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

Plus: Hitchcock Fest hits the Balboa, while Alamo Drafthouse celebrates Brian De Palma's Hitchcockian breakthroughs.
Movies Dennis Harvey -
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Drama Masks: Taking an inch… and finishing the hat

'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at NCTC cranks things up and down. Plus: The colorful drama of SFMOMA's 'Woman in a hat'
Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
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Under the Stars: Sweet summer sounds heat up, from Yerba Buena to SFJAZZ

Dub Mission, Dirtybird Campout, Total Accord Fest, more roll in with the fog. But why is DJ Shadow dissing SF?
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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BIG WEEK: Carnaval, World Goth Night, American Football, secret Hologram burger…

Primitive Ring, Foodieland, Laraaji, Hitchcock Fest, 'Songs from a Sinking Ship,' Terry Riley at 90, more to do!
Big Week Marke B. -
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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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City Hall

Lurie wants to undermine Free City College

Tim Redmond -
The life-changing program that has attracted national attention is facing a devastating budget cut—in defiance of the will of the voters
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Humor

Hey Elon: SF has lots more tech oligarchs you can go ahead and sue

Joel Schechter -
AI may not help the Bay Area, but dozens of lawsuits against AI lords could create a wonderful spectator sport for us all.
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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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Music Review

Miles Davis, still at 100 percent after 100 years

Tom Molanphy -
All-star tribute 'Unlimited Miles' at Presidio Theatre voyaged through five decades of the jazz giant's astonishments.
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Comedy

Comedy pioneers BATS Improv turn 40, with more wild flights of storytelling

Joshua Rotter -
'The excitement of improvisation was palpable, and the joy of being onstage together was addictive,' co-founder says of early years.
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Music

Live Shots: La Doña returned in triumph at UC Theater

D.A. Mission -
The hometown hero brought songs from new album 'Corrientes,' advancing her feminist-forward preservation of traditional sounds.
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News + Politics

Pelosi endorses Chan. What does that mean for the Congressional race?

Tim Redmond -
Popular, powerful speaker emerita finally weighs in. Could this help Chan finish in the top two?
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News + Politics

Richmond Review, Sunset Beacon publisher enters hospice

Marke B. -
Michael Durand has announced he has terminal cancer. His neighborhood papers' coverage has been essential.
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Lit

Reproductive injustice in 1960s San Francisco exposed in Kate Schatz’s debut novel

Lou Fancher -
Horrendous recent Supreme Court decision and a very personal connection spurred tale of teenager facing pregnancy.
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The Agenda

Local news headlines get the economic impact of Prop. D totally wrong. Please: Do the math

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Silence from the Chron on Breed-Sherrill-Bloomberg story—and a move to save community clinics from the Lurie axe. That's The Agenda for May 17-24
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Crime

Inside San Quentin, a new approach to rehabilitation and training

Tim Redmond -
The Last Mile helps teach residents skills that will get them jobs on the outside. It's inspiring—but it's still a prison with too many people behind bars
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Elections

Broad coalition urges No on B vote

JJ Lansing -
Advocates say it's a solution in search of a problem.
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Art

Like her mother, sculptor Maryam Yousif is inspired by a Mesopotamian warrior queen

Mary Corbin -
Iraqi artist's multitudinous clay explorations are powered by ancient myths, Arabian pop art, anonymous bloggers.
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