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Under the Stars: Madlib’s sonic crystal ball spins again

Plus: Kendra Morris scores a reggae-tinged 'Flat Tire,' Jay Som rocks back with 'Float,' Directions in Stereo dips into the wax stacks

Music John-Paul Shiver - July 10, 2025

Good Taste: An obsessive early guide to the Outside Lands food multiverse

Fun bevs, free samples, fries as meals, super splurges, and more: It’s not too soon to plan your festival menu.

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - July 9, 2025

Britney blackout: Author Jeff Weiss relives the ’00s pop culture cataclysm

Music journalist's gonzo new book 'Waiting for Britney Spears' dives into the tabloid-strewn wreck of the schlocky decade.

Lit Daniel Bromfield - July 11, 2025

Unplugging with Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Adding stalwart guitarist Imaad Wasif, the indie heroes hit Symphony Hall to explore their acoustic side—and some new emotional textures.

Music Joshua Rotter - July 9, 2025

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Big Week

BIG WEEK: SF Art Book Fair, Anti-Prime Day, Jollof Fest, Macy Gray, Outside Sex…

Marke B. - July 9, 2025

Ferry Building's 127th birthday party, 'Underground Orange,' Orchestra Gold, SFDanceworks, Sholeh Asgary, more to do!

Onstage

Dino drag? You bet ‘Jurassiq’ is

Marke B. - July 9, 2025

Very queer musical parody stomps into Oasis with heels, wigs, claws, and plenty of nostalgic '90s hits.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Despite cutbacks, SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Disruption’ hits home

Charles Lewis III - July 8, 2025

Poignant 66th season show takes on Ice detentions, apolitical hypocrisy, and a 'Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Fire Department'

Homelessness

Will supes oust one of the most effective members of the Homeless Oversight Commission?

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2025

And what does this say about the mayor and the board changing policy on Prop C and 'housing first?'

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Opinion: Erasing queer history in North Beach

Opinion Shayne Watson - July 8, 2025

Why is Scott Wiener so opposed to recognizing the historic importance of the city's first LGBTQ+ neighborhood?

Screen Grabs: Truth, justice, and… something something

Movies Dennis Harvey - July 8, 2025

'Sovereign' insurrection, 'Underground Orange' rebellion, a swarm of Swedish auteurs, Garbage Pail Kids, more movies

In ‘Les Blancs,’ a once-silent character finds full voice through eight women players

Onstage Lou Fancher - July 8, 2025

Actor Jeunée Simon on OTP's powerful version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1970 play, in which a Black man returns to Africa.

‘The most euphoric feeling’: Live Aid music legends look back 40 years on

Music Joshua Rotter - July 7, 2025

As TV docuseries relives epic charitable concert, performers dish about wild moments before 2 billion fans—and backstage.

Opinion: Preserve the housing money—and stop the mayor’s power grab

Opinion Whit Guerrero - July 7, 2025

The supes need to reject Lurie's plan to gut affordable housing money from Prop. C

Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Art Mary Corbin - July 7, 2025

Large canvases, bold colors, and youth culture's hopeful influence reflect 'the right and wrongness of today.'

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

The Agenda Tim Redmond - July 6, 2025

Plus: A crackdown on RV parking that will make more families homeless, and will the Police Commission do a real national search for the next chief? That's The Agenda for July 6-13

What to see at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival this summer ☀️

Drama Masks: In ‘Aztlán,’ gripped by intense forces beyond control

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - July 2, 2025

Magic Theatre melds carceral to mystical. Plus: Enthralling 'The Last Goat' presents Ancient Greek tale that does much with little.

Screen Grabs: Caught up in the raptors, again

Movies Dennis Harvey - July 2, 2025

'Jurassic' holiday weekend kicks. Plus: Thomas Kinkaide's secrets, Fraenkel Film Fest, Bill Gunn and Mikio Naruse retrospectives, more.

BIG WEEK: SF Mime Troupe, Fillmore Jazz Fest, Ant Farm, cheetah croissants….

Big Week Marke B. - July 2, 2025

Plus: Gamelan Seker Jaya, DJ Derrick Carter, Breadbelly's new bake, ancient Greek romance, a drum and bass trailblazer, more to do

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

The Agenda Tim Redmond - July 1, 2025

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Truth, justice, and… something something

'Sovereign' insurrection, 'Underground Orange' rebellion, a swarm of Swedish auteurs, Garbage Pail Kids, more movies

Movies Dennis Harvey - July 8, 2025

Screen Grabs: A Bollywood-inflected tale of sneaky lesbian vs. imperious mom

Bravery among the books: ‘The Librarians’ fight censorship

Showtime, queers: the complete guide to Frameline

Music

Britney blackout: Author Jeff Weiss relives the ’00s pop culture cataclysm

Music journalist's gonzo new book 'Waiting for Britney Spears' dives into the tabloid-strewn wreck of the schlocky decade.

Lit Daniel Bromfield - July 11, 2025

Good Taste: An obsessive early guide to the Outside Lands food multiverse

Unplugging with Yeah Yeah Yeahs

‘The most euphoric feeling’: Live Aid music legends look back 40 years on

Art

Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Large canvases, bold colors, and youth culture's hopeful influence reflect 'the right and wrongness of today.'

Art Mary Corbin - July 7, 2025

Inspired by Sister Corita Kent, Terri Friedman’s meticulous weaves erupt into protest

Black quilters of ‘Routed West’ stitched proof of what lasts

African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge

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Housing

Will supes oust one of the most effective members of the Homeless Oversight Commission?

And what does this say about the mayor and the board changing policy on Prop C and 'housing first?'

Homelessness Tim Redmond - July 8, 2025

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

The violence of towing homes

Berkeley’s Orwellian upzoning plan

Politics

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

Plus: A crackdown on RV parking that will make more families homeless, and will the Police Commission do a real national search for the next chief? That's The Agenda for July 6-13

The Agenda Tim Redmond - July 6, 2025

Demolish rent-controlled housing? New Wiener bill could wipe out restrictions

SF, a sanctuary city for the billionaires

Behind the late-night budget deal

Opinion

Opinion: Erasing queer history in North Beach

Why is Scott Wiener so opposed to recognizing the historic importance of the city's first LGBTQ+ neighborhood?

Opinion Shayne Watson - July 8, 2025

No, you can’t ‘save’ queer people by bombing them to death

Trump attacks on the environment aren’t new. But why are Democrats helping?

The Cherry Blossom Festival is complicit in police violence and the crisis in Gaza

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