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‘Club Kid’ tracks a partier’s transformation—but there’s an actual kid in an actual club, too

Director-star Jordan Firstman on his lauded debut's influences, the exhaustion of self-centeredness, and his surprise child's mad DJ skills
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A breakneck ‘Marriage of Figaro’ that never lets up

SF Opera follows up Rossini's 'Barber of Seville' with Mozart's sequel to the story—and cranks the volume to 11.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Lesbian Lube Wrestling, Renegade Craft Fair, Tea Fest, VegFest, Can We Get Connected?…

'Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha,' Laurel Halo b2b Aurora Halal, Tank & the Bangas, Theo Parrish, more to do!
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Music

Under the Stars: Bonafide musical fellowship, courtesy Church of Sound

Plus: Jane Wiedlin's killer memoir, Terence McKenna on wax, pitch-perfect Jamila Woods, Vinyl Williams' Waymo on fire, more
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Mermaids, magic, John Cameron Mitchell… It’s Trans Film Fest time

Plus: A history of Black zombies, Jewish Film Fest Encore, jokey 'Nirvanna,' two very good movies about grief, more
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Remembrance

Celebrating photographer Minnette Lehmann’s 97 years of radicalism, feminism, ruthless critique

Memorial honoring Bay Area art world stalwart to be held Sun/15 at The Lab.
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Onstage

William Kentridge’s latest monumental stage work takes on Africa in World War I

'We found a physical spasm in the body that reflects a spasm of history,' says artist of 'The Head & the Load'
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Art

Painter Kara Maria embeds biodiversity’s plight in swirling, multi-hued explosions

For more than a decade, she's tucked a threatened species into works created at a Miraloma Park studio.
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Movies

‘I loved it!’ SF Trans Film Fest’s Shawna Virago picks her 5 fave trans/queer movies

From 'Bambi' to 'The Queen,' 29th annual showcase's artistic director lays out the flicks that forged her vision.
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Promotion

Grab a free pass to see Andrew Scott in ‘Elsinore’

See the inspirational true story of a stricken actor in the 1980s taking on Shakespeare's greatest role in this new movie.
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Opinion

AI has made applying for jobs impossible—and it’s harming us all

But there may be an easy fix if we're prepared to go back to the real world, writes a longtime tech industry worker.
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Dance

Old Way vogue for an ancestor: International Hip Hop DanceFest honors Rashad Soul Nubian

28th edition includes choreographer Aalign's tribute to local legend, among dance performances from Tokyo to CDMX.
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Contest

Win tickets to L7, Headache, Manic Street Preachers

We've got a pair of tickets to give away to each of these awesome upcoming shows—here's how to enter.
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Movies

Crave a shot of offbeat vision? SF Underground Short Film Fest delivers

Media Meltdown's daylong bonanza of mayhem and poignancy (with a little smut thrown in) sustains a beloved local tradition.
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Music

From dance club to sex club, Soft Cell cheers on the freaks one final time

With 'Danceteria' tour, Marc Almond waves goodbye to seminal synth act after partner Dave Ball's passing last year.
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Music

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest’s punk venom, shoegaze haze, and indie majesty

DIIV, 60 Juno, Frankie and the Witch Fingers brought the noise at impeccably curated indie series.
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Dance

With a Hi-NRG burst, ‘On the Floor’ dives again into queer nightlife and the AIDS crisis

Maria Silk and Théophylle Dcx's revamped dance piece returns, radiating fresh energy and spectral links.
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Onstage

Taylor Mac’s queer songbook is built to last

Stage icon's one-night splash at Curran Theatre promises heart-first resistance for a too-tough world.
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Festival

Día de Muertos in Mexico City lit up with axolotls, zombies, and a giant Catrina

Another world's worth of creative costumes, colorful expression, community spirit at capital's sprawling celebration
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Culture

Watch: Día de los Muertos brought a deep message to the Mission

45th annual procession and ofrenda display reinforced grassroots origin and continuation of cultural tradition.
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Music

Under the Stars: Sun Ra rises—with a cosmic wink—on Jimetta Rose’s ‘Mettasun’

Plus: The wonder of Wendy Eisenberg, Nabihah Iqbal's new digs, a local triple-bill to die for, Thunder Cat on the road, more music
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Liberation’ sweeps the stage at Berkeley Rep

Six women, six folding chairs, one complex revolution. Plus: SF Neo-Futurists get up close and personal—with guns.
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Movies

From Schwarzenegger to Sex Pistols, Babeth Mondini-VanLoo has seen—and filmed—it all

Quintessential director celebrated at Studio 8 Film Fest, which highlights SF Art Institute filmmakers.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest blossoms with legendary divas and political intrigue

Plus: 'Wild Horse 9' trots mildly through US skullduggery; 'Littermates' and 'New Group' behave abnormally
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Performance

For costume legend Beaver Bauer, all the city’s a character

The Angels of Light Free Theater member has dressed SF productions for decades; a new retrospective takes it all in.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Welcome in Diwali’s light with Indian Restaurant Week

Six chefs at eateries from Bombay Brasserie to ROOH are pulling out holiday stops for next two weeks.
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Music

Live Shots: Shaboozey’s twang charmed the boots off The Masonic

Cinematic storytelling and hip-hop Easter eggs made the singer's show a Wild West well worth the ticket price.
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Movies

‘What would the Germans think?’: Paweł Pawlikowski takes on a ‘sacred beast’

In 'Fatherland,' director dramatizes Thomas Mann's fraught 1949 journey through fresh Cold War divide.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.
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Movies

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.
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Music

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

Spooky bashes from Sazon Libre and Fake and Gay, De'Sean Jones' four-night residency, Indian Restaurant Week, cinema scares, more.
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Music

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Plus: A six-hour documentary on Russian press freedom, John Turturro's weary pickpocket, 'Los Domingos,' more.
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Music

Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Chicago's finest punks tore into Thursday night, heading into final stretch of their 'Ricochet' tour.
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Art

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'
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Music

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

Plus: Ethereal June McDoom, ecad's dancefloor disruption, Farsight's tuffness.
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Contest

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

Get those sexy alien Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup to this weekend's giant rave.
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Dance

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Behind the scenes while company preps seminal Merce Cunningham works and new twist on Yue Yin two-man piece.
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Nightlife

Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

Scandalous house legend disappeared for decades—now she's back to scald your ears. Just hang on to that closet door.
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Movies

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.
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