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Dear Gavin: Here are some (free) tips for your presidential campaign

You've been to Brazil, how about Wall Street? Maybe you can ask the rich to start paying taxes
Opinion Joel Schechter -
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Roddy Bottum: ‘It felt like a sense of royalty’ to live through SF’s alt-rock era

From Faith No More and Imperial Teen to Man on Man, the musician's memoir 'The Royal We' captures a classic city scene.
Music Joshua Rotter -
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Lurie goes west to defend his Rich Family Zoning Plan ….

... and neighborhoods ask the supes to accept amendments—and bring state officials in to testify. That's The Agenda for Nov. 16-23
The Agenda Tim Redmond -
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Disability activist and oracle Alice Wong passes away at 51

'If we take care of everyone, that will contribute to a stronger society. It’s not a weakness to need help and no one is invincible.'
Remembrance Marke B. -
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Lurie’s D4 bungle: This is what happens when you have no political sense

Tim Redmond -
The Lurie Administration is looking like amateur hour
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Comedy

SF Sketchfest lineup is bonkers: Here’s a first look and our top 5 picks

Tamara Palmer -
Women of SNL, Joel Kim Booster, Wet Hot American Summer, Alex Bennett tribute... annual fest mines comedy gold.
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Music

Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’

Joshua Rotter -
A very gay ode to Madonna's glitter galaxy of a dance floor comeback, as it hits 20 with a deluxe re-release.
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Culture

‘More slay, more girly, more community’: Cherry Bomb ignites the vintage scene

Claudia Perez -
Sisters Sophia and Lulu Panzarella grew their pop-up market from a DIY garage event to a whole vibe, DJs and tattoos included.
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Is Chris Elmendorf a ‘folk economist?’

Housing Zelda Bronstein -
The Yimby champion is now attacking planners who supposedly don't know economics—but it appears that this law professor doesn't either.
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Under the Stars: Mr. Washington blows into town

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Alice Coltrane live, Fake Your Own Death, Park Shadow, Sessa, and it's 3am in SF—do you know where Lolo Zouaï is?
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Drama Masks: ‘Hills of California’ sings, ‘Woman in Black’ thrills

Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
As our leaders take the wrong lesson from 'The Crucible,' two shows transport us far away with music and mystery.
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Contrarian art giant Jim Melchert found hope in the cracks

Art Emily Wilson -
He broke the mold of ceramic art and headed the NEA. A major retrospective at di Rosa SF brings his pieces together.
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A Ghost Ship symphony sets sail

Music Marke B. -
Alexandrea Archuleta's 'Symphony No. 1,' set to mark next year's tenth anniversary of the tragedy, will preview this weekend.
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Can we ‘reform’ the City Charter without addressing economic inequality?

City Hall Tim Redmond -
San Francisco could have lots of nice things. Maybe SPUR could help.
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With ‘Dreams on Toast,’ The Darkness still winks and blazes in all directions

Music Joshua Rotter -
Glam strut and cheeky twang on new LP, as bombastic UK quartet reaches for the playful and profound.
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Screen Grabs: Transgender Film Fest comes at a powerful moment

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Reanimated Underground Short Film Fest packs 36 flicks into seven hours, and Colombia on Film celebrates 'resistia en transita.'
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Beetlejuice on oboe: Danny Elfman’s shivery Tim Burton scores come to SF Symphony

Music Joshua Rotter -
Composer returns with beloved film music—and waxes about '70s group 'The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.'
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Score a FREE PAIR of Cirque du Soleil tickets (and help save local indie media, too)

Exclusive Marke B. -
New big top show ECHO comes to Oracle Park starting Nov. 20—here's how to get a ticket and support 48 Hills.
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With a ‘heavy heart,’ tenant protections move forward at Planning Commission

The Agenda Tim Redmond -
Plus: The Chron's vicious attack on two sitting progressive supes ... that's The Agenda for Nov. 9-16
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s real legacy

Elections Tim Redmond -
She was always a neoliberal Democrat who dismissed the left and put the party and its power ahead of her constituents at home
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