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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Dreamlike delivery of prim-and-proper trans history in ‘I Am My Own Wife’

Charles Lewis III - March 26, 2025

Plus: SF Ballet's 'Frankenstein' was a Gothic, if not great, delight and Killing My Lobster's new 'fun run' rips and roars.

Music

Under the Stars: 30 years of ‘Pulp Fiction’, or how a video store clerk changed the sound of cinema

John-Paul Shiver - March 26, 2025

Plus: Local legends come correct, from son of SF rave gawd Cahl Sel's ravetime to Reds, Pinks and Purples' sadcore savant.

Opinion

OPINION: Time for local Democrats to step up the resistance to Trump

John Avalos - March 26, 2025

State and local party leaders should be looking for solutions here at home, including taxes on the rich and protections for vulnerable communities. Here are some ideas.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Regency glow up, march for Heklina, Union Square pastry explosion…

Marke B. - March 25, 2025

Bioneers Conference, 'Wild With Happy,' Vinyl Sundays at Mars Bar, CubaCaribe Dance Fest, more to do this week

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Drug policy

Another War on Drugs measure passes, with only two dissenting votes

Tim Redmond - March 25, 2025

Fielder and Chan oppose plan that has serious flaws and could lead to more deaths. 9-2 votes are becoming a pattern.

Opinion

Once again, the myth that sporting events lead to sex trafficking has emerged

megan hobza - March 25, 2025

New CA bill would give cops more power to arrest sex workers—and could lead to deportations

Gaming

Lo-fi, free-form and plant-based: Game Developers Conference’s indie offerings

Leah Isobel - March 25, 2025

Video game creators on the pleasures and pitfalls of pushing boundaries.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: The marvelous matching power of food banks

Tamara Palmer - March 25, 2025

Plus: See how far each dollar you donate goes to feeding people in Northern California.

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‘A Bridge to Now’ evokes generational complexities of Peruvian Chinese communities

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - March 25, 2025

Choreography unfurls against tapestry of modern-day oral testimonies, visual projections—and 400 pounds of rice.

Will SF Democrats stand up to Trump—right here at home?

News + Politics Tim Redmond - March 24, 2025

DCCC resolution calls for taxes on the local rich to save essential services; will the members of the billionaire-backed slate oppose it?

Oh Canada! Newsom could tell Trump that the 51st state has free health care

Healthcare Joel Schechter - March 24, 2025

The governor wants to reach out to the right wing. How about offering to import Canada's health-care system?

At Game Developers Conference, video game workers look to level up through unionization

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 24, 2025

Amid an industry downturn, the labor movement is racking up major points.

Screen Grabs: Family cries? New releases offer complex kin across cultures

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 24, 2025

Plus: There's no forgetting the perils of Nazism past or present at this year's Berlin & Beyond festival.

Enigmatic Parisian art led L. John Harris into ‘Portrait in Red’ obsession

Lit Lou Fancher - March 24, 2025

Berkeley author's seven-year search for a painting's origins becomes a mental travelogue of sight and taste.

SF takes another step toward public power

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 23, 2025

First report released on buying out PG&E. Plus: Landlord allows illegal office use, now wants forgiveness (and no conversion fees). That's The Agenda for March 23-30

Puff: SF weed industry to blast off with Space Walk, a week of 420 celebrations

Culture Dan Karkoska - March 23, 2025

The nearest big city to the Emerald Triangle—that's us!—is setting the standard for stoners with beats, treats, and community.

Planning Commission rejects landlord plan to convert SRO rooms to tourist hotel

Housing Tim Redmond - March 20, 2025

5-2 vote sends a clear message that the city won't reward landlords for keeping affordable housing off the market.

Crowd packs theater for new doc on gentrification

Housing Ian Firstenberg - March 20, 2025

Mario Riveira and Abraham Woodliff's 'City of Sensitive Frauds' looks at the root causes of displacement

Matt Dorsey attacks us on Twitter about harm reduction and the city’s priorities

Drug policy Tim Redmond - March 20, 2025

He totally twisted what we said—but there's an important debate here around drug policies.

Gaming the system: Immigration, incarceration explored during indie developers’ summit

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 20, 2025

Can video games help to educate and empathize?

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Family cries? New releases offer complex kin across cultures

Plus: There's no forgetting the perils of Nazism past or present at this year's Berlin & Beyond festival.

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 24, 2025

Screen Grabs: BAMPFA raises curtain on poetic Ukrainian cinema, once subject to brutal censorship

Screen Grabs: Let’s run away to Greece

Screen Grabs: David Lynch and Todd Haynes take over the Bay

Music

Under the Stars: 30 years of ‘Pulp Fiction’, or how a video store clerk changed the sound of cinema

Plus: Local legends come correct, from son of SF rave gawd Cahl Sel's ravetime to Reds, Pinks and Purples' sadcore savant.

Music John-Paul Shiver - March 26, 2025

‘March Madness’: Punking up opera with Nikola Printz

Under the Stars: Virtuoso Nubya Garcia’s ornate arrangements will leave you plucked at The Chapel

DJ FLOW’s Saturday night sets spin Bay Area hip-hop mixshow tradition

Art

A Bay Area Figurative Movement resurrection paints the Bay in hopeful hues

Might we find connection via David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Elmer Bischoff's ethereal intimacy?

Art Tom Molanphy - March 20, 2025

Marc D’Estout’s absurdist ‘domestic objects’ are haikus to the uncanny

Two lovers who bloomed in the Bay Area Figurative Movement come together again

What lies beneath: Erena Shimoda’s aquatic photography promotes healing

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Housing

Planning Commission rejects landlord plan to convert SRO rooms to tourist hotel

5-2 vote sends a clear message that the city won't reward landlords for keeping affordable housing off the market.

Housing Tim Redmond - March 20, 2025

The dramatic and profound politics of the Mosser Hotel

Opinion: Save affordable housing! Stop the conversion of the Mosser Hotel

Death by homeless sweep in Vallejo

Politics

At Game Developers Conference, video game workers look to level up through unionization

Amid an industry downturn, the labor movement is racking up major points.

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 24, 2025

This is one disease I thought I wouldn’t have to worry about. Wrong.

Lurie won’t commit to an alternative approach to the opioid crisis

How is SF going to approach drug dealing? There are very different proposals

Opinion

OPINION: Time for local Democrats to step up the resistance to Trump

State and local party leaders should be looking for solutions here at home, including taxes on the rich and protections for vulnerable communities. Here are some ideas.

Opinion John Avalos - March 26, 2025

Opinion: Save affordable housing! Stop the conversion of the Mosser Hotel

The detention of Mahmoud Kahlil is a travesty of justice

A tsunami of chaos and destruction, but there may be hope

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Performance

Drama Masks: Dreamlike delivery of prim-and-proper trans history in ‘I Am My Own Wife’

Plus: SF Ballet's 'Frankenstein' was a Gothic, if not great, delight and Killing My Lobster's new 'fun run' rips and roars.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 26, 2025

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