Arts + Culture

Fick’s Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 29, 2026

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.

Music Angelique Persails - October 29, 2026

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

Spooky bashes from Sazon Libre and Fake and Gay, De'Sean Jones' four-night residency, Indian Restaurant Week, cinema scares, more.

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - October 29, 2026

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Plus: A six-hour documentary on Russian press freedom, John Turturro's weary pickpocket, 'Los Domingos,' more.

Music Dennis Harvey - October 28, 2026

Music

Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Danny Acosta - October 28, 2026

Chicago's finest punks tore into Thursday night, heading into final stretch of their 'Ricochet' tour.

Art

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Mary Corbin - October 28, 2026

Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'

Music

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

John-Paul Shiver - October 28, 2026

Plus: Ethereal June McDoom, ecad's dancefloor disruption, Farsight's tuffness.

Contest

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

Marke B. - October 27, 2026

Get those sexy alien Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup to this weekend's giant rave.

Dance

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Aimée Ts'ao - October 27, 2026

Behind the scenes while company preps seminal Merce Cunningham works and new twist on Yue Yin two-man piece.

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Nightlife

Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

Marke B. - October 27, 2026

Scandalous house legend disappeared for decades—now she's back to scald your ears. Just hang on to that closet door.

Movies

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Dennis Harvey - October 26, 2026

Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.

Culture

This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers

Joshua Rotter - October 26, 2026

'It's like Hogwarts, only better because it's real,' says director Rani August of the Berkeley Psychic Institute

Music

At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

Daniel Bromfield - October 26, 2026

Its lead singer may be an unwilling tabloid darling, but the band's dense indie foundation still shines through as a unit.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Sandcastle Classic, LitCrawl, Annie Sprinkle, 125 Years of Lawn Bowling….

Marke B. - October 23, 2026

'Roll Fog,' Chinatown After Dark, SF Dance Film Fest, SOMArts' Día de los Muertos, 'Wicker,' a Britney Spears musical, more to do!

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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Warriors score early wins with tasty new fare

Tamara Palmer - October 22, 2026

Delightful Dungeness sandwich, fire pozole, perfect vegan pancit are some of this season’s culinary highlights at Chase Center.

Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop’s phase one lineup drops—with a load of local love

John-Paul Shiver - October 22, 2026

Plus: Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' reissue (again), Late Aster's constellations, hometown high-fives from Treasure, more

Humor

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

Joel Schechter - October 22, 2026

A 'No Kings' encounter put us in mind of a Roman poet's satirical—and unfortunately immortal—take on the kakistocracy.

Music

Dani Satin’s journey from deep grief to Outside Lands

Ankita Bhanot - October 22, 2026

Always Hallways' velvet-voiced Berkeley singer found new strength onstage through processing her father's loss.

Music

‘Steve Reich at 90’ honors a minimalist master who still brings ‘continuous joy’

Marke B. - October 22, 2026

Conductor Brad Lubman leads an all-star tribute to the composer of 'some of the most transcendent music ever written'

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Arts + Culture

Fick’s Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers

At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

BIG WEEK: Sandcastle Classic, LitCrawl, Annie Sprinkle, 125 Years of Lawn Bowling….

Good Taste: Warriors score early wins with tasty new fare

Under the Stars: Noise Pop’s phase one lineup drops—with a load of local love

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

Dani Satin’s journey from deep grief to Outside Lands

‘Steve Reich at 90’ honors a minimalist master who still brings ‘continuous joy’

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