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Music

Under the Stars: Last Planet breaks out, Buffalo Daughter returns…

John-Paul Shiver - June 7, 2023

Plus: STS9 hit Santa Cruz, Spaceghost gets reworked, and Kuzco brings the 'woop.'

Peaches Christ and Heklina dish up scrumptious TV in ‘Drag Me to Dinner’

Joshua Rotter - June 7, 2023

New Hulu reality competition show marks last time legendary pair appear together, and it's uproarious as usual.

Music Review

Os Mutantes and Hermeto Pascoal: Never underestimate a man in a chair

Daniel Bromfield - June 7, 2023

Two Brazilian sages of the avant-garde hit Bay stages, with vibrant energy (and a rubber pig) in tow

Stage Review

Mark Anthony Thompson’s ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ boasted a helluva cast, and much to say

Charles Lewis III - June 7, 2023

Latest show at Magic Theater was both too little and a lot, but game players and even-handed direction kept things afloat.

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Development

Should developers bulldoze 100,000 houses on the west side of town?

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2023

It's not an idle question. It's part of the mayor's housing agenda. And it's not going to lead to more affordability.

LGBTQ

Promoter’s plans for Castro Theater move forward on 6-4 supes vote

Tim Redmond - June 6, 2023

Now the final decision on APE's renovations moves to the Historic Preservation and Planning Commission Thursday.

Movies

Director Mary Harron’s Salvador Dalí: ‘His terror of death makes him human’

Pam Grady - June 6, 2023

New 'Dalíland' sets the eccentric surrealist and his muse in the wild environs of '70s New York City.

Art

In ‘Subscription to Mischief,’ ’90s graffiti zines spring back to life

Adrian Spinelli - June 6, 2023

Revelatory show at Letterform Gallery documents how street artists built global networks before the Internet plunge.

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The brutal cuts in the Breed budget

City Hall Tim Redmond - June 5, 2023

Child care, housing for youth, code enforcement, the Food Bank ... all are facing the axe as cops get more and big landlords get tax breaks.

Screen Grabs: Pride—and queer film—is busting out all over

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 5, 2023

From John Waters and Gay Girls Riding Club to International Male, rainbow celluloid season heats up

Join us at Castro Theatre June 19 for ’90s Black queer landmark ‘Chocolate Babies’!

Movies Marke B. - June 5, 2023

26th anniversary screening of New Queer Cinema classic plays at Frameline Film Fest on Juneteenth, sponsored by 48 Hills

The harsh winter of ‘Let the Right One In’

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - June 5, 2023

How does the second-most well-known Swedish tale in the US fare on a local stage?

Discovering daddies: ‘Abbale’ shines light on intergenerational relationships

Dance Joshua Rotter - June 5, 2023

Dance creator Andrew Pearson on why his show is a fabulous way to celebrate Father's Day

Maybe, finally, a decision on the Castro Theater

News + Politics Tim Redmond - June 4, 2023

Plus: Do we have too many pot stores in SF? And a developer giveaway that can cost the schools millions. That's The Agenda for June 4-11

Screen Grabs: ‘Moon Garden’ sprite Haven Lee Harris is giving Shirley Temple in ‘Silent Hill’

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 2, 2023

This week, a host of horror films delve into both childhood traumas and much more adult terrors.

Under the Stars: Appreciating ‘Dazed and Confused”s supreme stoner soundtrack

Music John-Paul Shiver - June 2, 2023

Plus: Budos Band accelerates, and quickly quickly comes to Popscene.

Did House Speaker McCarthy just make a stealthy visit to Pacific Heights?

Elections Tim Redmond - June 1, 2023

Nobody is talking, but that's sure what it looked like to me.

Vinyl Dreams celebrates 10 years in the business of beats

Music Tamara Palmer - June 1, 2023

Dance music shop to host four days of free DJ sets on Haight Street.

Massive Mamenchisaurus and full-sized friends await at Academy of Sciences

Culture Lou Fancher - June 1, 2023

Museum director explains why their dino-girth is truly significant sizing.

Slow jams to ‘The Way You Make Me Feel’: The inspiration of Nabihah Iqbal

Music John-Paul Shiver - June 1, 2023

Who knew the London-based multi-talent got into Jeff Buckley?

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Movies

Director Mary Harron’s Salvador Dalí: ‘His terror of death makes him human’

New 'Dalíland' sets the eccentric surrealist and his muse in the wild environs of '70s New York City.

Movies Pam Grady - June 6, 2023

Join us at Castro Theatre June 19 for ’90s Black queer landmark ‘Chocolate Babies’!

Screen Grabs: ‘Moon Garden’ sprite Haven Lee Harris is giving Shirley Temple in ‘Silent Hill’

’90s arts icons confront tech dystopia in Camera Obscura’s landmark film ‘Virtue’

Music

Os Mutantes and Hermeto Pascoal: Never underestimate a man in a chair

Two Brazilian sages of the avant-garde hit Bay stages, with vibrant energy (and a rubber pig) in tow

Music Review Daniel Bromfield - June 7, 2023

In ‘Subscription to Mischief,’ ’90s graffiti zines spring back to life

Under the Stars: Appreciating ‘Dazed and Confused”s supreme stoner soundtrack

Vinyl Dreams celebrates 10 years in the business of beats

Art

In ‘Subscription to Mischief,’ ’90s graffiti zines spring back to life

Revelatory show at Letterform Gallery documents how street artists built global networks before the Internet plunge.

Art Adrian Spinelli - June 6, 2023

Madonna bong, individualist protest signs offer sly balance at pt. 2 Gallery

Ema Sintamarian’s road to art began with a pair of rebellious red shoes

Throwing out a rope to creatives: Rainin Fellowship announces 2023 grantees

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Housing

The mayor’s budget takes money away from unhoused youth and families

Sure, expand shelter—but don't take the money away from the most vulnerable populations.

Housing Jennifer Friedenbach - May 30, 2023

The state housing secrecy just keeps getting worse and worse

Mayor’s affordable housing plans are a pretty profound failure

Affordable housing is critical infrastructure, and the city needs to invest now

Politics

The brutal cuts in the Breed budget

Child care, housing for youth, code enforcement, the Food Bank ... all are facing the axe as cops get more and big landlords get tax breaks.

City Hall Tim Redmond - June 5, 2023

Did House Speaker McCarthy just make a stealthy visit to Pacific Heights?

A profound national issue in a dispute over a local parking garage

A final decision—for now—on the fate of the Castro Theater

Opinion

Affordable housing is critical infrastructure, and the city needs to invest now

SF won’t begin to meet its housing goals unless Breed commits the funding.

Opinion Shanti Singh and Roisin Isner - May 9, 2023

How to save our local movie palaces? Get out there and see some movies

The Downtown development gang’s massive, expensive folly

Health, agriculture, and education in Cuba

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Performance

Mark Anthony Thompson’s ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ boasted a helluva cast, and much to say

Latest show at Magic Theater was both too little and a lot, but game players and even-handed direction kept things afloat.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - June 7, 2023

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