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Lit

With dazzling breadth, ‘Art is Art’ highlights 40 years of creation by artists with disabilities

Lou Fancher -
Milestone book beautifully situates local nonprofit Creativity Explored's artists in the canon.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Kick off your new year on Mars, with the great Nikki Giovanni

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Splendid Spanish-language Oscar contenders, ecstatic dance flicks, 'Freud's Last Session,' more movies
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News + Politics

The billionaire plutocrats set their sights on controlling SF’s Democratic Party

Tim Redmond -
Big money from tech barons comes into the local DCCC race—and to support the mayor's pro-police agenda.
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Arts + Culture

Broadcasting the Summer of Love—and so much more—live from San Francisco

Tim Redmond -
A new book describes the history of the legendary KSAN, a radio station that promoted, and was part of, a cultural revolution.
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Art

Disposable razors, oversize IUDs: Annie Duncan plumbs intimacy of everyday objects

Mary Corbin -
Painter and ceramicist explores crux of beauty and toxicity within femininity's rubric.
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Music

Under the Stars: Farewell to Mission dive Uptown (and its adventurous jukebox)

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Never too early for Mill Valley Music Fest tix, Folktronica takes Sweets Ballroom, foamboy drops Kaytranada-inspired beat, more.
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Music

Live Shots: Living Legends and Brother Ali showed us ‘How The Grouch Stole Christmas’

D.A. Mission -
Cali hip-hop heroes and special guests topped the old-school tree at Regency Ballroom.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: A year of eating internationally, at home

Tamara Palmer -
Indonesian-Texas BBQ in Alameda, regional Chinese in Los Angeles, Palestinian in NYC— highlights from the last 12 months bring the world closer.
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My New Year’s resolutions—for everyone else

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
A few 2024 suggestions for policy makers, the pope, and people who don't clean up their dogshit.
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Live Shots: Circus Bella’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ reels with oohs and aahs

Onstage Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
Joy, color, human emotions, and wild feats under the Big Top for the local troupe's new winter show.
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Letter to the editor: Yes, a taxpayer can sue over the state’s housing laws

letters we answer Tim Redmond -
Retired real estate lawyer weighs in on state law.
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Screen Grabs: Come from the land of the ice and snow

Movies Dennis Harvey -
'Society of the Snow,' 'Norwegian Dream,' and 'Smoke Sauna Sisterhood' bring different survivor tales
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Peskin, Chan want to know if SF can sue the state over impossible housing rules

Housing Tim Redmond -
Letter to city attorney seeks advice on how to deal with mandates from Sacramento that almost everyone agrees SF can never meet.
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Our top stories of 2023, from Dianne Feinstein to Japanese sandos

News + Politics Marke B. -
Your support helped us produce 1100 stories this year, showing an unmatched breadth of news, arts, and cultural coverage
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The Chron, voting rights, and district elections

Housing Tim Redmond -
If the state Legislature starts to see district elections of local legislators as a Nimby problem, the oligarchs in SF will rejoice.
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Party Radar: Pop your cork, sweetie—it’s NYE

Nightlife Marke B. -
Decadent affairs we demand you look into immediately, plus our annual Comedowns Are For Losers NYD party guide.
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Screen Grabs: Our 40 personal favorite films of 2023

Movies Dennis Harvey -
From 'Astrakhan' to 'Zone of Interest.' Plus: Tarkovsky's Timeless Echoes, '21 Positions' of OnlyFans, reliving the Y2K panic, more movies
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Under the Stars: Get 2024 on the floor with New Year’s Eve music blasts

Arts + Culture John-Paul Shiver -
Celebrate the end of this very long year with Sonny & the Sunsets, LCD Soundsystem, Reggae Gold, Fishbone, more
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The brutal budget crisis of 2024—and how the city could address it without huge cuts

Business + Tech Tim Redmond -
San Francisco needs to rethink how it collects taxes—and the state is going to have to get out of the way.
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Under the Stars: At 50, Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble brings mystic soul visions

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Gu zhen techno in Chinatown, hot ESG doc, Beatles karaoke, more musical delights
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