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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Arts + Culture

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

Plus: Stereolab blows into Cloud City, Dave Aju's still dancing', Orchestra Gold goes for it, OSEES let it rip, more music
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Starry ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ sinks fangs into deep subjects

Director Bill Condon and star Toniatiuh on the onscreen musical's entanglement with gender and incarceration.
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Rachmaninoff rocks… pop? You bet your sweet ‘A’ Train

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

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

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'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

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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.’

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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

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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

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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

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Author Dan Nadel gained intimate access to living legend and comic book peers for 'A Cartoonist's Life.'
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Best of the Bay

Welcome to Best of the Bay 2025!

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Our 51st annual Readers' Poll celebrates everything that's Best about the Bay Area—chosen by the people who live here.
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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2025: City Living Winners

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Best Street Fair, Best Night Market, Best Tattoo Parlor, Best Yoga Studio, Best Gym, Best Hotel, more
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Best of the Bay 2025: Food & Drink Winners

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Best Burrito, Best Pizza, Best Dive Bar, Best Date Restaurant, Best Sports Bar, Best Cafe, more
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Best of the Bay 2025: Arts & Nightlife Winners

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Best Cinema, Best Live Music Venue, Best Drag Show, Best Strip Club, Best Karaoke, Best Comedy Club, more
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Best of the Bay 2025: Shopping Winners

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Best Bookstore, Best Bike Store, Best Cannabis Dispensary, Best Flea Market, Best Thrift Store, Best Shoe Store, more
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Music

Under the Stars: For Cahl Sel, electronic experimentation is a family affair

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Plus: Akiko Yano's 1970s live love, Harvey Sutherland's top five house records, a new Ghostly Crushed, more music.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Techno-cyborgian Blackness, Rocky Horror, Litquake, BART Jazz Fest…

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Party at Golden Gate Park Bandshell, Yvonne's Southern Sweets, Chinatown Night Market, Decembrists, John C. Reilly, more to do!
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Hot Wing King’ pours on subversive tang

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Plus: At Terror Vault's 'Hexed,' search for the magic crystal to fight the Coven of Three in the Himalayas!
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