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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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‘The most euphoric feeling’: Live Aid music legends look back 40 years on

As TV docuseries relives epic charitable concert, performers dish about wild moments before 2 billion fans—and backstage.
Music Joshua Rotter -
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Opinion: Preserve the housing money—and stop the mayor’s power grab

The supes need to reject Lurie's plan to gut affordable housing money from Prop. C
Opinion Whit Guerrero -
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In ‘Les Blancs,’ a once-silent character finds full voice through eight women players

Actor Jeunée Simon on OTP's powerful version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1970 play, in which a Black man returns to Africa.
Onstage Lou Fancher -
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Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Large canvases, bold colors, and youth culture's hopeful influence reflect 'the right and wrongness of today.'
Art Mary Corbin -
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The Agenda

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

Tim Redmond -
Plus: A crackdown on RV parking that will make more families homeless, and will the Police Commission do a real national search for the next chief? That's The Agenda for July 6-13
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What to see at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival this summer ☀️

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Celebrating 25 years of free, accessible and artistically excellent programs in downtown SF!
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: In ‘Aztlán,’ gripped by intense forces beyond control

Charles Lewis III -
Magic Theatre melds carceral to mystical. Plus: Enthralling 'The Last Goat' presents Ancient Greek tale that does much with little.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Caught up in the raptors, again

Dennis Harvey -
'Jurassic' holiday weekend kicks. Plus: Thomas Kinkaide's secrets, Fraenkel Film Fest, Bill Gunn and Mikio Naruse retrospectives, more.
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BIG WEEK: SF Mime Troupe, Fillmore Jazz Fest, Ant Farm, cheetah croissants….

Big Week Marke B. -
Plus: Gamelan Seker Jaya, DJ Derrick Carter, Breadbelly's new bake, ancient Greek romance, a drum and bass trailblazer, more to do
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Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

The Agenda Tim Redmond -
Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable
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Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice

Culture Tom Molanphy -
'Holding Ground' event brought beleaguered yet vital area's past into the present, with future questions.
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Good Taste: Legendary House of Nanking releases first cookbook

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
Kathy and Peter Fang share the secrets of their family’s celebrated, 37-year-old Chinatown restaurant.
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See a show for free at the awesome Lost Church this month

Contest Marke B. -
From indie and Americana concerts to sketch comedy and performance art, there's something for everyone. But act fast!
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Trump wants to censor US history at national parks

News + Politics Elaine Elinson -
The truth about Tule Lake, Alcatraz, Sutro Baths and hundreds of other sites could be erased under an executive order
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Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6
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Under the Stars: Lopsided Australian avant-punk coming to town, prepare for obsession

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Fresh tracks from Bar Part Time's new label, Private Joy—and a new Talking Heads video starring Saoirse Ronan?
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Bay Area journalist heads down bumpy road to recovery in ‘Lying Drunk’

Lit Lou Fancher -
But Tony Hicks wants to be clear—this is no self-help book.
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SF, a sanctuary city for the billionaires

City Hall Joel Schechter -
Will Mayor Lurie invite the rich New Yorkers who are scared of a democratic socialist to move here? Yikes!
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Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Immigration Marke B. -
Hilary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.
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Behind the late-night budget deal

City Hall Tim Redmond -
The mayor got most of what he wanted. The process was a train wreck
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