Arts + Culture

Cult actor Patrick Warburton horses around in ‘Zootopia 2’

The deep-voiced favorite goes from 'Seinfeld' and 'The Tick' to a Fabio-maned mayor in animated sequel.

Movies Pam Grady - November 27, 2025

Drama Masks: A ‘Monkey King’ whose lessons match its lavishness

Plus: 'Mother of Exiles' at Berkeley Rep, Shotgun's 'Sunday in the Park with George'—and can 'Cabaret' get too punk?

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - November 26, 2025

Under the Stars: Spiritual Cramp gives a sloppy punk kiss to SF with ‘Rude’

Plus: KeiyaA's atmospheric heft—and 'tis the season for new releases from immortal crews like De La Soul, The Pharcyde, and Lush.

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 26, 2025

MOMIX dives down the rabbit hole in fantastical ‘Alice’

'Lewis Carroll's nonsense made perfect sense to me,' says legendary dance company's choreographer Moses Pendleton.

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - November 25, 2025

Movies

Screen Grabs: Delightful ‘Left-Handed Girl’ steals big movie week thunder

Dennis Harvey - November 24, 2025

Plus: Weepy 'Hamnet,' convoluted 'Wake Up Dead Man,' a 1969 Ken Jacobs treasure, and more great Lost Landscapes of SF.

Arts + Culture

Take me to tinsel town: a music lover’s holiday gift guide

John-Paul Shiver - November 24, 2025

Fillmore merch, kaleidoscopic Peanuts Xmas vinyl, books to cheer any genre buff, donations to the arts, much more

Featured

Danny Brown enters his sober era, with wild ‘Stardust’ still intact

D'Andre Ball - November 21, 2025

Rehab stint led Detroit rapper to hyperpop and 'The Artist's Way'; new LP highlights one of the genre's true originals.

Movies

Screen Grabs: A soft spot for ‘Sentimental Value’

Dennis Harvey - November 20, 2025

Plus: Edgar Wright and Noah Baumbach's latest, fine 'Rebuilding,' urgent 'Anniversary,' barbed 'Disinvited,' more new movies

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Grateful Drag, Great Dickens, Anti-Fascist Zine Fair, West Coast Craft…

Marke B. - November 20, 2025

Buzzed Lightbeer, Glow at Exploratorium, DNA Lounge 40th, 'The Woman in Black,' Oceanator, more to do

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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Facing—and acing—a Herculean task

Charles Lewis III - November 20, 2025

A great warrior for COVID safety left us, and a Greek warrior-god graced the stage after 300 years.

News + Politics

5 quick ways to save 48 Hills

Tim Redmond and Marke B - November 19, 2025

Donate, sustain, upgrade, advertise, share: Here's how to ensure your favorite local indie outlet survives into 2026.

Promotion

Score a free pass to new movie ‘Hamnet’!

Marke B. - November 19, 2025

We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Chloé Zhao's new movie imagining Shakespeare's world—but act fast!

Lit

‘Poetry for Men’

Nina Ruth Mir - November 19, 2025

A poem by Nina Ruth Mir on International Mens Day.

Music

Under the Stars: An ode to Edinburgh Castle (RIP), and making big noise in little rooms

John-Paul Shiver - November 18, 2025

The spot that launched 1000 bands and parties is gone—but the vibe must live on. Plus: Indigo Elephant sings and Khruangbin jams.

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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Savory pastries that hit like a meal

Tamara Palmer - November 18, 2025

Bakeries and cafés are turning out meaty croissants, eggy danishes, and more treats that aren’t for dessert.

Gaming

In ‘Demonschool,’ ’70s Italian horror films meet university life. Plus demons.

Leah Isobel - November 18, 2025

Necrosoft's Brandon Sheffield on his rad new Giallo-influenced game, his journalism background—and why rents must come down.

Music

Brian Jonestown Massacre returns in a psychedelic rush and swirl

Joshua Rotter - November 17, 2025

'The key is, I never gave up' says frontman Anton Newcombe of the band's rocky beginnings in SF—and its later triumphs

Art

John Mavroudis doesn’t hold back from speaking out through art

Mary Corbin - November 17, 2025

The self-taught artist grew up in a passionate Greek family, and describes himself as 'doomed to care' about the state of the world.

Contest

Win a pair of tickets to ph-1, Danny Brown, Sara Landy, Mills Hoffman, TEED

Marke B. - November 17, 2025

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