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SF Democratic Party calls for more queer women in office—then votes for D9 guys

Tim Redmond - July 25, 2024

Movies

‘Groove’ is (still) in the heart

Tamara Palmer - July 25, 2024

Raise your hands: Seminal 24-year-old film about the SF rave scene gets a fresh look at Vogue Theatre.

Stage Review

Second City takes Berkeley Rep

Charles Lewis III - July 26, 2024

Legendary Chicago improv company doesn't hesitate to remind you of its bona fides—but it's all well-deserved.

Music

The inside scoop on Outside Lands, from the head of it all

Adrian Spinelli - July 25, 2024

A new Golden Gate Park concert, a sudden headliner switch, downtown parties, and more news around the huge fest.

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Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Forget those soggy superheroes — ride with some real renegades

Dennis Harvey - July 24, 2024

Chytilova, Shimizu, Mailer, Eno, and a Mountain Queen get rebellious. Plus: Two meh new horror flicks, two great old ones.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: At Kamala Harris’ downtown Indian hangout, spicy dishes and full support

Tamara Palmer - July 24, 2024

The venerable New Delhi Restaurant has been a hotspot for big-name Dems and community action for decades.

Campaign Trail

Letter from Milwaukee: Reflections on the RNC—and the protests

JJ Lansing and Trista Ngo - July 24, 2024

Peaceful activists challenged racist and sometimes violent MAGAs during the Trump coronation.

Opinion

Kamala Harris and America’s incapability to grapple with the ‘root cause’ of immigration

Ian Firstenberg - July 24, 2024

The US approach to immigration—regardless of party perspective—reveals a fundamental failure of national politics.

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62nd Cabrillo Fest spurs musical questions of movement and migration

Music Marke B. - July 24, 2024

At the annual celebration of contemporary music, director-conductor Cristian Măcelaru takes on red-hot topics.

The labor movement and the Democratic convention

Opinion Tim Paulson - July 23, 2024

56 years later, a party with a serious foreign policy problem is back in Chicago.

Elon, what are you doing hurting your own interests?

Opinion Joel Schechter - July 23, 2024

And open letter to Musk: Trump is not a fan of electric cars. Oh, and you could give the Twitter HQ to climate action groups.

Under the Stars: Give Maryam Qudus all her flowers

Music John-Paul Shiver - July 23, 2024

La Luz, Sour Widows, even Taylor Swift fall under the production wiz's spell. Plus more essential music news

What makes humans unique? ODC/Dance answers with fun and play

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - July 23, 2024

Forget AI and robotaxis. The joy and humor of movement were on full display in the company's 'Summer Sampler.'

Hey guys, don’t snitch on SF’s secret spots

Arts Forecast Tamara Palmer - July 22, 2024

A rash of naive media coverage has put the Bay's thriving underground culture at risk. Please let's not.

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Planting Justice

Best of the Bay Lou Fancher - July 22, 2024

The Oakland org cultivates food equity, empowering those impacted by mass incarceration with sustainable skills.

As Elvis Herselvis, she’s put the King in ‘drag king’ for 35 years

Onstage Joshua Rotter - July 21, 2024

Catching up with SF legend Leigh Crow, who'll shake, rattle, and roll the big Elvis Presley Tribute Party

Larry Li remixes Tiananmen Square, firstborn son into painted collage

Art Mary Corbin - July 18, 2024

'Historical sampling' helps Bay-raised artist understand his Chinese immigrant family's place in the greater world.

Arts Forecast: 10+ terrific things to do this weekend

Arts Forecast Marke B. - July 18, 2024

Support Cutting Ball Theatre! Plus: Musclecars, GodzillaFest, Pine Box Boys, Celestial Navigation, Sunny War, Vintage Market...

Screen Grabs: Magical realism rains down from Argentina, Senegal, North Carolina

Movies Dennis Harvey - July 18, 2024

Three new films transcend storytelling's usual limits. Plus: Macabre 'Oddity' impresses, 'July Rhapsody' delights.

Good Taste: Food fun and free rides at the Ferry Building

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - July 18, 2024

New restaurants and a hydrogen-powered ferry propel the beloved portal onto the city's culinary hotspots list.

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Movies

‘Groove’ is (still) in the heart

Raise your hands: Seminal 24-year-old film about the SF rave scene gets a fresh look at Vogue Theatre.

Movies Tamara Palmer - July 25, 2024

Screen Grabs: Magical realism rains down from Argentina, Senegal, North Carolina

Screen Grabs: Jewish Film Fest–from rare 1920s silent to feisty sock puppet

Director Luke Gilford on ‘National Anthem’: Not his first queer rodeo

Music

‘Groove’ is (still) in the heart

Raise your hands: Seminal 24-year-old film about the SF rave scene gets a fresh look at Vogue Theatre.

Movies Tamara Palmer - July 25, 2024

62nd Cabrillo Fest spurs musical questions of movement and migration

Under the Stars: Give Maryam Qudus all her flowers

As Elvis Herselvis, she’s put the King in ‘drag king’ for 35 years

Art

Larry Li remixes Tiananmen Square, firstborn son into painted collage

'Historical sampling' helps Bay-raised artist understand his Chinese immigrant family's place in the greater world.

Art Mary Corbin - July 18, 2024

In tapestries of Bay Area street life, Dance Doyle weaves a world

Ceramic wabi-sabi: How Erin Hupp zagged to a life of clay

Tosha Stimage’s ‘SUPERBLOOM’ invites Presidio visitors into Bay’s rich floral heritage

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Housing

Supes agree to endorse rent-control measure after another strange debate

Breed won't side with tenant groups but board votes 8-2 in favor of Costa-Hawkins repeal; 'pro-housing' officials are actually anti-tenant.

Housing Tim Redmond - July 9, 2024

Rent control measure goes to full board after Safai votes with tenants

Lawsuit against SF’s homeless sweeps will continue despite Grants Pass case

Breed, Chiu gave right-wing Supreme Court ammunition to criminalize poverty

Politics

SF Democratic Party calls for more queer women in office—then votes for D9 guys

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - July 25, 2024

Breed’s allegiance to the Yimby movement is hurting her political future

The supes vote on an imperfect, but much better, budget …

GOP delegates headed for Milwaukee—and protesters are there to meet them

Opinion

Kamala Harris and America’s incapability to grapple with the ‘root cause’ of immigration

The US approach to immigration—regardless of party perspective—reveals a fundamental failure of national politics.

Opinion Ian Firstenberg - July 24, 2024

Elon, what are you doing hurting your own interests?

Save Free City College

Does Mayor Breed just hate poor people?

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Performance

Second City takes Berkeley Rep

Legendary Chicago improv company doesn't hesitate to remind you of its bona fides—but it's all well-deserved.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - July 26, 2024

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