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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Free Shakespeare in the Park, Hiero Day, ‘Groove,’ Black Pride…

...SBTRKT, Artists United for Palestine, VHS Horror Marathon, Gumby's Junk, Crash an Indian Wedding, more to do
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Music

Live Shots: Clipse return to SF after 15 years, still grindin’

Virginia Beach hip-hop duo dug deep into the repertoire and performed off reunion album 'Let God Sort 'Em Out.'
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Contest

Win tickets to see Supergrass, BabyTron, Ash Island, Lagrimas…

...SosMula, Calva Louise—score a pair of tickets and go see a concert at one of SF's top venues.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Crawling the Bay Area’s exceptional food streets, pt. 1

A new miniseries celebrating hot local culinary thoroughfares, with maps!
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Dance

As Legion of Honor celebrates 100th, Megan Lowe Dances moves for authenticity

Looking to institution's future, performers in unprecedented site-specific piece are encouraged 'to be as you as you can possibly be.'
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Red Sonja rides again

Plus: IMAX 'Sign O' the Times' shows off Prince's sexy silhouettes, and social media celebrity thriller 'Lurker' defies expectations.
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Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop announces 2026 dates, plan accordingly

Plus: Prince jams back into theaters, Nectax wields the breakbeat Ginsu, Gumby's Junk happily confounds, more music
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Nightlife

Exclusive: First look at the spooky new Terror Vault show!

'HEXED' takes over the SF Mint for another twisted installment of the immersive annual fright fest.
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Featured

How our new newsletters work—and why you should sign up!

Introducing a new way to connect to 48 Hills, including special content directly from our editor Tim Redmond.
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Movies

Ficks’ Picks: Diving into CROSSROADS Fest’s river of experimental celluloid

SF Cinematheque showcases Japanese classics, Day-Glo rock formations, Inuit lichen-based developers.
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Movies

5 times Denzel’s character name tipped us off to greatness

From Easy Rawlins to Whip Whitaker, the 'Highest 2 Lowest' actor has transcended what could have been two-dimensional roles.
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Dance

Drama Masks: We’re going to be OK, dammit

Joe Goode's 'Are You Okay?' tells terribly sad tales, yet wisely refuses to give into nihilism.
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Art

Laura Malone paints a connective language of ’embodiment’

The somatic therapist's art comes through listening to the body and reflecting the complexity of human intimacy.
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Arts + Culture

Comedy troupe Killing My Lobster suspends operations after 25 years

Beloved sketch stalwarts to call it quits after next show due to NEA and other foundation cuts.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Ruth Asawa, Hungry Ghost Fest, Magik*Magik, Gumbo Social Seafood Boil…

Women's Building Fundraiser, Budos Band, 'Sudan, Remember Us,' Vinylissimo, Robert Hood, final Fringe Fest, more to do
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Nightlife

Party Radar: The city is supporting an underground-led techno event. That’s something.

FREE TECHNO party takes over Salesforce Park this Saturday: Will it augur a trend of such SF-backed affairs (and better music)?
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets to see Budos Band and A Deeplove

We're teaming up with some of SF's best music venues to get you to some shows. Here's how to enter.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Cooking with vinyl at Side A

A San Francisco restaurateur moonlights as a DJ on her own sound system.
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Music

Under the Stars: Mae Powell’s doozy of a contact high

Plus: Cindy Blackman Santana bangs the skins, a free Valkyries watch party with great tunes, new Kaytranada, more music
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Featured

Sponsor our 12th Annual 48 Hills Community Gala (or just come and bring all your friends)!

Help us keep independent media alive for another year with music, cocktails, food, community, and lots of local love.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Are we not doc’ed? We are Devo!

Plus: A harrowing bulletin from Sudan, Ron Howard's missed 'Eden,' Tsui Hark's slapstick Hong Kong caper, more movies
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Nightlife

Join us Wed/20 for a discussion on overdose prevention in queer nightlife

LGBTQ+ nightlife community activists and health experts come together to help make partying safer.
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Culture

‘Indigenize SF’ maps well-known street names and statues paying homage to genocide

At SFMOMA, an exhibit documents local monuments connected to historic violence against American Indians.
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Music

Iridescent melodies and a violin’s metallic textures burnish sachi’s mirror

Juicebumps bassist Shaina Pan's solo project is rooted in her classical background, applying unconventional twists.
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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2025 voting begins September 2!

It's a new era: Our 51st annual Readers Poll returns with a new look and plenty of Bay Area love
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Dance

Joe Goode Performance Group wants to know: ‘Are You Okay?’

Mainstay Bay Area troupe wields dance to explore coping with a world twisting under our feet.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Buttons On!, Mohanad Elshieky, Pizza Bagel & Beer Fest, Horsegirl…

DJ Stingray, Taj Mahal, Mid-Week Mercado, Acid August, bye-bye Shuggie's Trash Pies, more great things to do
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Education

Behind the attacks on ethnic studies at SFUSD

One far-right group treated as credible by the Chron—and a whole lot of misinformation—fuels backlash against very successful class.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: A New Taiwanese Cinema giant comes to the Bay

Plus: BLUSH PornFilmFest, Robert Reich's 'Last Class,' danger at a Ukrainian zoo, quirky 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' more movies.
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Music

Under the Stars: Derya Yıldırım’s Anatolian exuberance blazed at The Chapel

Plus: Teen breakouts Horsegirl's upcoming GAMH gig shows what they've learned, Z-Trip's golden hour summer steeze, more.
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets to see 3l3d3p, daine, Yächtley Crëw, and Leftover Salmon

We're teaming up with some of SF's best music venues to get you to some shows. Here's how to enter.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A ping-ponging in the mind—and a tennis match of wits

Candace Johnson's 'Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD' and Golden Thread's 'The Return,' reviewed.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Rainbow Grocery celebrates 50 years of co-op love with a huge block party

Delicious treats and beats mark a half-century of feeding the community together on Sun/17.
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Music

Watch: Who we loved (and what we ate) at Outside Lands 2025

Our online reporters and food & drink crew were out in full force to capture the tasty musical spectacle.
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Movies

Score a free pass to see new movie ‘Honey Don’t!’

We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Ethan Coen's saucy new movie—but act fast!
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Art

Queer desire, teen crushes push the needle of this quilter

Greg Climer's intimate, pixelated textiles tap into the "quiet devotion" in history of art dedicated to the male form.
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Music Review

Sun Ra Arkestra traversed magnificent orbits at SFJAZZ

As Deadheads grasped for past glory across town, this 19-member orchestra kept blazing into the Afrofuture.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Chasing ghosts of SF past in ‘Night Driver’

At The Marsh-SF, Pearl Ong recalls leaving Hong Kong in the 1970s, driving a cab, and discovering her lesbian self.
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Music

Under the Stars: Deep-cut Californians Slope114 bring big, booming house love

Plus: DJ Yuka Yu talks her film school past, Ashkenaz needs help, No Bias celebrates five years at Underground, more.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Pistahan Parade, SF Fringe Fest, Chinatown Night Market, Outside Lands…

Wayne Thiebaud, Femi Kuti, Black Coffee, Thundercat, Bay Day at the Exploratorium, a crab rangoon atlas, more to do this week!
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