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‘The Tutor’ offers a radical take on love triangles, queer Iranian expat-style

Charles Lewis III - May 7, 2024

Torange Yeghiazarian's NCTC play refreshingly lets a young lesbian from a repressive county just be horny.

Nightlife

Partying at the altar of Anh Phoong: Packed crowd hails billboard queen at the Stud

Cydney Hayes - May 7, 2024

Newly reopened queer bar's Whatever party welcomed attorney icon with mimes, caviar, and AI anthems.

Economy

If SF wants to revitalize downtown, why not buy up these dirt-cheap buildings?

Tim Redmond - May 7, 2024

An entire 14-story highrise for $6.5 million? That could be 150 artist studios. And there's so much more to come.

Dance

‘The People’s Palace’ injects missing diversity into City Hall’s storied architecture

Mary Carbonara - May 7, 2024

Choreographer Joanna Haigood of Zaccho Dance aims 'to provide a more accurate picture of vibrant San Francisco.'

Hot topics

Movies

Hot-topic CAAMFest 2024 kicks off with dive into affirmative action fight

Dennis Harvey - May 7, 2024

In features and docs, Asian American film fest also tackles Filipino elections, Islamic revival groups, sexual harrassment in India

Housing

SF is failing badly to meet its state mandates for extremely low-income housing

Tim Redmond - May 6, 2024

Hearing shows yet another example of how the city's Housing Element is nothing more than a farce.

Dance

US Artists Fellowship brings trans choreographer Sean Dorsey ‘ability to provide for my future’

Lou Fancher - May 6, 2024

$50K award comes at a time when the groundbreaking dancemaker is expanding his own voice.

Stage Review

Shaking off the ghost of Babs in ‘Funny Girl’

Dennis Harvey - May 6, 2024

Katerina McCrimmon makes the songs her own, justifying this revival of a musical that was creaky from the start.

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Peskin wants a hands-on mayor, Breed wants a downtown party (for some people) …

News + Politics Tim Redmond - May 5, 2024

... and how is the city planning to create 14,000 housing units for extremely low income households? That's The Agenda for May 5-12

The alarming agenda of the big-money folks trying to take over SF

News + Politics Tim Redmond - May 3, 2024

New report tracks the anti-union, anti-tax, pro-police program that a small number of very rich people want to impose on SF in the name of "moderate" politics.

How Irving Penn brought the world to his studio—and vice versa

Art Review DeWitt Chen - May 2, 2024

de Young retrospective teases out sheer range of the photographer's lens.

Under the Stars: Bubbling up with foamboy, night-dubbing with Monty Luke…

Music John-Paul Shiver - May 2, 2024

BALTHVS rocks global vibes, Eris Drew runs the rave tape, Neutrals wish you were here, more music to support!

Striking probe of colorism leads to artist’s first solo show—at MoAD, no less

Art Emily Wilson - May 1, 2024

CCA grad Mary Graham's 'Value Test: Brown Paper' locates universal story through Black past.

Everyone loves Vienna’s housing policy; there’s a reason that it works so well

Housing Tim Redmond - May 1, 2024

It's not 'rocket science.' It's high taxes on the rich and money for social housing. The tech barons want people who support those policies in SF voted out.

Restoring the ecosystem of City College

Opinion Leslie Simon - May 1, 2024

The next chancellor needs to prioritize all types of classes for all types of students.

Ivan Sen’s ‘Limbo’ confronts crimes against Australia’s Aboriginal women

Movies Pam Grady - May 1, 2024

In a town so hot its buildings are underground, the noir's detective seeks justice.

Good Taste: Pho truffles and lobster white? The Craft Chocolate Experience stunned

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - May 1, 2024

Candymakers brought adventurous flavors to international show at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Police violence on campuses must end

Editorial 48 Hills - May 1, 2024

Calling in over-militarized state forces to repress non-violent student protests against the war on Gaza is not a solution.

Live Shots: Detroit rapper Danny Brown got Regency Ballroom to ‘Dip’

Music D.A. Mission - May 1, 2024

Magnetic performer pulled out classics as well as collabs (and an anti-gentrification screed) from two recent albums.

UK R&B superstar Craig David: ‘San Francisco is always full of love and energy’

Music Joshua Rotter - April 30, 2024

Kicking off his '7 Days Commitment Tour' here, the heartthrob hitmaker has a different eye on romance.

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