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OPINION: Defending California against Trump and Palantir

Peter Thiel's spy company is helping the administration intimidate voters, but a broad coalition is fighting back.
Opinion Angelica Salas and Christina Livingston -
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For costume legend Beaver Bauer, all the city’s a character

The Angels of Light Free Theater member has dressed SF productions for decades; a new retrospective takes it all in.
Performance Joshua Rotter -
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Good Taste: Welcome in Diwali’s light with Indian Restaurant Week

Six chefs at eateries from Bombay Brasserie to ROOH are pulling out holiday stops for next two weeks.
Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
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Connie Chan’s unusual coalition could be key to the Congressional race outcome

Plus: Groundbreaking anti-displacement legislation and the embarrassment that is the local Sierra Club. That's The Agenda for Nov. 1-8
The Agenda Tim Redmond -
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Music

Live Shots: Shaboozey’s twang charmed the boots off The Masonic

Danny Acosta -
Cinematic storytelling and hip-hop Easter eggs made the singer's show a Wild West well worth the ticket price.
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Movies

‘What would the Germans think?’: Paweł Pawlikowski takes on a ‘sacred beast’

Pam Grady -
In 'Fatherland,' director dramatizes Thomas Mann's fraught 1949 journey through fresh Cold War divide.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Charles Lewis III -
Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.
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News + Politics

Public bank would be stable, provide affordable housing, and help with climate goals

Ian Firstenberg -
New study shows vast benefits of the financial institution that Prop. B would help create
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Movies

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

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
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.
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Music

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

Angelique Persails -
Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.
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What To Do

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

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

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Tim Redmond -
It appears Mandelman, Lurie, and all the billionaires never read the text of Prop. A. It restores the right of supes to serve more than two terms.
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Music

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

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

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

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

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

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

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

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Ethereal June McDoom, ecad's dancefloor disruption, Farsight's tuffness.
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Contest

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

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

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

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