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Screen Grabs: Swamp Dogg’s delightfully digressive bachelor pad, the documentary

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Plus: 'Friendship' keeps its inexcusable cringe sprightly and the Bay gets another chance with 'The Donn of Tiki.'
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Music

Under the Stars: Mononeon’s rolling funk—and glorious ‘fits—will make you believe

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Plus: Wild Gloriosa's transfixing R&B, desert riffs from the Flying Mojito Bros., The Grandfathers smooth it out.
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Painter Hayal Pozanti puts hands on the canvas

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Expressive finger-painted undulations capture nature's blues and greens at Jessica Silverman.
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The Agenda

Fentanyl deaths up 50 percent in three months; why isn’t this a big news story?

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Plus: A terrible project that Yimby, Wiener and Co. has forced on San Francisco. That's The Agenda for May 11-18
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Homelessness

Sanctuaries not sweeps  

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Houseless and housed communities from across the Bay stand together to resist the endless erasure of houseless peoples, demand sanctuary lands so we can build solutions
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Music

Super-crew KAMM honors Alland Byallo and his lower Haight legacy with final LP

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Try not to shed a crate-digging tear listening to 'Let The Light In.'
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TV

5 streaming series with serious ‘take me away’ vibes

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Go ahead, dissociate for a minute: Sterling K. Brown, Natasha Lyonne, and Jon Hamm are here for you.
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Guess what? Lurie’s War on Drugs and Minor Crime is really expensive

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DA says she needs more money. So does the public defender. The criminal justice system is more than just cops
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This Emeryville archive pledges to level up gamer lore

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Video Game History Foundation lovingly catalogues '80s and '90s magazines, industry brochures—even BTS 'Myst' VHS tapes.
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Under the Stars: Mary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club bangs Taoist folklore, South Asian samples

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Plus: Los Mirlos' GAMH magic, reviewed, and TOMU DJ's DIY scene sparkles.
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Isaac Julien’s gorgeous shots reclaim authorship of history

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Filmmaker's first major Bay Area exhibition beholds Harlem Renaissance queer culture, James Baldwin, blaxploitation.
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WATCH: NEA grants are slashed, but Chinatown orgs and artists stay resilient

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At Chinese Culture Center celebration, local leaders spoke out about protecting their communities and standing strong.
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Drama Masks: All ABBA the myths of stage critics

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'Mamma Mia!' does its crowd-pleasing thing, while 'Ironbound' goes deep with carefully textured take on houselessness.
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Screen Grabs: Corny clowns, familial thorns abound

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New releases 'Clown in a Cornfield,' 'The Gullspång Miracle,' and 'Jimmy in Saigon' offer chills of all persuasions.
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Hail the 4 Queens: Stephanie Mills sounds off before epic Oakland diva fest

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"I prayed for this tour for years because I've always wanted to work with my sisters."
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Bay Area arts organizations reel, vow to survive NEA grant cancellations

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Agency's new 'priorities' include supporting communities of color, despite defunding BIPOC-led organizations.
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SFPD violated the rules on overtime, repeatedly—but they still got their money

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Supes vote 9-2 to approve extra spending—but the police budget is going to face a lot more scrutiny this summer
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Notes from the road to (health) hell

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In Trumpworld, the unthinkable is now standard operating procedure.
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Good Taste: The Post Room pours an exciting afternoon tea

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Beacon Grand sets a high bar for Saturday sipping in Union Square.
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