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Pride—and protest

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2022

A beautiful day, a festive parade—and a spirit of fighting back against a terrifying Supreme Court.

Stage Review

In ‘The Mojo and the Sayso,’ the pointed aftermath of Black youth murdered by cops

Charles Lewis III - June 24, 2022

Aishah Rahman's layered 1989 play finally has its Bay Area premiere—and its tale seems sadly timeless

The Agenda

Supes take on police budget

Tim Redmond - June 26, 2022

Does SFPD really need $1,100 custom calfskin boots while people are lining up for hours for free food? That's The Agenda for June 28-July 4

Culture

‘Umbrella Academy’ season three ratchets up stakes—but time remains fickle as ever

Alex Arabian - June 24, 2022

Trans actor Elliot Page crafts a tender arc for character Viktor. Plus: impending doom for the whole damn universe.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Elvis’? We’d rather watch ‘Clambake’

Dennis Harvey - June 24, 2022

Plus: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes, Flux Gourmet, Gatlopp: Hell of a Game, more new movies reviewed

Protest

Roe is overturned: Protest today at 5pm at 450 Golden Gate in SF for reproductive rights!

Marke B. - June 24, 2022

The Raging Grannies, National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice, and other groups put out the call. Also Oakland protest info.

Art

David Johnson’s exhilarating photographs capture transformative decades in SF

Emily Wilson - June 22, 2022

'That was my goal to do that, and it happened. God was reading my mind,' says the 95-year-old, with a 1945-1965 show at City Hall

News + Politics

The June election was bad news for Mayor London Breed

Calvin Welch - June 22, 2022

That's just one of the many key messages that the news media have missed.

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Good Taste: Your Bay Area summer food fest planner

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - June 22, 2022

Night markets, food crawls, benefit bashes, and more fun dates to brighten your season

Is James Wiseman still the 7-foot future of Warriors basketball? I think so.

Sports Alan Chazaro - June 22, 2022

Thursday's NBA draft will bring a wave of new talent. But the team’s former No. 2 pick and injury-plagued center may yet surprise us

Academia, displacement, and the dorm-industrial complex

Opinion Tiny - June 22, 2022

From Columbia's Manhattanville to UC Berkeley in People's Park, luxury student housing can lead to gentrification

Painter Brett Amory’s shadowy subjects are engulfed in the flow of life

Art Mary Corbin - June 22, 2022

Epic 20-year series 'Waiting' has captured the intangible in the banal; now the Oakland artist is looking toward what's next

The attack on the queer community is a political weapon

LGBTQ Mark R. Leno - June 21, 2022

We have seen it here in California, and even in San Francisco.

‘We’re still here’: Kevin Epps celebrates 20 years of ‘Straight Outta Hunters Point’

Movies Tom Molanphy - June 21, 2022

At a joyous Juneteenth gathering in the Bayview, the filmmaker reflected on Black art and resiliency in San Francisco.

Screen Grabs: Workin’ for a livin’ (and documentin’ it, too)

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 20, 2022

From aspirational cowhands and Mexican dancehall girls to Chernobyl workers and Syrian artists, these docs get their hands dirty.

Marke B.’s ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2022

LGBTQ Marke B. - June 20, 2022

Films, parties, shows, parties, art, parties, and more—don't forget to thank your elders for paving the way, and stay safe out there

Under the Stars: STR4TA honors Black British sound, Guild Theatre opens wide…

Music John-Paul Shiver - June 20, 2022

Plus: Foamboy at Popscene, new Dry Cleaning, Marta Sanchez's punctuated rhythms, hip-hop royalty at Independent, more

Supes demand big changes in Breed’s budget

City Hall Tim Redmond - June 19, 2022

Plus: A key vote on Lowell admissions—and what the final numbers on the Boudin recall show. That's The Agenda for June 19-26

Just in time to heat up Pride, Sandra Bernhard comes to ‘Bern It Down’

Onstage Joshua Rotter - June 17, 2022

'Everybody—no matter their sexuality or gender—wakes up with emotions and needs,' says the beloved comedian-singer-actress.

The revolutionary realism of Alice Neel

Art Natalia Robyns-Kresich - June 17, 2022

The painter's extraordinary work, now at the DeYoung, proves that socially engaged art is anything but boring and irrelevant.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Elvis’? We’d rather watch ‘Clambake’

Plus: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes, Flux Gourmet, Gatlopp: Hell of a Game, more new movies reviewed

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 24, 2022

Screen Grabs: Workin’ for a livin’ (and documentin’ it, too)

Screen Grabs: Winning charm in ‘Cha Cha,’ lusty luck in ‘Leo Grande’

‘Every Saturday night was a bar mitzvah’: How ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ made the screen

Music

Under the Stars: STR4TA honors Black British sound, Guild Theatre opens wide…

Plus: Foamboy at Popscene, new Dry Cleaning, Marta Sanchez's punctuated rhythms, hip-hop royalty at Independent, more

Music John-Paul Shiver - June 20, 2022

Oakland Weekender readies 3 nights of Bay indie-pop community feels

Under the Stars: For Juneteenth, support Black justice while expanding your musical horizons

They say it’s your birthday, Paul McCartney

Art

David Johnson’s exhilarating photographs capture transformative decades in SF

'That was my goal to do that, and it happened. God was reading my mind,' says the 95-year-old, with a 1945-1965 show at City Hall

Art Emily Wilson - June 22, 2022

The revolutionary realism of Alice Neel

This community-minded Bay platform is giving Black creatives tools to thrive

Oakland’s Heidi Brueckner turns COVID detritus into quirky, assertive art

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Housing

Academia, displacement, and the dorm-industrial complex

From Columbia's Manhattanville to UC Berkeley in People's Park, luxury student housing can lead to gentrification

Opinion Tiny - June 22, 2022

The state’s housing goals would require massive demolition and evictions in SF

Supes propose major affordable-housing reform measures for fall ballot

SF needs $19 billion to meet state affordable housing goals—and Breed has no plan

Politics

Supes take on police budget

Does SFPD really need $1,100 custom calfskin boots while people are lining up for hours for free food? That's The Agenda for June 28-July 4

The Agenda Tim Redmond - June 26, 2022

Pride isn’t a safe space with London Breed and the SFPD

Will the city’s Climate Plan ever happen? Plus: Election Day, tech-worker dorms …

It’s official: Honey Mahogany is challenging the mayor’s appointee in District 6

Opinion

Academia, displacement, and the dorm-industrial complex

From Columbia's Manhattanville to UC Berkeley in People's Park, luxury student housing can lead to gentrification

Opinion Tiny - June 22, 2022

Pride isn’t a safe space with London Breed and the SFPD

Critics say the DA’s Office is run like the Public Defender’s Office. That’s not true

From here to Cuba: Defying Biden, the Bay Area connects to island nation

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Performance

In ‘The Mojo and the Sayso,’ the pointed aftermath of Black youth murdered by cops

Aishah Rahman's layered 1989 play finally has its Bay Area premiere—and its tale seems sadly timeless

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - June 24, 2022

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