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Trickle-down economics from the Reagan Era rules as the state forces San Francisco to give luxury developers what they want (and ignores affordable housing).

Music

Under the Stars: It’s gonna be a very The Roots December

John-Paul Shiver - November 27, 2023

Plus: Maya Rudolph's Prince cover band comes to town, synth wiz Franck Martin takes San Jose, more music news

Onstage

Coco Peru dons Heklina’s tunic (metaphorically) for ‘Golden Girls: Christmas Episodes’

Joshua Rotter - November 27, 2023

'I felt like Bea Arthur was pushing me on my shoulder and saying, 'Do it,'' says drag star of beloved show.

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Supes push back on state-mandated housing disaster

The Agenda Tim Redmond - November 26, 2023

Plus: An honest discussion about the cops and budget priorities. That's The Agenda for Nov. 26 to Dec. 3

Screen Grabs: 50 years of downs and ups for extraordinary ‘Holy Mountain’

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 25, 2023

Jodorowsky’s masterpiece once truly defined underground cinema. Plus: 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' resurrected, Taiwanese gems, more

In ‘The Return,’ James Terry pens a lush, tragic ‘coming-of-old-age’ story

Lit Lou Fancher - November 25, 2023

Novella's UC professor protagonist must brave modern cacophony, despite silent film obsession.

Oral history as inspiration and antidote: Lynn Lewis on ‘Women Who Change the World’

Lit James De Julius - November 23, 2023

The organizer-author's new work offers deep personal stories of lives dedicated to the social justice movement.

Greening Bayview, one tree at a time

Environment Tom Molanphy - November 23, 2023

Friends of the Urban Forest tries slowly to restore an urban canopy in a neighborhood with little greenery.

Screen Grabs: French treats, from classic bon-bons to epic Bonaparte

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 22, 2023

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix take on the Mad Emperor, and 'The French Had a Name for It' revives several gems

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - November 21, 2023

20 years in, the transgender rock chanteuse from East Germany inspires and provokes at Shotgun.

Of memories and migration: Trina Michelle Robinson’s deep family excavations

Art Mary Corbin - November 21, 2023

The expansive video artist, with deep roots in the Bay Area, tracks down puzzle pieces of identity.

Under the Stars: Soaking in the magical sounds of L’Rain

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 21, 2023

Plus: Peggy Gou and Lenny Kravitz made a chill record, Laetitia Sadler comes to the Chapel, more music news

After 60 years, the major media still won’t tell the truth about the JFK assassination

News + Politics David Talbot - November 21, 2023

The evidence that top officials in the military and CIA killed the president is overwhelming—but The New York Times won't even run an oped about it.

Live Shots: What the Great Dickens? The Victorian Christmas Fair returns

Onstage Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - November 21, 2023

Sip some mead, tie a knot, boot the cat, taste a banger, and get down with Fezziwig at the 39th annual immersive holiday affair

Surprise price hike spurs talk of video game developers organizing

Labor Leah Isobel - November 20, 2023

Young industry has been shy of unionization—but as a major game engine changes its terms, 'democratizing' gains strength

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Movies

No words: Savor the Castro’s last moments as movie palace with “A Day of Silents”

Start off with 10am all-cartoon bill, and stay for slapstick, swashbuckle, and romantical burlesque on the beloved screen.

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 28, 2023

Screen Grabs: French treats, from classic bon-bons to epic Bonaparte

Screen Grabs: This Thanksgiving, don’t stream a turkey

Screen Grabs: Todd Haynes jumps back on track with twisty drama ‘May December’

Music

Under the Stars: It’s gonna be a very The Roots December

Plus: Maya Rudolph's Prince cover band comes to town, synth wiz Franck Martin takes San Jose, more music news

Music John-Paul Shiver - November 27, 2023

Live Shots: What the Great Dickens? The Victorian Christmas Fair returns

How the B-52’s 1982 EP ‘Mesopotamia’ became a Black radio lodestar

Live Shots: La Doña blew the Fillmore down at sold-out show

Art

Of memories and migration: Trina Michelle Robinson’s deep family excavations

The expansive video artist, with deep roots in the Bay Area, tracks down puzzle pieces of identity.

Art Mary Corbin - November 21, 2023

Do Yayoi Kusama’s brilliant, candy-colored creations transcend a problematic past?

Sandy Ostrau wants viewers to ‘feel their place’ in her luminous figurative work

‘Custer had it coming’: Duane Linklater’s missives from an Indigenous present

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Housing

Housing bill that makes no sense at all moves forward with reluctant committee vote

Trickle-down economics from the Reagan Era rules as the state forces San Francisco to give luxury developers what they want (and ignores affordable housing).

Housing Tim Redmond - November 27, 2023