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Arts + Culture

1015 owner, SF nightlife pioneer Ira Sandler has passed away

At the helm of one of our biggest clubs for more than four decades, he helped make the city into a dance party Mecca.
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Under the Stars: Gorgeous Guild Theatre hits 100 with stacked season

Plus: Drum and bass revival keeps rolling, DJ Koco cuts up classic Cuban 45s, Devon Parker's star ascends, more music
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Screen Grabs: Fêting a visionary film noir genius

Cinematographer John Alton was all over the genre. Plus: three by Agnes Varda, a slew of French noirs, and Brendan Fraser gets miscast.
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BIG WEEK: Margaret Cho, Bay Area Book Fest, Porch Fest, Brewfest, New Sam Wo…

Fou Fou Ha!, Aja Monet, Lea Delaria, 'The Barber of Seville,' Agnes Varda, Shigeto, DVS1, DocFest... what to do!
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Music

Ladytron resurfaces, with the cool synth pleasures of ‘Paradises’

Joshua Rotter -
'Without electroclash, there’s no Lady Gaga,' says band that embodied and transcended that scene, returning to SF.
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Gaming

The brilliant new puzzler made by a Davis student partly out of spite

Leah Isobel -
Lucas Immanuel's 'The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time' turns retro mystery role-play inside out and sideways.
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Featured

How many ‘l’s are in ‘Google’?

Marke B. -
As local newsrooms embrace AI, 48 Hills remains 100% human. But our matching $50K fundraiser deadline looms.
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Onstage

Drama Masks: Living beyond the shadow of a ‘Doubt’

Charles Lewis III -
Anticipating Opera Parallèle’s latest—as the Pope rails against AI. Plus: SF Opera's upcoming streams, and a new SF Symphony leader.
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Art Review

In a different light: How Venice fixed Monet

Lou Fancher -
From canals to water lilies, de Young pays homage to two months in 'La Serenissima' that rejuvenated virtuoso's career.
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Contest

Win free tickets to acclaimed Deadhead doc opening DocFest!

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This Thursday, 'ride shotgun with the swirling world of Deadheads as Dead & Company embarks on its final tour.'
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Music

Shoegaze dreamers Chapterhouse leap back into ‘Whirlpool,’ 35 years on

Joshua Rotter -
'Incredible pop tunes hidden in all that noise': UK outfit's landmark LP swam in scene's deep end—and still grows in influence.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: 25th DocFest brings high-heeled anarchy, Amazing Sea Monkeys, rock star wangs

Dennis Harvey -
Oakland tent evictions, queer rights in Cuba, a Palestinian comedy club, NOFX and Grateful Dead jams also on menu.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Soapy ‘Diamonds’ may just be the Italian ‘Steel Magnolias’

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Hitchcock Fest hits the Balboa, while Alamo Drafthouse celebrates Brian De Palma's Hitchcockian breakthroughs.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Taking an inch… and finishing the hat

Charles Lewis III -
'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at NCTC cranks things up and down. Plus: The colorful drama of SFMOMA's 'Woman in a hat'
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Music

Under the Stars: Sweet summer sounds heat up, from Yerba Buena to SFJAZZ

John-Paul Shiver -
Dub Mission, Dirtybird Campout, Total Accord Fest, more roll in with the fog. But why is DJ Shadow dissing SF?
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Carnaval, World Goth Night, American Football, secret Hologram burger…

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Primitive Ring, Foodieland, Laraaji, Hitchcock Fest, 'Songs from a Sinking Ship,' Terry Riley at 90, more to do!
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Music

Composer Tyler Taylor’s ‘secret’ mission: sneak some sax back into the symphony

Marke B. -
Emerging Black Composers Project-winner brings 'Embers' to Davies Hall, pushing a marginalized horn to center stage.
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Nightlife

A tale of two raves

Andrew Brobst -
What did big, shiny Club Darc and homegrown massive Parameter Fest have to say about the state of the city? Plenty, it turns out.
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Movies

Boots Riley is here to boost you

Joshua Rotter -
Oakland icon pulls no punches talking about new movie 'I Love Boosters' and the power of collective organizing.
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