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Thursday, May 14, 2026

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A right-wing group comes to SF—and city officials are happy to be part of it

When we start welcoming the role of anti-labor billionaires and their national allies in local politics, it's a disturbing trend.
Business + Tech Tim Redmond -
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Under the Stars: Martin Luther McCoy’s first solo flight in 14 years exudes Bay ease

Plus: Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair's long-awaited tour, TsuShiMaMiRe brings Japanese noise punk to BOTH, 37 Houses' poly rippers.
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Sonic encounters with civil rights giants on ‘Glorious Mahalia’

New Kronos Quartet LP connects younger composers and an activist legend for timely revival of gospel icon.
Music Marke B. -
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Good Taste: Outside Lands is pushing pastry carts and collaborations

Korean cornflake corndogs, lobster lumpia, more crazy treats coming to music fest’s Taste of the Bay Area. Save our slate of snacks!
Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Oaklash Fest, Roxie Mixtape, Parameter, La Doña, World Goth Day…

Marke B. -
Remembering Joe Kukura, CCA Graduate Exhibition, Kukje Bakery, DJ Said, BAVC's 50th, Fogo Na Roupa, 'Silent Friend,' more to do!
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News + Politics

Flock keeps spying on us all, and state and local officials aren’t protecting us

Ian Firstenberg -
The cameras are everywhere. The regulations are mostly missing.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Staged in a senior community center, this tale left a lasting sting

Charles Lewis III -
'Lay My Burden Down' took up urgent concerns, with puppets. Plus: Alicia Keys' angelic 'Hell's Kitchen' hits familiar heights.
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Festival

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicked off with a salsa bang

Marke B. -
Tasty Taiwanese American Fest and fantastically ravey OM records 30th were also on the sunny Saturday menu.
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Cole Swensen’s ‘Veer’ swerves towards the limits of language

Arts + Culture Lou Fancher -
Poems that dare to go into the minds of crows, up tree trunks, or daringly close to the sun.
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50 years in, electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire sound prophetic as ever

Music Joshua Rotter -
'Our reasons for being paranoid were only partly paranoid' say proto-industrial UK group, now on grand farewell tour.
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Win tickets to Wavy Gravy’s 90th birthday party!

Contest Marke B. -
We've got three pairs of tickets to give away to the all-star celebration on Sat/16.
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The freaky little Fotomat that’s changing SF nightlife

Nightlife John-Paul Shiver -
Party crew program audio have transformed a tiny kiosk near the top of Haight Street into a brilliant online radio station.
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Wavy Gravy is turning 90. Of course there’s a wild party.

Music Joshua Rotter -
Maria Muldaur, Harper Simon, Cat Power, Rickie Lee Jones, Steve Earle, more to celebrate SF's 'saint in a clown suit.'
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Looking for trustworthy health info? Here are six sites that cut through the noise

Healthcare Bruce Mirken -
Mass media, caught in a tsunami of cutbacks and misinformation, is dropping the ball on accurate reporting.
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San Francisco could tax the rich—locally—and avoid brutal cuts to city services. Here’s how

The Agenda Tim Redmond -
Plus: Will the supes call for public power, now? Why are we bailing out the privatized zoo? That's The Agenda for May 10-17
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The complete failure of Lurie’s tax cuts for developers on full display at hearing

Housing Tim Redmond -
Cutting fees won't bring more affordable housing; it just makes the budget problem even worse
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Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Lit Joshua Rotter -
Kronos Quartet, Kim Stanley Robinson, Merrill Garbus, Brontez Purnell, Andy Cabic, morę mark 100 years of poet-iconoclast.
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Big Week: Hamburger Eyes, Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, Mother of Collaboration…

Big Week Marke B. -
Plus: OM Records 30-Year Blast, Miss Grits, Beat Freaks, Broad Street Oyster Co, 'Mean Girls,' 'Blue Heron,' more to do
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Under the Stars: JWords is getting there, and ‘the path feels wondrous’

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Old Skool Cafe still kicks, bliss abyss channels The Cure, Neal Francis dives into house, Lyra Pramuk's 'Hymnal' gets resung.
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Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!
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