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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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Under the Stars: ‘Happy Today’ brings wizardly space and grace to longform jazz jams

Plus: Digital Underground's 'Sex Packets' at 35, Black Gold Sun's poignant punk, Space Ghost's remixed freedom, more music
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Surely, they must still be joking: ‘Airplane! Live’ lands classic 1980 movie’s gags

'The more serious we were, the more the comedy worked,' says star Robert Hays, coming to SF with co-star Julie Hagerty.
Movies Joshua Rotter -
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Kitfo to kickflips: Bay’s oldest Ethiopian restaurant supports Addis Ababa skaters

Oakland's Cafe Colucci collabs with Ethiopia Skate to boost a burgeoning scene.
Culture Alan Chazaro -
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Wiener claims right-wing dark money is out to prevent him from winning. Seriously?

It's bizarre: He's raising money talking about right-wing donors attacking him, but they aren't supporting his opponent; mostly, they support Wiener. Look at the names.
Campaign Trail Tim Redmond -
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Onstage

Live Shots: Fou Fou Ha!’s erotic clownery reminded us that pleasure is resistance

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
With 'The Nectar' at Palace Theater, the longtime sexy burlesque troupe offered a voluptuous answer to oppression.
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The Agenda

A profound new report on climate and economy ignored by most major news media

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Exposing SF's affordable housing failures—and the cops and DA can't get all the money when the rest of the justice system is starved. That's The Agenda for June 8-15
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Audre Lorde rises again at Queer Women of Color Film Fest

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Summer with Monica Vitti, Nicholas Meyer's SF sci-fi, a daring 'Devil Queen,' A Complete Stanley Kubrick, more movies on tap
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Humor

Should SF offer sanctuary for the Statue of Liberty?

Joel Schechter -
If Trump wants to bulldoze Lady Liberty, maybe we can make room in the Bay
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As SF nightclubs struggle to hold on, local DJs are being squeezed out

Nightlife Jess Oledan -
Venues turn to big-name touring acts and social media metrics to fill rooms, rather than risk success on up-and-comers.
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Screen Grabs: Things are looking grim. Time for a trip to Bleak Week

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Plus: 'Trainspotting' slams back into cinemas, 'Carolina Caroline' rides the grift, a straightforward (ahem) 'Rocky Horror' doc, more movies
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BIG WEEK: Festa Italiana, Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Rocky Horror, The Klezmatics…

Big Week Marke B. -
Plus: Persia does Pride, Free Techno in Union Square, Union Street Fest, Marbled Eye, Juniper, Satya, more to do!
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Tech plutocrats won a lot in the SF election ….

Elections Tim Redmond -
But I'm not so sure most voters buy into their not-so-hidden agenda. It's possible that Chan will be elected to Congress
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Good Taste: Diving deep into Crustacean’s ‘secret’ kitchen for a family treasure

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
Chef Helene An's garlic noodles are an iconic SF dish, now served at her restaurant's new FiDi location (and her granddaughter's school).
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Under the Stars: Wealthy Women are here to lay down heavy truths

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: AMC launches in-theater concert shows, Trinity Ace gives Richmond realness, Brooklyn Funk Essentials take us back, more music
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Iceland’s glaciers melt away like memory in ‘Time and Water’

Movies Pam Grady -
Sara Dosa's adventurous doc weaves climate change alarm, family history, and love story into an elegy for our disappearing world.
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Chan and Wiener will face off in November

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
For the most part, Big Tech money got its way—but a strong progressive has a shot at Congress
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Drama Masks: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Lunchbox’ is a delicious charmer

Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
Plus: 'Phantom of the Opera' descends on a new haunt, and 'Becoming a Man' faces transition head on.
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San Francisco does, indeed, want The Human League

Music Joshua Rotter -
Monster '80s hitmakers return to city where they feel at home, this time with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet in tow.
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Live Shots: Poison the Well slayed Regency with three-decade metalcore onslaught

Music D.A. Mission -
With first album in 17 years 'Peace in Place' under their belts, Florida legends shook Ballroom.
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Memories of us: Puerto Rican diasporic photography inspires Norma I. Quintana

Art Mary Corbin -
At Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, silver gelatin prints conjure the sanctuary of connection—and a sociology of shared imagery.
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