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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Time can work against us all

Charles Lewis III - February 19, 2025

'Back to the Future: The Musical,' 'The Heart Sellers' at Aurora, SF Ballet's 'Cool Britannia,' and 'Froggy' at Center Rep, reviewed.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: The spice must flow

Tamara Palmer - February 19, 2025

Seasoning makes the difference in life and on the plate. Bay Area purveyors can help your dishes come to life.

Movies

Ramblin’ renegade folk legend Faith Petric honored in new doc ‘Singing for Justice’

Marke B. - February 19, 2025

A force for social justice and musical creativity during her 98-year life, the SF hero's vital voice can be heard again.

Opinion

Opinion: When SF Democrats start to sound like Trump

Dean Preston - February 18, 2025

Too many local officials are pretending to be tough and embracing tech billionaires.

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Sports

All-Star Weekend buzzed with the best of San Francisco

Adrian Spinelli - February 18, 2025

NBA showcase brought out diverse crowds, civic spirit, and cultural hustle that make the city great—crispy BBQ brisket included.

Music

Your front-row, backstage, all-around guide to Noise Pop 2025

John-Paul Shiver - February 18, 2025

Soccer Mommy and Flamin' Groovies to Cardboard People and Marika Christine, here are some of the sprawling fest's best bets.

Art

‘Clay is right now!’ Towering ceramic artist Viola Frey is celebrated anew

Lou Fancher - February 18, 2025

With show at pt. 2 and new book published by her professional archives, late creator's influence comes to fore.

Transportation

SF considers cutting school crossing guards

Tim Redmond - February 17, 2025

Also: Car gets stolen and towed? Pay your own fees. These are some proposed solutions to Muni's budget problems

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Airbnb founder now working with Musk; here’s who was on his side in SF when it mattered

News + Politics Tim Redmond - February 17, 2025

Breed, Chiu, and Wiener helped make Joe Gebbia a billionaire; now he's helping destroy democracy in the US.

Jail abuse will cost the taxpayers $3 million

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 16, 2025

Plus: How to fight fascism and tyranny on the local level. That's The Agenda for Feb. 16-23

The brutality of ‘homeless cold’

Homelessness Tiny - February 16, 2025

Mourning houseless babies in Detroit, Cornelius Taylor in Atlanta, and anyone in Fremont

Bay Area streetwear gets a jump up with JSquared’s Maraud

Fashion Alan Chazaro - February 16, 2025

Renowned local sports photographer's clothing line celebrates players and creators who 'loot the audience of their senses.'

Heartfelt dispatches from an imaginary Swiss art school

Art Review DeWitt Cheng - February 15, 2025

Dan Levenson's 'Artifacts from the SKZ' conjures a movement that might have been, in surprisingly affecting ways.

Trump announces first season of plays at his new performing arts center

Performance Joel Schechter - February 14, 2025

All the classics you know and love—but huger, greater, bigger, more beautiful, and much better.

You could win tickets to Noise Pop

Music Marke B. - February 14, 2025

We've got pairs of tickets to some of the huge indie fest's coolest shows—subscribe to our daily newsletter to see how to win.

Under the Stars: Black History Month brings musical excellence to small screens

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 14, 2025

Plus: Three terrific Mission spots to post up at during Noise Pop (and beyond) for vinyl dance nights and local vibes.

Planners approve golf club building, put conditions on Engardio condo conversions

Housing Tim Redmond - February 13, 2025

Supe wants to let second-units become condos, which has serious problems for renters

Chelsea Ryoko Wong cultivates gratitude by capturing Bay Area life

Art Mary Corbin - February 13, 2025

Intergenerational bustle of Grant Street, easeful river days flood the Mission artist's luminous canvases.

What we saw at Sundance 2025: 12 narrative trips, animatronic buddies included

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 13, 2025

Teenagers on the range, misguided missionaries, a cerulean-faced orphan puppet? The Park City fest took many turns.

Drama Masks: When public transit woes make you miss the show

Performance Charles Lewis III - February 13, 2025

BART and Muni cuts—not to mention the threat the new regime poses to local arts—will most certainly sever theatre lifelines.

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Movies

Ramblin’ renegade folk legend Faith Petric honored in new doc ‘Singing for Justice’

A force for social justice and musical creativity during her 98-year life, the SF hero's vital voice can be heard again.

Movies Marke B. - February 19, 2025

Screen Grabs: ’40 Years of Queer’ is a kaleidoscope of love, sex, and liberation

What we saw at Sundance 2025: 14 great docs, from epic to Pee Wee

Screen Grabs: Diving into the ingenious ‘race films’ of Oscar Micheaux

Music

Ramblin’ renegade folk legend Faith Petric honored in new doc ‘Singing for Justice’

A force for social justice and musical creativity during her 98-year life, the SF hero's vital voice can be heard again.

Movies Marke B. - February 19, 2025

You could win tickets to Noise Pop

Under the Stars: Black History Month brings musical excellence to small screens

Live Shots: Thee Sacred Souls showed ‘love is the way’ at The Masonic

Art

‘Clay is right now!’ Towering ceramic artist Viola Frey is celebrated anew

With show at pt. 2 and new book published by her professional archives, late creator's influence comes to fore.

Art Lou Fancher - February 18, 2025

Chelsea Ryoko Wong cultivates gratitude by capturing Bay Area life

Drama Masks: Voices of incarcerated women take center stage at YBCA

Arts Forecast: New folk opera swoops in on tale of Fruitvale falcons

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Housing

The brutality of ‘homeless cold’

Mourning houseless babies in Detroit, Cornelius Taylor in Atlanta, and anyone in Fremont

Homelessness Tiny - February 16, 2025

Supes forward measure to let developers build luxury housing with no affordable fees

Two housing measures would give massive breaks to private developers

A project almost nobody wants is going forward in the Mission, thanks to Yimbys

Politics

Jail abuse will cost the taxpayers $3 million

Plus: How to fight fascism and tyranny on the local level. That's The Agenda for Feb. 16-23

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 16, 2025

Lurie ’emergency’ fentanyl package appears headed for board approval

Lurie seeks to reduce board review over $1.1 billion worth of contracts

Supes committee assignments: Chan runs budget (and Mandelman will be swing vote)

Opinion

Opinion: When SF Democrats start to sound like Trump

Too many local officials are pretending to be tough and embracing tech billionaires.

Opinion Dean Preston - February 18, 2025

OPINION: How ICE is engaging in racist profiling

All the worst people in the world

Letters to the editor: What is the city getting by allowing housing demolitions?

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Performance

Drama Masks: Time can work against us all

'Back to the Future: The Musical,' 'The Heart Sellers' at Aurora, SF Ballet's 'Cool Britannia,' and 'Froggy' at Center Rep, reviewed.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - February 19, 2025

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