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In a historic moment, jury convicts officer on all counts of killing George Floyd.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Secrets to scoring crazy croissants, SF gets a Korean food court

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Plus: Bitchin' Baklava, and Gay4U feeds trans POC for free

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Opinion

I finally paid off my student loans at 40. No one should go through this

Peter-Astrid Kane -
Not even winning on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' helped me outrun Navient and condescending bootstrapper-types
Opinion

Mayor Schaaf needs to stop resisting the movement to defund the Oakland PD

Cat Brooks -
A bloated police budget has not made the streets any safer; it's time for real alternatives.
Art

X-Men to X-acto: The otherworldly analog collages of Michael Tunk

Mary Corbin -
Wild West meets interplanetary apocalypse (and plenty more) in the Alameda artist's visions.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Films for a fragile planet, from Puerto Rico to Mars

Dennis Harvey -
Livable Planet fest opens with excellent Landfall, more. Plus: 8 Billion Angels, Occupy the Farm, Gunda, Malni

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Films for a fragile planet, from Puerto Rico to Mars

Livable Planet fest opens with excellent Landfall, more. Plus: 8 Billion Angels, Occupy the Farm, Gunda, Malni
Movies
Movies

Screen Grabs: Wine, mystery, folk music, black comedy at Greek Film Fest

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Psilocybic British horror 'In the Earth,' Scandinavian cancer drama 'Hope,' Tiny Dance Fest, more new movies
Movies

Screen Grabs: ’80s Italian exploitation hunk George Eastman rides again

Dennis Harvey -
From caveman to Blastfighter, he did it all. Plus: a bounty of horror movies including 'Honeydew' and 'Jakob's Wife'
Movies

Screen Grabs: Delving into the toxic bastions

Dennis Harvey -
Love—both endearing and abusive—finds its way into prison, army, and sports in these new movies
Movies

Bo McGuire’s lyrical queer family hybrid-doc ‘Socks on Fire’ comes to SFFILM

Pam Grady -
The director delves into a family inheritance rift between his homophobic aunt and his drag queen uncle

Music

New Music: Dance releases bring the April heat

The Jacksons' mid-career landmark, Anz's morphing UK bass, Kumail's pastel boogie, more to get you on your feet
Music
Music

‘Queer, fluid, and Asian’: Bézier’s invigorating electronic frequencies

John-Paul Shiver -
On eve of 'Undulate' release, the producer speaks about making music, anti-Asian violence, and queer representation
Music

Tyler Holmes navigates trauma through softer sounds on ‘Nightmare in Paradise’

Marke B. -
The Oakland musician and performer's lush, emotive new album records the process of grappling with PTSD.
Music

With live shows poised to return, musicians open up about opening up

John-Paul Shiver -
An indie star, a label owner, a DJ, and an electronic musician share their candid responses to this moment
Music

Que mujer, que cantante: Bay-Cuban singer Bobi Céspedes celebrates 40 years onstage

Caitlin Donohue -
Missed the 2020 release of the Yoruba priestess' 'Mujer y Cantante' album? Here's your chance to right that wrong.

Art

X-Men to X-acto: The otherworldly analog collages of Michael Tunk

Wild West meets interplanetary apocalypse (and plenty more) in the Alameda artist's visions.
Art
Art

Review: Daily scenes reveal complex family identities in Gloria Wong’s ‘Three Tongues’

Genevieve Quick -
At Friends Indeed, the Chinese Canadian photographer portrays a tidy home full of subtle information.
Art

Sean Dorsey Dance premieres nine ‘gorgeous’ new films in AT-HOME season

Marke B. -
"We can't wait to connect with our audience again," says transgender dance trailblazer—now a director, too.
Art

Review: Black Madonnas, fashion photos, semaphore, and song in ‘Future Histories’

Genevieve Quick -
At SFMOMA, Theaster Gates and Cauleen Smith draw on the African American archive to point a way forward.
Performance

Is art free speech under COVID? A local court case steams on

Marke B. -
Ongoing San Francisco International Arts Festival lawsuit demands that arts reopen in parity with worship and dining.

Housing

Money for ‘safe sleeping’ sites — or permanent supportive housing?

Legislation by Sup. Rafael Mandelman aims to get people off the streets -- but homeless advocates are not supporting it. That's The Agenda for April 18-25
The Agenda
Housing

Breed won’t promise to spend real-estate tax money on rent relief

Tim Redmond -
The voters approved Prop. I last fall to support tenants and affordable housing, but the mayor says she will use the money for her own priorities.
Homelessness

Homeless people lack access to water

Garrett Leahy -
People on SF's streets can't even access the UN's minimum requirements for potable water, new report shows.
Homelessness

Inside the SIP hotels saga

Natalia Kresich -
How activists and some supes forced the city to put homeless people in hotel rooms.
Housing

Chiu, Wiener attack ‘left-right pincers’ on housing

Zelda Bronstein -
Legislators decry alliance between progressive housing activists and 'Nimby' homeowners.

