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Screen Grabs: The scarred life of ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’

Dennis Harvey - September 23, 2021

Plus: A German robot rom-com. (No, we are not making that up.)

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Return of the DJ brunch

Tamara Palmer - September 21, 2021

Voodoo Love brings the beat back and the Bay’s first Black-owned delivery app launches.

City Hall

The Agenda

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

Tim Redmond - September 19, 2021

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.

Arts

Art

‘Experience Leonard Cohen’ offers more than crusty hallelujahs

Daniel Bromfield - September 24, 2021

At the CJM, four artists take impressionistic measures of the late musician behind 'I'm Your Man.'

Music

Under the Stars: Fugees return, SFJAZZ reopens, Balboa Theatre goes live

John-Paul Shiver - September 22, 2021

Plus: A groovy set of dub remixes, singer Razteria's electronic turn, Remi Wolf, and a NYE party dance fans should jump on.

Opinion

Opinion: The Great Highway shutdown fiasco

Steven Hill - September 9, 2021

It's worse for the environment. It's infuriated residents. The city needs to rethink the highway closure—now, when a compromise is possible.

Culture

Nightlife

As Trip Show, a revered record selector returns with a terrific album

Marke B. - August 2, 2021

Former SF DJ-producer John Keaka Friend sends 'The Far East is the Near West and the Wild West is the Near East' from Hawaii

Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Education

A move to save Cantonese language classes at City College

Angela Hui - July 28, 2021

Most college Chinese language programs focus on Mandarin -- but in SF, Cantonese literacy is critical.

Protest

Haitian immigrant justice protest shows border activism alive in Biden era

In the wake of thousands of deportations and the release of disturbing photos and video, two SF protests spoke out.

Lucas Thornton - September 25, 2021

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Art

‘Experience Leonard Cohen’ offers more than crusty hallelujahs

Daniel Bromfield - September 24, 2021

At the CJM, four artists take impressionistic measures of the late musician behind 'I'm Your Man.'

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Onstage

With ‘Immortal Reckoning,’ Peaches Christ opens her portal to Hades

Peter-Astrid Kane - September 23, 2021

Start with cocktails at a goth club—then stumble into terror beneath the Old Mint, at Into the Dark's latest immersive screamfest.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The scarred life of ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’

Dennis Harvey - September 23, 2021

Plus: A German robot rom-com. (No, we are not making that up.)

Crime

A new dark-money group with GOP support seeks to raise crime fears

Tim Redmond - September 22, 2021

A misleading mailer attacking the record of DA Chesa Boudin hits the streets—but who paid for it?

Art

Review: Afloat on the Bay, ‘Night Watch’ presented refugees as they are

Genevieve Quick - September 22, 2021

Shimon Attie's quiet and simple videos, shown from a barge, refused to emotionally exploit their participants.

Under the Stars: Fugees return, SFJAZZ reopens, Balboa Theatre goes live

Music John-Paul Shiver - September 22, 2021

Plus: A groovy set of dub remixes, singer Razteria's electronic turn, Remi Wolf, and a NYE party dance fans should jump on.

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

Housing Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

While people sit in jail cells, SF courts delay criminal trials

Crime Tim Redmond - September 21, 2021

Judges hear civil cases while violating the law and delaying the right to a speedy trial for criminal defendants, public defender says.

Arts Forecast: Folsom MEGAHOOD Fair plays safely naughty, Litquake erupts in verbiage

Arts Forecast Marke B. - September 21, 2021

Plus: Whiskies of the World, The Bad Plus, Public Works' 10-Year, "Bacchae Before," more upcoming events.

Chanel Miller, artist and ‘Emily Doe’ in Stanford assault case, speaks at Asian Art Museum

Art Emily Wilson - September 21, 2021

Writer Esmé Weijun Wang interviews Miller, whose 75-foot mural hangs in the new Wilbur Gallery.

Good Taste: Return of the DJ brunch

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - September 21, 2021

Voodoo Love brings the beat back and the Bay’s first Black-owned delivery app launches.

