bedrooms, U-Hauls, lesbian bars are loci of human comedy (and tragedy) in 'Portraits of Place.'
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Contest

Win free tickets to April concerts at Lost Church in North Beach!

Folk, rock, soul, and a Fleetwood Mac tribute are all on the menu at the intimate new concert venue.
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Music

Under the Stars: Whip out that local support for Bandcamp Friday

Remi Wolf, Umbrellas, R.E Seraphin, Torrey, more deserve your lavish attention. Plus: We need that Talking Heads reunion, stat.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Toxic masculinity meets queer desire in arresting ‘Femme’

Plus: Strikingly original 'La Chimera,' Woody Allen's all-French 'Coup de Chance,' Michael Snow tribute, more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Dining with SF’s ‘Top Chef’ hopeful

As a James Beard semi-finalist and TV competitor, Dalida chef-owner Laura Ozyilmaz is climbing the food world pinnacle.
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Music

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum returns, just in time for the rise of the machines

Oakland avant-prog outfit's 'of the Last Human Being' employs sledgehammer dulcimers, cartoon xylophones, and 'The Wiggler.'
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Art

Sticking to it: The packing tape art of Pablo Manga

A chance encounter with the medium outside a Mexico City metro station changed the Oakland artist's trajectory.
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Stage Review

Shotgun’s ‘Midsummer’ misfires with broad caricatures, ‘Family Guy’ gags

The chemistry is good, but director William Hodgson buries Shakespeare's classic in "go big" gestures.
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LGBTQ

Watch: It was a gorgeous day for Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary at Sisters’ Easter in the Park

Dolores Park overflowed with San Francisco spirit (and tremendous outfits). We were there.
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Music

Live Shots: Bruce Springsteen rocked Chase Center with a marathon set

The Boss barreled through hits and some surprising covers on the second night of his SF appearance.
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Music

Watch: Hip-hop journalist Soren Baker delves into the story of Juicy J on Music Book Club

The prolific reporter was the first to cover Juicy's legendary outfit Three 6 Mafia on a national scale. Now he tells the rapper's tale
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Music

Ambient hero Steve Roach builds ‘Structures from Silence’ inside Grace Cathedral

Tapping into the sonic architecture of his 40-year-old breakthrough, the Arizonan returns to a sacred space.
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Culture

Puff: 5 infused pre-rolls that’ll have you moon-rocking into spring

From diamonds to kief, these joints are rolled and coated for the ultimate high season.
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Onstage

102-year-old heroine Betty Reid Soskin’s journey premieres on Bay Area stage

Writings and songs by the nation's oldest park ranger and longtime activist form base of 'Sign My Name To Freedom.'
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Movies

With Castro Theatre out, massive Frameline LGBTQ+ film fest gets creative

New executive director Allegra Madsen takes on fresh challenges with an agile attitude—and innovative locations.
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