Politics

COVID outbreaks continue in workplaces in California

The pandemic is far from over -- particularly for workers in vulnerable occupations.
Labor
Labor

Radical right group is trying to attack public-sector labor in SF

Tim Redmond -
Anti-union mailers are going to workers home addresses -- but really, this group is looking pretty desperate.
Labor

Giants and food vendor tried to get workers to waive COVID rights

Marc Norton -
Union squelches embarrassing move to make ballpark employees grant immunity to the big, rich organizations.
The Agenda

SF could have affordable Internet for everyone for $35 a resident

Tim Redmond -
Why isn't the Breed Administration moving for municipal broadband? That's The Agenda for April 11-18
Elections

A new move to get corporate money out of state political campaigns

Tim Redmond -
AB 20 would ban contributions from corporations to any candidate for state office in CA.

Opinion

I finally paid off my student loans at 40. No one should go through this

Not even winning on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' helped me outrun Navient and condescending bootstrapper-types
Opinion
Opinion

Mayor Schaaf needs to stop resisting the movement to defund the Oakland PD

Cat Brooks -
A bloated police budget has not made the streets any safer; it's time for real alternatives.
News + Politics

OPINION: Donald Trump, Sid Vicious, click-bait, and media imagination

Johnny Angel Wendell -
Sometimes you need a president -- and a bass player -- who actually knows how to do the job, even if he doesn't make as good copy.
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: ‘I have so many questions’ about nightlife after COVID

48 Hills -
SF culture took a massive hit pre-pandemic, a reader writes. Can we let history guide us to better times?
Opinion

SF has exploited, failed, and bankrupted its taxi drivers

Marcelo Fonseca -
Mayors Lee and Newsom sold pricey medallions to make money--then let Uber and Lyft make those investments worthless. The drivers deserve help.

Performance

Sean Dorsey Dance premieres nine ‘gorgeous’ new films in AT-HOME season

"We can't wait to connect with our audience again," says transgender dance trailblazer—now a director, too.
Art
Performance

Global artists tackle an epic year in ‘Hindsight 2020’

Emily Wilson -
A 'devised multimedia time capsule' addresses what we'll take with us from all of this.
Performance

Is art free speech under COVID? A local court case steams on

Marke B. -
Ongoing San Francisco International Arts Festival lawsuit demands that arts reopen in parity with worship and dining.
Onstage

The strange and wondrous story of the Sick & Twisted Players

Don Baird -
Thirty years ago, the troupe brought camp movie mashups, blazingly real talent, and guaranteed Splatterama to nightlife stages.
Performance

Review: ‘God of Vengeance’ still powerful 115 years later

Elaine Elinson -
Taboo-busting play about Jewish tradition and lesbian love shone online in Yiddish Theatre Ensemble production.

Nightlife

How To Reopen Nightlife: Enough with the boys’ club, make room for women

DJ femmelectric and promoter Alex McGeagh speak about equity, access, and safety for women and nonbinary folks.
Party Radar
Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: ‘I have so many questions’ about nightlife after COVID

48 Hills -
SF culture took a massive hit pre-pandemic, a reader writes. Can we let history guide us to better times?
Party Radar

How To Reopen Nightlife: Keeping it cute and safe for all on the dance floor

Marke B. -
What should we expect from venues and each other when clubs come back? The first in a series exploring issues left to face.
Nightlife

Get up and do your thing for local art at The Lab’s interactive Dance A Thon

John-Paul Shiver -
The experimental arts space hosts a fundraising, 12-hour virtual dance-fest full of local star-power
Nightlife

Major players fuel nightlife drive against anti-Asian hate—here’s how you can help

Marke B. -
DJ Marky "Proof" Enriquez and emcee Fran Boogie threw a 40-hour online fundraiser for the cause. Let's keep it going

Cannabis

Puff: Spark up a safe and comfy 420 celebration

No big party in the park this year, but plenty to do—and enjoy—in our annual guide to the stoner holiday.
Puff
Puff

Puff: Prerolling into spring

Dan Karkoska -
We go down the stoney road for you, sampling latest offerings from Jeeters, King Roll, more
Puff

Puff: New strains, all the gains

Dan Karkoska -
Our brave and bold weed critic shifts into cannabis overdrive to bring you the latest and greatest news on just-dropped flower variants.
Puff

Puff: A Valentine’s Day stoner survival guide

Dan Karkoska -
Love yourself into a cloud of bliss, with Lava flower, massage oil, churro chocolate bars, more
Puff

Puff your way through the holidays, and into 2021

Dan Karkoska -
Cannabis pop rocks, delicious scoops, fancy box sets, Grandaddy Purple gummies, and more treats and stocking stuffers

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