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Music

Sun glints, flowers slide by in ML Buch’s uncanny musical world

Daniel Bromfield - December 11, 2024

The Danish guitarist's melodic and welcoming, Bosch-like landscapes belie early influences like Metallica's 'S&M.'

Art

New SF arts collective 465 introduces itself

Neut Nelson - December 11, 2024

Located in the legacy South Van Ness space that once hosted Femina Potens, the group aims to spark much-needed change.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Shawna Virago

Marke B. - December 11, 2024

The groundbreaking 'fairy godmother' of trans country music is an outspoken voice for queer rights and local independent arts.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Amid topical twists, SF Ballet delivers another gorgeous ‘Nutcracker’

Charles Lewis III - December 10, 2024

The annual fairy frolic enchanted an audience all-too-ready to embrace an epic battle against the evil Mouse King.

Hot topics

Under the Stars: TV on the Radio returns, Yacht Rock gets its shine

John-Paul Shiver - December 10, 2024

Drew Daniel's fever dream genre 'hit 'em' sparks a gonzo comp, 37 Houses light up BOTH, more great music

Housing

Supes reject Breed policy on towing RVs

Tim Redmond - December 10, 2024

Seizing the homes of vulnerable families makes no sense, advocates say—and by a 7-3 vote, board agrees.

letters we answer

Letters we answer: On Luigi and the US healthcare system

Tim Redmond - December 10, 2024

Are we looking through a 'single keyhole,' and what does that mean anyway?

Homelessness

When public land isn’t public for all

Tiny - December 10, 2024

If you so much as 'look homeless,' you can be forced out of what's supposed to be common space.

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The Luigi problem

Healthcare Tim Redmond - December 10, 2024

An alleged murderer has become a folk hero, on all sides of the political spectrum. The Democratic Party remains utterly clueless.

Puff: Mix it up for a Happy Dankmas and Marijuanukkah

Puff Dan Karkoska - December 9, 2024

Yummy Fizz-tinis, infused chocolate turtles, simply stoned sugar cookies, and more cannabis treats to make your Yuletide high.

50 years ago, the industry discarded him. Now jazz-funk legend Saracho is back

Music Daniel Bromfield - December 9, 2024

Thanks to an SF fan, the Apache-Mexican pianist returns—with a lifetime's worth of new musical tales to tell.

Screen Grabs: An Iranian family explodes under authoritarian pressure

Movies Dennis Harvey - December 9, 2024

Mohammad Rasoulof's secret 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig.' Plus: 'The Bibi Files' indicts Netanyahu, 'Dahomey' liberates seized artifacts.

Supes approve TAY housing—but Dorsey makes it easier to evict the vulnerable residents

Housing Megan Robertson - December 8, 2024

Supe forces drug-free conditions on leases of formerly homeless, transitional age youth.

Lurie faces massive budget problem—and his first defining political test

City Hall Tim Redmond - December 8, 2024

Balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable, or look for revenue solutions?

Stuck in a seasonal funk? Go for the ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Onstage Joshua Rotter - December 7, 2024

For SF Symphony show stars Latrice Royale and Lady Camden, this is the year to 'get up, get sickening, and make them eat it.'

Long Covid: The search for answers inches forward

COVID Bruce Mirken - December 6, 2024

Is the tide finally turning on research into the chronic illness—and funding at the federal level for prevention and a cure?

Our bodies, their choice

LGBTQ Gabriel Haaland - December 5, 2024

The Supreme Court and the attack on trans kids: It was never about bathrooms, it was never about fountains. It is about our bodies, our choices, our lives.

When Tamagotchis attack! Kyle Mooney on raucous horror-comedy ‘Y2K’

Movies Pam Grady - December 5, 2024

Period-perfect New Millennium details shine in tale of technology gone haywire. Just don't forget the Herbal Essence.

Screen Grabs: It’s ‘Queer,’ it’s here, it’s… definitely Guadagnino

Movies Dennis Harvey - December 5, 2024

Daniel Craig is besotted, Jude Law is determined, Ralph Fiennes is Odysseus, and Marco Pigossi is hot. New movies!

Arts Forecast: Are we not Recombinant?

Arts Forecast Marke B. - December 5, 2024

Plus: Peter Pan panto, Atsushi Kaga's bunnies, Velveteen Rabbit, 40 years of Lab, DJ Louie Vega, East Bay Zine Fest, more awesome stuff to do.

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