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Stage Review

‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead

Charles Lewis III - April 30, 2024

Despite talented cast, catchy tunes, and a show-stopping number, Broadway sensation comes off as torture porn.

Music

‘Fairy godmother of trans country artists’ Shawna Virago rounds up vivid new tales

Joshua Rotter - April 30, 2024

On 'Blood in her Dreams,' the local punky-tonk legend tells the stories of outsiders in today's beige-tinted SF.

Onstage

That’s a ‘Bitch Slap!’ D’Arcy Drollinger’s top 5 over-the-top TV moments

Marke B. - April 30, 2024

Her new Oasis show lampoons the catfights and hysterics of nighttime soaps—and it's rooted in deep genre love.

Protest

A peaceful protest at Berkeley; what will the administration do?

Joel Schechter - April 29, 2024

Imagine if they just accepted the student demands.

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Opinion

The Hyatt Regency restaurant is spinning again. Where are the workers?

Bradley Hasty - April 29, 2024

There is nobody to take over when this generation retires. Maybe Hyatt wants it that way.

Onstage

Unmasking a modern predator through dance in ‘The Soul Catcher’

Joshua Rotter - April 29, 2024

Annika B. Lewis and Kassandra Production dissect a violent relationship at SF International Arts Fest

Music

Live Shots: Jigs galore, maypole madness at Céilí on the Lake’s Beltane celebration

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - April 29, 2024

Waterside Gaelic fête declares spring has sprung—and now it's time to shear the sheep.

Onstage

‘¡Golondrina!’ flies on the wings of Latinx California music history

Lou Fancher - April 29, 2024

Liliana Herrera's 'funkloric' play at Brava views migration, and its criminalization, through a sonic kaleidoscope.

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Music festival season kicks off—and keeps on kickin’

Music John-Paul Shiver - April 29, 2024

Turn up the sonic sunshine with Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, How Weird Street Faire, SFLive, Bhangra & Beats, more

Protecting a program that saves hundreds from becoming unhoused …

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 28, 2024

... and was a shooting where the cops fired 99 rounds just a 'policy failure?' That's The Agenda for April 28-May 5

In a dramatic move, a CA court says housing density doesn’t mean affordability

Housing Tim Redmond - April 28, 2024

If the decision holds up, which may not happen, it would be a significant blow to the Yimby agenda.

In ‘Forever Plaid,’ a bit of light entertainment in the afterlife

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - April 28, 2024

A dead classic pop quartet has the pipes, if not the complex backstory, in 42nd Moon's family-friendly production.

Live Shots: K.Flay’s return knocked out the Independent

Music D.A. Mission - April 26, 2024

The local favorite matched the pugilistic rock tone of her new album "Mono" with a power-packed performance.

Supes rent-relief program saved 20,000 people from eviction during the pandemic

Housing Tim Redmond - April 25, 2024

New city report shows how taxing the rich to help low-income renters is highly effective.

Nothing’s gonna rain on ‘Funny Girl’ Katerina McCrimmon’s SF parade

Onstage Joshua Rotter - April 25, 2024

“I've always been fighting to make it this far," says the dynamo Fanny Brice with Miami roots and plenty of chutzpah.

Supes put a hold on Breed’s Treasure Island developer bailout plan

Development Steve Stallone - April 25, 2024

Mayor's Office, developers now have to figure out how to move forward with a deeply troubled project

1984—the year pop music shot to the stratosphere

Music John-Paul Shiver - April 25, 2024

As the 40th anniversary releases and tributes roll out, revisiting a year of barrier-busting giants.

Screen Grabs: Stylish but deadly classic ‘Le Samouraï’ swings into the Roxie

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey - April 25, 2024

Plus: Ridiculous and enjoyable 'Challengers,' exhausting 'Boy Kills World,' the rise of Christian Nationalism, more

After ‘painful’ preparation, ‘Blue Door’ opens onto Black men’s complex life in US

Onstage Lou Fancher - April 24, 2024

Director Darryl V. Jones on creating the soundtrack of generational haunting at Aurora Theatre Company

Matmos drops in for tea and jockstraps

Music Joshua Rotter - April 24, 2024

Radical sound-collage duo dish on roots in SF's wild '90s nightlife scene as debut 'In Lo-Fidelity' hits 30.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Stylish but deadly classic ‘Le Samouraï’ swings into the Roxie

Plus: Ridiculous and enjoyable 'Challengers,' exhausting 'Boy Kills World,' the rise of Christian Nationalism, more

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey - April 25, 2024

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Music

‘Fairy godmother of trans country artists’ Shawna Virago rounds up vivid new tales

On 'Blood in her Dreams,' the local punky-tonk legend tells the stories of outsiders in today's beige-tinted SF.

Music Joshua Rotter - April 30, 2024

Music festival season kicks off—and keeps on kickin’

Live Shots: K.Flay’s return knocked out the Independent

1984—the year pop music shot to the stratosphere

Art

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.

Art Mary Corbin - April 23, 2024

A profound web of hybrid histories in MoAD’s ‘Unruly Navigations’

Life burbles with inside jokes in Rebecca Ness’s jumbo paintings

Sticking to it: The packing tape art of Pablo Manga

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Housing

Protecting a program that saves hundreds from becoming unhoused …

... and was a shooting where the cops fired 99 rounds just a 'policy failure?' That's The Agenda for April 28-May 5

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 28, 2024

Supes rent-relief program saved 20,000 people from eviction during the pandemic

SF could get federal funding for 4,000 affordable housing units—maybe

Federal official tells SF to fix ongoing problems at ‘uninhabitable’ Plaza East public housing

Politics

The Hyatt Regency restaurant is spinning again. Where are the workers?

There is nobody to take over when this generation retires. Maybe Hyatt wants it that way.

Opinion Bradley Hasty - April 29, 2024

Supreme Court hears critical case on homeless policy (SF wants to legalize sweeps) …

The city’s budget battle comes into clear view ….

Wiener tries to fundraise—for himself—from Peskin mayoral campaign announcement

Opinion

The Hyatt Regency restaurant is spinning again. Where are the workers?

There is nobody to take over when this generation retires. Maybe Hyatt wants it that way.

Opinion Bradley Hasty - April 29, 2024

CEQA has nothing to do with SF downtown’s economic woes

What the March election really meant—and where the city goes from here

Engardio wants to protect supes from issues ‘outside our control.’ Here’s some amendments

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Performance

That’s a ‘Bitch Slap!’ D’Arcy Drollinger’s top 5 over-the-top TV moments

Her new Oasis show lampoons the catfights and hysterics of nighttime soaps—and it's rooted in deep genre love.

Onstage Marke B. - April 30, 2024

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