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Thursday, September 3, 2026

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Free jams and ‘Forever Grateful’ with Grahame Lesh & Friends

With a musical blast, the Grateful Dead scion opens part two of a sprawling exhibit dedicated to the band's memory.
Music Joshua Rotter -
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Picks: Flower Piano

Planted among the gorgeous blooms of the Botanical Gardens, a dozen pianos tune players and listeners into instant community.
Best of the Bay Lou Fancher -
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Ficks’ Picks guide to CROSSROADS fest’s eerie experiments, fresh local voices

SF Cinematheque's annual avant-garde bonanza is haunted by graveyard perversions, pole dance ruminations, spooky homes.
Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
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Viz Valley DIY joint Bric-A-Brac blends peculiar creations with punk attitude

Now a year old, the arts space hosts underground bands, esoteric films, synth workshops, and 'a bunch of bullshit thrown together.'
Culture Dhruv Baronia -
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Music

Under the Stars: Sour Widows are back—and ‘crafted to curve’

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Bad Brains bassist goes jazz, Space Ghost coasts the cosmos, Doohickey Cubicle get downtown, more you must hear
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Let’s just say it: The SF Democratic Party has become a total embarrassment

Tim Redmond -
A progressive city has an incompetent, right-wing clown show controlling the local party
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Business + Tech

It’s not just Flock

Ian Firstenberg -
Cities are cancelling contracts with the spy agency over its abuses—but the alternatives are not a lot better
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VOTE NOW in our 2026 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

Marke B. -
From Best Burrito to Best Drag Show: Tell us what you love, in our 52nd annual celebration of the Best Place on Earth.
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Was this 40-year clutch of shaggy queer tracks the real album of the summer?

Music Review Daniel Bromfield -
Move over, Madonna: Scaling the critical hype around Nirosta Steel's sprawling, droll 'My Skyscraper'
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Screen Grabs: The making of a spectacular Hollywood horror disaster

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Plus: A feast of cinematic demonics, from 'Creature from the Black Lagoon" (in 3D!) to endlessly crying babies and fuzzy orange unicorns.
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Herbie Hancock, live at 86: The legend still has the Lion’s dialogue

Music Review John-Paul Shiver -
At Davies Symphony Hall, one of the 20th Century's last living jazz masters grooved full-tilt with an all-star band.
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Public bank kicks off campaign; Lurie asks for $33 million more for dubious contract …

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
... Plus: Waymo and the Blue Angels, drones delivering packages—and why does the Chron care more about a team owner's sex life than the horrifying, deadly working conditions on the field? That's The Agenda for Aug. 30-Sept. 6
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SF jail conditions are shockingly bad—and there’s a reason for that

Crime Tim Redmond -
This is what "tough on crime" means: Out of sight, people who have been convicted of nothing suffer violence and fear on a regular basis
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‘We’re gonna smash!’ Multi-sensory videogame tournament + live band pushed all the buttons

Music Jess Oledan -
Lower Haight community hub The Faight leveled up with a jazzy 'Super Smash Bros.' extravaganza.
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Give the gift of Tim Redmond!

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Gift subscriptions to Tim's exclusive weekly Agenda newsletter are now enabled—impress a friend or relative.
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Good Taste: My McDonald’s-free decade started with a local special

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
Beyond the ethical morass and public nuisance complaints, messing with a sacred treat was the Golden Arches' final straw.
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Billionaires bought the SF Democratic Party. Why are we suprised at its endorsements?

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond -
The Big Tech slate won control of the DCCC. Now they're using it for their agenda. It's a total embarrassment
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OPINION: These police sex-worker stings have got to stop

Opinion Maxine Doogan -
Why are the cops and the news media obsessing about the sex lives of consenting adults?
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Maren Hassinger’s evocative BAMPFA retrospective reaches up, up, up

Art Lou Fancher -
From coiled hemp rope to wall of eye-popping pink plastic, the artist's community, colors, and contrasts are a buoying force.
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Drama Masks: A drag disaster to die for

Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
Farewell, Dolly Parton. And hello 'Disastrous!'—D'Arcy Drollinger's latest uproarious sendup of '70s genre flicks.
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