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Best of the Bay

Welcome to BEST OF THE BAY 2021!

Marke B. - October 14, 2021

Our 46th annual Readers' Poll winners are here, from Best Burrito and Best Politician to Best Sweets Shop and Best Bike Store.

Movies

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Real horror in the Capitol

Dennis Harvey - October 19, 2021

New doc details January 6 insurrection. Plus, three more seasonally appropriate thriller-chillers

Food & Drink

Arts + Culture

Good Taste: Hit the Napa Valley Taco Trail

Tamara Palmer - October 12, 2021

Our resident taster chases new meat in Calistoga. Plus: SF Restaurant Week deals and Undiscovered are back!

City Hall

Crime

No, Walgreens isn’t closing stores because of massive shoplifting in SF

Tim Redmond - October 17, 2021

The Agenda: Protecting tenants from predatory ADUs, where will people tossed of our SIP hotels go, and the start of local redistricting.

Arts

Art

Día de los San Franciscanos: Altars return to SOMArts

Caitlin Donohue - October 13, 2021

Beloved performer Per Sia speaks about hosting a Muertos drag show at the yearly exhibition—and what a queen brings to celebrations of resilience.

Music

Under the Stars: Declaime’s ‘Last Stand,’ free 20th Street Block Party, more…

John-Paul Shiver - October 13, 2021

Don't miss dream-poppers Seablite's live return and a free 'dancer appreciation' party at Public Works.

Opinion

Labor organizing is a part of SF life

Tim Paulson - October 6, 2021

Reflections on winning and losing in the local and national movement.

Crime

Housing

Landlords seek to evict longtime housing activists

Tim Redmond - October 13, 2021

Family with many residential properties claims need for an owner move-in; community organizes to fight back.

Education

City College hires new chancellor

Garrett Leahy - September 27, 2021

David Martin, CCSF vet, will take helm—and now some very difficult work begins, starting with changing the state funding rules.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Real horror in the Capitol

New doc details January 6 insurrection. Plus, three more seasonally appropriate thriller-chillers

Dennis Harvey - October 19, 2021

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COME TO OUR FALL FLING, OCTOBER 20

An outdoor patio party to celebrate 8 years of independent news + culture

Lit

Poems for the big one: Kim Addonizio’s latest radiates ‘mortal life’

Lou Fancher - October 19, 2021

In 'Now We're Getting Somewhere,' the lauded local poet (and recent banjo enthusiast) sparks the political and personal.

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Onstage

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ resurrects big show season, but lacks divine camp

Dennis Harvey - October 18, 2021

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50-year-old musical needs to lean into the cheese to work; here it barely rises again

Elections

School Board recall election set; Assembly candidates could run four times

Tim Redmond - October 18, 2021

Plus: Some very sketchy moves by signature gatherers for Boudin recall effort.

Elections

Haney launches Assembly campaign with strong building-trades union support

Tim Redmond - October 18, 2021

Sups. Safai and Walton and BART Board member Lateefah Simon also speak in favor of Haney.

Crime

No, Walgreens isn’t closing stores because of massive shoplifting in SF

Tim Redmond - October 17, 2021

The Agenda: Protecting tenants from predatory ADUs, where will people tossed of our SIP hotels go, and the start of local redistricting.

How Todd Haynes captured The Velvet Underground’s transgressive impact

Movies Joshua Rotter - October 17, 2021

New doc's director speaks about the personal and cultural shockwave of the seminal '60s band.

Come see Tom Ammiano at our Fall Fling on Wednesday + so much more

Culture Marke B. - October 16, 2021

Plus: Free records and t-shirts, party with the Best of the Bay winners, Best Drag Queen 2021 performs, and more at El Rio bar, 6pm-9pm

‘Dear San Francisco’: breath-taking style with little City substance

Onstage Charles Lewis III - October 15, 2021

‘Beach Blanket Babylon’ successor is an exhilarating 'high-flying love story'—but of what, exactly?