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YBCA’s ‘Conjuring Power’ grounds hope for LGBTQ+ future in shared history

Ester Hernández, Serge Gay Jr., Crystal Mason, Tanya Wischerath, and others carry on distinctly SF practice of world-building.
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Promotion

See a show for free at Lost Church in March

Flamenco, comedy, variety, music: Catch something unique at the independent North Beach venue. But act fast.
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Onstage

Drama Masks: The Manhattanization of San Francisco stages

Bilal Mahmood's proposal for a new arts district promises to be of little benefit to local creatives.
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Movies

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 9 narrative features that found the plot

'Buddy' taps horror in children's TV, Channing Tatum shines as SF father in Beth de Araújo's 'Josephine', a surprising wartime divorce comedy soars.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Black Choreographers Fest, Sunset Night Market, FAGJAZZ, Winterfest, more

Plus: Maara, Psychedelics and Cinema, Chulita Vinyl Club, Dr. Bittinger, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', more.
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Nightlife

Party Radar: With ‘Unabridged,’ the story of Detroit techno unfolds in the Bay

As You Like It crew brings in legends like Jeff Mills, Moodymann, and Stacy 'Hotwaxx' Hale for BBQ, film, panels, and lots of dancing.
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Music

Zines, memories, sonic assault: Mabuhay Gardens’ 50-year SF punk detonation

Iconic North Beach venue hosts day-to-night convergence of unruly local history and modern-day community.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Back to back with Almodovar muse Carmen Maura

Plus: Jewish Film Institute’s Winterfest, Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, BAMPFA gets psychedelic, more.
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Food & Drink

Bottoms up with the advanced cicerone crafting this year’s SF Beer Week

Venture capital exodus be damned—Sayre Piotrkowski will advocate for the pours of 71 Bay Area Brewers Guild members until last call.
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Lit

Karl Marx at the Antiquarian Book Fair; or, anybody got $134,900 to spare?

57th edition of rare volume exhibition brings treasures to Pier 27—and some ironic commodity fetishism.
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Music

Noise Pop Diary: Indie legend Christopher Owens returns, with a flamenco twist

The Girls frontman has been through hell, but has kept making music; his presence brought roars from the local crowd.
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Music

Under the Stars: Carlos Niño & Friends deliver a glad-to-be-alive moment

Plus: Celebrate 50 years of San Francisco punk at Mabuhay Gardens, DJ Sep hits The Riptide, more.
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Art

A zap of Latine abstraction in ‘Rebel Forms’

Romer Young's small but powerful show taps into possibilities of futurity, freedom, and unfettered beauty.
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Movies

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

An ode to Barbara Hammer, a women's chess champ, Marianne Faithfull's reckoning—and polar bears.
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Music

Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold

33rd indie music fest kicked off on a Bay Area high note, with friendly vibes and winning sounds.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival—plus other new flicks to help scream it out

Also: "Films of Remembrance" explores forced WWII Japanese American incarceration, a glockenspiel-equipped tribute to Georges Melies.
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Nightlife

Party Radar: The Night’s Watch takes on sexual violence in SF nightlife

New org demonstrates how to open more lines of safe communication and plans of action to face down enduring problem.
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Music

Under the Stars: Miles Davis centennial celebrations blow into the Bay

Plus: Drum and bass contemporaries can't catch Calibre, The Necessaries anthology pays homage to prescient indie rock, more.
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Live Shots

Live Shots: In Chinatown, Year of the Fire Horse comes in with a bang

Unsanctioned Lunar New Year's Eve celebration was lit (and this time no Waymos were harmed).
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Food & Drink

City by the pint: Our toast-worthy guide to SF Beer Week

Soup dumplings and a hazy IPA, ad hoc taproom disc golf, bus routes to brews—hop lovers, clear your calendars.
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Dance

Century-old Martha Graham Dance Company proves the future of the art is in good hands

Elegant, forceful reimaginings of legendary choreography hit their mark.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Lunar New Year, Emory Douglas, Catherine O’Hara drag, Bernie vs AI

Plus: Circlesongs, Optimo, Joe Claussell, SF Beer Week, Hwa Mi Won, Japanese American WWII film fest, more.
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Movies

‘Sirât’ director Oliver Laxe: ‘Cinema can penetrate the human metabolism’

Desert raves lead to a shocking journey from the esoteric filmmaker, who reflects on ego, AI, and escapism.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: The audience is listening—but who is ‘The Notebook’ romancing?

Plus: Anti-fascist sentiment spills onto stage—putting an actor at risk.
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Art

A visit with Alice the Anarchist to ‘Manet & Morisot’

What does the de Young have against the Paris Commune of 1871?
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Art

Manet, Morisot, and the language of the eyes

Two French masters living gender-differentiated realities are hung side-by-side at the Legion of Honor.
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Music

Phil Manzanera shares his life’s sounds, from a Cuban Revolution childhood to Roxy Music

Guitarist sits down for night of reflection, archival imagery, and live performance at Great American Music Hall.
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Music

Happy hours, hometown heroes: Our essential guide to the 33rd annual Noise Pop

An especially tender year, with adieus to iconic venues, avant-rock supergroups, and after-hours local legends.
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Art

Love, luck, ink: Friday the 13th met Valentine’s Day in SF tattoo parlors

Lovers and seekers rushed to 'flip the script' on bad luck—and get discount rates—on the rare confluence of holidays.
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Movies

‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on kinky dom-com’s delicious chemistry

Interplay of stars Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård lend BDSM discovery tale emotional authenticity.
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Promotion

Grab a free pass to see new movie ‘Midwinter Break’

Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds take a trip to Amsterdam and discover a hidden truth.
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Contest

Win tickets to Sudan Archives, Hanumankind, and a Heated Rivalry party

Go see a sweet show on us. Here's how to enter.
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Performance

Drama Masks: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center?

Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?
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Culture

Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería’s Bad Bunny look-alike contest

Joyous attendees didn't need to be told to tirar más fotos at pre-Súper Tazón event.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Summoning abundance at Lawrence Hall of Science’s new Ohlone eatery

Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino’s ‘ammatka cafe brings smoked duck, gorgeous salads—and educational tater tots?
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Art

‘Pride in Panels’ fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance

Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.
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Arts + Culture

SF Playhouse’s ‘M. Butterfly’ turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity

Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.
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Music

Under the Stars: lovetempo’s debut makes our disco heart beat faster

Plus: Valentine's Day won't suck with Mae Powell and Dinner Date, and a crispy Takuya Kuroda repress.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Lover’s Lane, Exploratorium sexytime, Problematic Bae, ‘Always Be My Maybe’…

Plus: 15th annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Pow-Wow, Horse Meat Disco, Greg Wilson, Belmont eats, Martha Graham's 100th, more to do.
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Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Plus: New People and Castro Theatre are back to their celluloid nature, 'Pillion' is both graphic and graceful.
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