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Nightlife

SF’s electronic music scene remembers essential figure Alland Byallo, 1979-2023

John-Paul Shiver - September 28, 2023

The beloved DJ-producer passed away suddenly, but leaves a long legacy of musical innovation and party breakthroughs

Best of the Bay

Welcome to Best of the Bay 2023!

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

Thousands voted in our 49th annual Readers' Poll, celebrating the best place on Earth. Here are the results.

Opinion

Opinion: Not much to celebrate in the mayor’s Latino Heritage month celebration

Kevin Ortiz - September 28, 2023

In one of the most powerful cities in the country, San Francisco Latinos are treated as an afterthought.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2023: City Living Winners

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

READERS' POLL: Best Salon, Best Bike Repair, Best Podcast, Best Hotel, Best Tour, Best Gym, more

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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2023: Food + Drink Winners

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

READERS' POLL: Best Burrito, Best Pizza, Best Chinese, Best Brunch, Best Dive Bar, Best Sports Bar, more

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2023: Arts & Nightlife Winners

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

READERS' POLL: Best Nightclub, Best Art Gallery, Best Drag Queen, Best Karaoke, Best Live Venue, Best DJ, more

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2023: Shopping Winners

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

READERS' POLL: Best Bookstore, Best Bike Shop, Best Store Staff, Best Cannabis Dispensary, Best Shoe Store, more

Drug policy

Breed looks for political points by finding more ways to punish poor people

Tim Redmond - September 27, 2023

The latest: Drug testing for welfare recipients, which will never work and probably never happen. Do we live in San Francisco or Texas?

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A chron oped on the housing hearing is wrong, and signals a new attack on the supes

Housing Tim Redmond - September 27, 2023

Board members asked for a modest delay to consider the mayor's amendments to a complex housing bill. The Chron talks of "Nimbys."

Dance floor to ‘First Floor’: Shawn Reynaldo grapples with electronic music’s slippery culture

Nightlife Marke B. - September 27, 2023

The longtime journalist's popular newsletter—and now book—captures the fine-grain details of a mercurial scene

Utopia, please: Sean Dorsey Dance’s ‘The Lost Art of Dreaming’ returns to refresh spirits

Dance Marke B. - September 26, 2023

A year after its premiere in SF, the 'full-throttle' show returns after spreading liberating queer reverie throughout the country

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass favorite John Doe leaps back to 1890s for latest album

Music Joshua Rotter - September 26, 2023

The punk/Americana hero talks 'Fables in a Foreign Land,' SF's classic music scene—and 'The Bodyguard' soundtrack

Under the Stars: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass breezes in with the fall

Music John-Paul Shiver - September 26, 2023

Plus: Pharoah Sanders, La Doña, TRICKY FM, Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, local punk posse Spiral Dub, more music

Screen Grabs: Hop aboard ‘the world’s only sailing movie theater’

Movies Dennis Harvey - September 26, 2023

Plus: Merylthon, Scumdance, Bay swimming, MFK Fischer eating, 'Farewell, My Concubine' restored, more movies

Portola Fest founder: ‘We learned a lot from year one, we’re moving in the right direction’

Music Adrian Spinelli - September 25, 2023

Danny Bell on what to expect at this year's huge electronic music affair—like fewer cell phone problems and a beloved '90s pop star

James ‘Sticknasty’ Small brings beats, and heart, to fore on ‘A Universal Love Language’

Music Joshua Rotter - September 25, 2023

Berkeley drummer, a force behind major acts, levels up with album forged out of personal change and positivity

‘Il Trovatore’ offers vengeful bloodlust, mystic kidnappers, and a sprint to the finish

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - September 25, 2023

SF Opera's new production of Verdi's overstuffed, time-jumping, ethnically problematic opera goes for the entertainment factor

‘Invoking the River’ calls upon spirit of the Ganges with grace and athleticism

Dance Mary Carbonara - September 25, 2023

Feminine, masculine energies weave through Chitresh Das Dance's new production—not to mention the taranas on steroids

Live Shots: The agony and the ecstasy of Folsom Street Fair 2023

Culture Jon Bauer - September 25, 2023

A more relaxed vibe this year, but freak flags still flew high. View our unbridled pics

Behind the beats: DJ Nina Sol shines out over Bay dance floors

Music John-Paul Shiver - September 25, 2023

"Turning non-believers into house heads became my ministry."

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Hop aboard ‘the world’s only sailing movie theater’

Plus: Merylthon, Scumdance, Bay swimming, MFK Fischer eating, 'Farewell, My Concubine' restored, more movies

Movies Dennis Harvey - September 26, 2023

Ancient Indian demon stalks the young and assimilating in ‘It Lives Inside’

Screen Grabs: In ‘Dumb Money,’ Hollywood finally indicts Wall Street greed—and it’s fun

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

Music

SF’s electronic music scene remembers essential figure Alland Byallo, 1979-2023

The beloved DJ-producer passed away suddenly, but leaves a long legacy of musical innovation and party breakthroughs

Nightlife John-Paul Shiver - September 28, 2023

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass favorite John Doe leaps back to 1890s for latest album

Under the Stars: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass breezes in with the fall

Portola Fest founder: ‘We learned a lot from year one, we’re moving in the right direction’

Art

Saturating the mundane with the sensual in JP Morrison Lans’ ‘The Love Eater’

The Tulsa artist's show at Heron Arts summons the ungraspable beneath the everyday, with bold colors and body parts.

Art Halim Madi - September 24, 2023

In Tanya Wischerath’s art, bold brushwork and a sparkling glorification of gender nonconformity

Tin man from El Sobrante: Dave Yoas turns the antiquated upside-down

Wall-to-wall de Young Open offers up Bay’s creative bounty—and supports artists, too

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Housing

A chron oped on the housing hearing is wrong, and signals a new attack on the supes

Board members asked for a modest delay to consider the mayor's amendments to a complex housing bill. The Chron talks of "Nimbys."

Housing Tim Redmond - September 27, 2023

Mayor’s Office missing as supes discuss mayor’s proposed housing policies

Tenants, community rally against Breed’s developer-friendly housing bill

Court won’t lift homeless sweeps injunction—but Chiu still declares victory

Politics

How will the city implement forced treatment for people with mental illness?

Plus: Does the Mayor's Office have a real homelessness plan—and what's going to happen new to Laguna Honda Hospital? That's The Agenda this week

News + Politics Tim Redmond - September 24, 2023

Media coverage of reparations hearing runs from bad to worse

Armed guards, public safety, the future of Laguna Honda Hospital …

State Supreme Court rules in favor of district elections for local government

Opinion

Opinion: Not much to celebrate in the mayor’s Latino Heritage month celebration

In one of the most powerful cities in the country, San Francisco Latinos are treated as an afterthought.

Opinion Kevin Ortiz - September 28, 2023

OPINION: Kafka’s Statue of Liberty

We’re reopening the Stud—here’s why it matters

The scariest book I’ve read this year

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