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Arts + Culture

A ‘Tempest’ toss’d at Point Montara in sandy Shakespeare show

Berkeley Shakespeare Company production offers sleepaway 'theater camp' experience—cliffs, waves, island spirits, and all.
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Root Division digs up deep community connections in massive annual auction

Going once, going twice... don't let Trump's cuts fell another institution: Snatch up works by more than 200 local artists.
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Panic! at the Autechre disco: Why I couldn’t review popular electronic act

Experimental UK duo's show takes place in total darkness, which proved to be a lesson in abject terror.
Music Tamara Palmer -
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What D’Angelo left us

The singer revolutionized R&B in a time of shiny suits and MTV cribs, then blazed his own trail of musical innovation, in his own time.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Shipyard Open Studios, Rock Poster Fest, Other Minds, Bearrison Street Fair…

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Diwali Brunch, Potrero Hill R&B Fest, 'HEXED,' SF Photobook Fair, Christina Chatfield, Drag Me 2 the Beach, more to do
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Movies

Screen Grabs: UN Film Fest brings human rights ‘Messages for the Future’

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Plus: 'Urchin' and 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' take on prickly personalities in surprisingly engaging ways.
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Promotion

Score a pass to see Yorgos Lánthimos’ latest, ‘Bugonia’

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Act fast to see the Greek director's latest surreal provocation on Oct. 21, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A gloriously naughty ‘Rocky Horror,’ just when we need it

Charles Lewis III -
D'Arcy Drollinger and cast go over the top—yes, it's possible—with the beloved 50-year-old musical at Oasis.
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Music

Under the Stars: Feel the sweet lo-fi buzz of Late Aster

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Plus: Stereolab blows into Fog City, Dave Aju's still dancin', Orchestra Gold goes for it, OSEES let it rip, more music
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Movies

Starry ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ sinks fangs into deep subjects

Pam Grady -
Director Bill Condon and star Toniatiuh on the movie musical's entanglement with gender and incarceration.
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Music

Rachmaninoff rocks… pop? You bet your sweet ‘A’ Train

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Firebrand pianist Conrad Tao traces the Russian composer's influence on classics from Strayhorn and Sinatra to Dylan and Celine Dion.
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Featured

Dean Preston and Cat Brooks to speak at 48 Hills Community Gala, Oct. 22!

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Join us for community spirit, live music, drinks, bites, and the Best of the Bay—and support independent media
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LGBTQ

Trans trailblazer Miss Major has passed: Read our 2023 interview with the Stonewall veteran

Caitlin Donohue -
'The best trait an organizer can have is to listen, and to listen closely to what the people want,' she told us.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Enterprise Brewery

Adrian Spinelli -
Local beer vets Jesse Hayter and Cameron MacDonald's SoMa taproom is a welcome neighborhood watering hole.
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Music

Scottish songbird Sheena Easton: ‘I always like to make every performance feel intimate.’

Joshua Rotter -
Revered for '80s hits which took her from Bond to Prince, she brings her inimitable strut to Yoshi's and Symphony Hall.
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Contest

Win tickets to Buckethead, Beta Band, Erika De Casier

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Go see a banging live show at one of SF's top venues, on us.
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Art

At the de Young, a vibrant refresher of Indigenous art

Lou Fancher -
New four-gallery "Rooted in Place" displays gorgeous diversity of Native California peoples.
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Art

Blues musician Mike Henderson enjoys the ride, right on through to solo art show

Lou Fancher -
At Haines Gallery, Cabin Fever bandmember's multimedia expressions of Black life crackle with humor and insight.
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Lit

First-ever Robert Crumb biography zaps with iconoclast’s free speech and wild pen

Joel Schechter -
Author Dan Nadel gained intimate access to living legend and comic book peers for 'A Cartoonist's Life.'
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