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UK R&B superstar Craig David: ‘San Francisco is always full of love and energy’

Kicking off his '7 Days Commitment Tour' here, the heartthrob hitmaker has a different eye on romance.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Chasing one of the Swinging Sixties’ most infamous ‘It Girls’

Plus: Doclands 2024, Johnny Depp's French, Japanese reality, worthwhile 'Nowhere Special,' Free Palestine, more movies
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Onstage

That’s a ‘Bitch Slap!’ D’Arcy Drollinger’s top 5 over-the-top TV moments

Her Oasis drag show lampoons the catfights and hysterics of nighttime soaps—and it's rooted in deep genre love.
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Stage Review

‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead

Despite talented cast, catchy tunes, and a show-stopping number, Broadway sensation comes off as torture porn.
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Music

‘Fairy godmother of trans country artists’ Shawna Virago rounds up vivid new tales

On 'Blood in her Dreams,' the local punky-tonk legend tells the stories of outsiders in today's beige-tinted SF.
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Onstage

Unmasking a modern predator through dance in ‘The Soul Catcher’

Annika B. Lewis and Kassandra Production dissect a violent relationship at SF International Arts Fest
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Music

Live Shots: Jigs galore, maypole madness at Céilí on the Lake’s Beltane celebration

Waterside Gaelic fête declares spring has sprung—and now it's time to shear the sheep.
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Onstage

‘¡Golondrina!’ flies on the wings of Latinx California music history

Liliana Herrera's 'funkloric' play at Brava views migration, and its criminalization, through a sonic kaleidoscope.
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Music

Music festival season kicks off—and keeps on kickin’

Turn up the sonic sunshine with Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, How Weird Street Faire, SFLive, Bhangra & Beats, more
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Stage Review

In ‘Forever Plaid,’ a bit of light entertainment in the afterlife

A dead classic pop quartet has the pipes, if not the complex backstory, in 42nd Moon's family-friendly production.
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Music

Live Shots: K.Flay’s return knocked out the Independent

The local favorite matched the pugilistic rock tone of her new album "Mono" with a power-packed performance.
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Onstage

Nothing’s gonna rain on ‘Funny Girl’ Katerina McCrimmon’s SF parade

“I've always been fighting to make it this far," says the dynamo Fanny Brice with Miami roots and plenty of chutzpah.
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Music

1984—the year pop music shot to the stratosphere

As the 40th anniversary releases and tributes roll out, revisiting a year of barrier-busting giants.
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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Stylish but deadly classic ‘Le Samouraï’ swings into the Roxie

Plus: Ridiculous and enjoyable 'Challengers,' exhausting 'Boy Kills World,' the rise of Christian Nationalism, more
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Onstage

After ‘painful’ preparation, ‘Blue Door’ opens onto Black men’s complex life in US

Director Darryl V. Jones on creating the soundtrack of generational haunting at Aurora Theatre Company
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Music

Matmos drops in for tea and jockstraps

Radical sound-collage duo dish on roots in SF's wild '90s nightlife scene as debut 'In Lo-Fidelity' hits 30.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Getting flaky at Smörgåsland

The pastry-stacked promise of IKEA’s new bakery and food hall in downtown SF.
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Stage Review

Unbearable tension of ghosts past and present in ‘Returning to Haifa’

Palestinians come back home in the shadow of the Six-Day War, in Golden Thread's latest on Potrero Stage.
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Art

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.
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Lit

‘Portrait of a Woman’ tells of unlikely champ for 18th century art equality

Bay Area-based author Bridget Quinn explains why she visited one of her subject's paintings 'every day for years.'
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Movies

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest unleashes Dizzy Gillespie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb

Where else can you catch a 94-year-old action star, a jazz legend fighting for the Congo, and a requiem for activist Rob Peace?
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Culture

‘Never too late’: Grannies of Grant Avenue Follies dance onto the airwaves

PBS highlights the Chinatown-based cabaret troupe of 11 spirited grandmothers keeping local history alive.
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Stage Review

Revisiting the violent time when drag was illegal in ‘The Pride of Lions’

Risking it all in the 1920s to perform onstage and live authentically in Theatre Rhino's latest, by Roger Mason.
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Music

Under the Stars: Gauging the Bay Area spring music hype

Free Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SF Symphony at the Movies, Brijean's return help patch tragedies like the A's leaving
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Nightlife

Watch: Our Stud sneak peek parted the sequined curtains on new location

Drinks, drag, dancing and more at the legendary queer bar's new location ahead of the 4/20 grand opening.
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Music

Master of samples Carl Stone returns, accompanied by car-long ‘Hurdy Grande’

The 71-year-old musical pioneer inaugurates the West Oakland Sound Series with experimental gusto.
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Music

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

'I can say proudly that love has healed me,' says star who weathered instant fame and disastrous downfall.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Local chefs serve kitchen game on social media

Victoriano Lopez and Kathy Fang share go-to cooking techniques when they’re off the clock. Watch and learn!
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?

The German-language film fest keeps broadening its borders. Plus: Ken Loach's finale 'Old Oak' and 'Dig! XX'
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Music Book Club

Watch: Legendary DJ Paulette gives us juicy nightlife history on Music Book Club

'Welcome to the Club' details more than 30 years of UK house music history and her own fascinating story.
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Stage Review

Hilarious performances whisk you up a shaky ’39 Steps’

San Francisco Playhouse lampoons a ripe Hitchcock—but you may want to binge your noir beforehand.
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Onstage

For actor John-Andrew Morrison, ‘A Strange Loop’ is a brilliant, emotional rollercoaster

The Tony nominee returns to Michael R. Jackson's lauded play at ACT—and brings a deep connection to his mother.
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Music

Live Shots: Alkaline Trio brought three decades of punk energy to Masonic

The Chicago outfit left no "Stupid Kid" behind as they whipped an adoring crowd into a frenzy.
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Stage Review

Outsize passions of Carmen and Frida take centerstage in ‘Dos Mujeres’

Premieres by Arielle Smith and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at SF Ballet bring two well-known women to vivid life.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies
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Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.
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Nightlife

Join us this Friday for a sneak peek at the new STUD!

Celebrate the return of a San Francisco legend with 48 Hills: Drinks, dancing, DJs, and of course a little drag.
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Lit

A love of baseball doesn’t quite come ‘Out of Left Field’ for this queer youth

Local author Jonah Newman's semi-autobiographical graphic novel tells a tale of self-discovery on the diamond.
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Good Taste

Good Taste: Tartine Manufactory brings the pizza party back

After a four-year break from dinner, the Mission restaurant is throwing dough at night again.
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Stage Review

Spring (and the future) is in the air in Alonzo King’s latest show

The choreographer's two strong revivals and a new piece at YBCA spur the question, 'What comes next?'
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