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Win tickets to Wavy Gravy’s 90th birthday party!

We've got three pairs of tickets to give away to the all-star celebration on Sat/16.

Contest Marke B. - May 11, 2026

The freaky little Fotomat that’s changing SF nightlife

Party crew program audio have transformed a tiny kiosk near the top of Haight Street into a brilliant online radio station.

Nightlife John-Paul Shiver - May 11, 2026

50 years in, electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire still sound prophetic

'Our reasons for being paranoid were only partly paranoid' say proto-industrial UK group, now on grand farewell tour.

Music Marke B. - May 12, 2026

Wavy Gravy is turning 90. Of course there’s a wild party.

Maria Muldaur, Harper Simon, Cat Power, Rickie Lee Jones, Steve Earle, more to celebrate SF's 'saint in a clown suit.'

Music Joshua Rotter - May 11, 2026

Healthcare

Looking for trustworthy health info? Here are six sites that cut through the noise

Bruce Mirken - May 10, 2026

Mass media, caught in a tsunami of cutbacks and misinformation, is dropping the ball on accurate reporting.

The Agenda

San Francisco could tax the rich—locally—and avoid brutal cuts to city services. Here’s how

Tim Redmond - May 10, 2026

Plus: Will the supes call for public power, now? Why are we bailing out the privatized zoo? That's The Agenda for May 10-17

Housing

The complete failure of Lurie’s tax cuts for developers on full display at hearing

Tim Redmond - May 7, 2026

Cutting fees won't bring more affordable housing; it just makes the budget problem even worse

Lit

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Joshua Rotter - May 7, 2026

Kronos Quartet, Kim Stanley Robinson, Merrill Garbus, Brontez Purnell, Andy Cabic, morę mark 100 years of poet-iconoclast.

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Big Week: Hamburger Eyes, Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, Mother of Collaboration…

Big Week Marke B. - May 7, 2026

Plus: OM Records 30-Year Blast, Miss Grits, Beat Freaks, Broad Street Oyster Co, 'Mean Girls,' 'Blue Heron,' more to do

Under the Stars: JWords is getting there, and ‘the path feels wondrous’

Music John-Paul Shiver - May 7, 2026

Plus: Old Skool Cafe still kicks, bliss abyss channels The Cure, Neal Francis dives into house, Lyra Pramuk's 'Hymnal' gets resung.

Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Movies Dennis Harvey - May 6, 2026

Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!

‘Real Bay Shit’: Nonprofit hardcore shows are planting the seeds of change

Music Bianca Sieraski - May 6, 2026

Bay Area bookers organize benefit concerts to uplift communities in need, opening gateways to activism.

Drama Masks: Get in, loser, we’re going to the theater

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - May 6, 2026

Changes are afoot on local stages—and 'Mean Girls' run amok at Ray of Light. Plus: 'Orpheus' retold, via storefront psychic

Cutting fees for developers has not encouraged much new housing

Housing Tim Redmond - May 5, 2026

New report suggests Yimby approach of Lurie, Mahmood to reduce affordable housing fees is hurting, not helping, the crisis

Lara Downes gathers friends to reflect on musical resilience of ‘This Land’

Music Lou Fancher - May 5, 2026

As country's 250th birthday approaches, acclaimed pianist is joined by Judy Collins, more for genre-spanning, resonant concert.

New looks now: Academy of Art fashion students bloom into view

Fashion Joshua Rotter - May 4, 2026

19 graduating designers send their theses down the runway at two special shows and a Halston-inspired Union Square showcase.

Letter to the Editor: Lurie’s ‘Reset Center’ is a disaster waiting to happen

Letters to the Editor 48 Hills - May 4, 2026

Withdrawal from a drug of choice may be life-threatening without skilled medical supervision.

Progressives never push term limits

Opinion Tim Paulson - May 4, 2026

Opinion: In the labor movement, we elect the leaders we want. What's wrong with that?

Behind ‘Angel Island Project,’ a powerhouse ensemble and dark history

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - May 4, 2026

Oakland Ballet Company enlists seven choreographers, 'Monkey King' composer to relate tales of Asian immigrant imprisonment.

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News + Politics 48 Hills - May 4, 2026

Exclusive City Hall and election news and analysis that you won't find on the site!

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Movies

Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!

Movies Dennis Harvey - May 6, 2026

Screen Grabs: Everyone is lying to you for money and no one cares about crazy people

Michael Jackson and Prince deserve better

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest hits 69. Nice.

Music

50 years in, electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire still sound prophetic

'Our reasons for being paranoid were only partly paranoid' say proto-industrial UK group, now on grand farewell tour.

Music Marke B. - May 12, 2026

The freaky little Fotomat that’s changing SF nightlife

Wavy Gravy is turning 90. Of course there’s a wild party.

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Art

Blending archeology and translation, Paola de la Calle’s art digs deep

An encounter with Mission political art inspired the Colombian American to examine how history is told and preserved.

Art Mary Corbin - May 2, 2026

Brian McDonald’s waggish works key into an overstimulated world

Rachel Simon Marino’s off-kilter Day-Glo world aims to overwhelm

Four decades later, seminal queer punk zine ‘Homocore’ blasts back into view

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Housing

The complete failure of Lurie’s tax cuts for developers on full display at hearing

Cutting fees won't bring more affordable housing; it just makes the budget problem even worse

Housing Tim Redmond - May 7, 2026

Tax on big business for housing has been a huge success

The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Supes reject illegal conversion that turned four rental units into one mansion

Politics

San Francisco could tax the rich—locally—and avoid brutal cuts to city services. Here’s how

Plus: Will the supes call for public power, now? Why are we bailing out the privatized zoo? That's The Agenda for May 10-17

The Agenda Tim Redmond - May 10, 2026

Progressives never push term limits

Have you subscribed to Tim’s political insider newsletter?

Celebrating May Day, with all sorts of politics

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Lurie’s ‘Reset Center’ is a disaster waiting to happen

Withdrawal from a drug of choice may be life-threatening without skilled medical supervision.

Letters to the Editor 48 Hills - May 4, 2026

What if Tom Steyer wasn’t a billionaire any more?

The US war economy and the ‘threat of peace’

‘Sex trafficking’ stings—or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl?

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Performance

Drama Masks: Get in, loser, we’re going to the theater

Changes are afoot on local stages—and 'Mean Girls' run amok at Ray of Light. Plus: 'Orpheus' retold, via storefront psychic

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - May 6, 2026

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