A car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is finally close to reality

Environment Tim Redmond - September 20, 2021

But there are some complicated equity issues that will require a lot more discussion.

Screen Grabs: Fighting back, from Armenian revolution to Civil Rights struggle

Movies Dennis Harvey - September 20, 2021

Plus: An in-depth look inside Balanchine's notorious ballet classroom. New movies!

Remembering Spain’s 15-M Movement, Occupy’s scrappy precursor

News + Politics Marke B. - September 20, 2021

As the US looks back a decade later, a necessary reminder that Occupy was a reverberation of a global movement.

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

The Agenda Tim Redmond - September 19, 2021

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.

Occupy San Francisco was a game-changer

Labor Tim Paulson - September 19, 2021

Ten years later, remembering the movement that gave us "We are the 99 percent" and put economic inequality on the national agenda.

In ‘Blue Bayou,’ Justin Chon highlights citizenship limbo of Korean adoptees

Movies Pam Grady - September 19, 2021

The young auteur on post-Korean War immigration fallout, Asian Americans in the Deep South, and costar Alicia Vikander.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: The scarred life of ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’

Plus: A German robot rom-com. (No, we are not making that up.)

Screen Grabs Dennis Harvey - September 23, 2021

In ‘Blue Bayou,’ Justin Chon highlights citizenship limbo of Korean adoptees

Screen Grabs: ‘Eyes of Tammy Faye’ blinks at real issues

Experimental expressions: Ficks’ Picks for the 12th CROSSROADS Film Fest

Music

Under the Stars: Fugees return, SFJAZZ reopens, Balboa Theatre goes live

Plus: A groovy set of dub remixes, singer Razteria's electronic turn, Remi Wolf, and a NYE party dance fans should jump on.

Music John-Paul Shiver - September 22, 2021

On 50th anniversary, the Residents provoke ‘n roll at Castro Theatre

Under the Stars: St. Vincent, Thao, Eris Drew, more musical highlights

Funkier than ‘Super Freak’: 6 enduring flashes of Rick James’ genius

Art

‘Experience Leonard Cohen’ offers more than crusty hallelujahs

At the CJM, four artists take impressionistic measures of the late musician behind 'I'm Your Man.'

Art Daniel Bromfield - September 24, 2021

Chanel Miller, artist and ‘Emily Doe’ in Stanford assault case, speaks at Asian Art Museum

Arts Forecast: Open Studios 2021, Colson Whitehead, The Residents return…

In plants and nature, Tom Colcord sees ‘macrocosms in every microcosm’

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Housing

Robots in the crash pad: The twisted takeover of the Red Victorian Hotel

How Haight Ashbury countercultural ideals were distorted by a tech "co-living" experiment, and a trans performance community was displaced.

Housing Natalia Robyns-Kresich - September 21, 2021

BIPOC residents of Mission Bay feel more welcome than in the rest of SF

The future of Mission Bay

Bridge housing talks about community empowerment …

Politics

Should SF ban the no-knock warrants that lead to Breonna Taylor’s death?

Plus: Juvenile justice, small-business rent relief, and a 'beach-to-the-Bay' bike path. That's The Agenda for Sept. 20-26.

The Agenda Tim Redmond - September 19, 2021

Giants food-service workers take job action, demanding safety

Why have DBI, Planning, and the cops gotten away with so much for so long?

Dandelion Chocolate workers’ union vote is approved by NLRB

Opinion

Opinion: The Great Highway shutdown fiasco

It's worse for the environment. It's infuriated residents. The city needs to rethink the highway closure—now, when a compromise is possible.

Opinion Steven Hill - September 9, 2021

The campaign against CRT is all about preserving white privilege

Dear politicians: Do your homework on climate change—now

Labor, organizing, money, and an East Bay Assembly race

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Performance

With ‘Immortal Reckoning,’ Peaches Christ opens her portal to Hades

Start with cocktails at a goth club—then stumble into terror beneath the Old Mint, at Into the Dark's latest immersive screamfest.

Onstage Peter-Astrid Kane - September 23, 2021

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