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Gaming

The retro sleuthing pleasures of Puzzle Spy International

Oakland-based duo Mike and Talia Dashow's artful brainteaser game calls up '60s spy capers and Carmen Sandiego memories.
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Music

Under the Stars: With Tiny Desk triumph, hometown hip-hop hero Ruby Ibarra returns

Plus: Mourning [A] BLKstar refuses to let Black music be boxed in, Destroy Boys get their national shine.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Gotta give ’em hope

Stars of 'Harvey Milk Imagined' shine amid take too tragic for Pride month, 'Pacific Overtures' tries to resuscitate a challenging Sondheim.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Roar into summer with Circus Bella, Oakland Carnival, and Harajuku Lumpia Fest

Plus: A truly delicious Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Negro Leagues and the blues, Justin Vivian Bond, Soul Slam, and more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Pride you can taste

Queer culinary history abounds via throwback ice cream, a closing classic, and dinner theater fit for a riot.
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Arts + Culture

Local arts groups face funding cuts at all levels of government

City appears to have no additional plans to fund SF organizations, as support dwindles in US, state, and city budgets.
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Art Review

Mysterious O.G. McRibb maps our technological death wish

Aggressive trickster—shh, it's Scott Hove of Cakeland—exhibits paintings of unstoppable juggernaut.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Country creep abounds at BAMPFA’s rural noir series

Plus: Terrifyingly eccentric Obayashi's greatest hits, and Palo Alto's Stanford Theater celebrates 100 years.
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Art

Pleasure in the accident: Stephen Namara’s new graphic language

In an intimate interview, longtime creative speaks of delving into the unknown.
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Onstage

‘Co-Founders’ taps into universal hustle, from Silicon Valley to Vallejo

A co-sign from E-40 and real-world tech experience power a surprising musical at ACT.
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Lit

Two-time Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl shares her most valuable ‘Lessons’

Playwright's essays relay wisdom imparted by professional role models, writer's block, and a gerbil.
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Arts + Culture

Conquering funding travails, tricky chords, Sondheim’s ‘Pacific Overtures’ returns

Director Nick Ishimaru and crew determined to bring play's surprising blend of cultures back to the Bay.
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Art Review

Scenes from Naomi Rincón-Gallardo’s radical cuir world-building

Mesoamerican mythologies, ecological processes, and fungi children cavort in Kadist video exhibition.
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets for Röyksopp, Indo Warehouse, Ministry

Enter to see a show at one of SF's premiere venues.
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Sports

Bay Area minor league baseball reminds us what we root for

A's-shaped hole in your heart? Oakland Ballers and Stockton Ports bring community onto the field.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘White With Fear’ cashes out lucrative Caucasian terror complex

Plus 'Bring Her Back' bests formulaic horror, 'Bad Shabbos' delivers nimble and droll dinnertime catastrophe, more.
Dennis Harvey -
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Parade’ and its mob justice feel too close for comfort

Harold Prince's tale of a hapless Brooklyn Jew in Georgia pulls the thread of prejudice left to fester.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Pride Month rages in with Diego Gomez, emo afternoon, Harvey Milk opera

Plus: Bay Area Book Festival, Cumbia y Cerveza, Crucial Reggae Sundays, 'Parade,' 'To Sleep With Anger,' more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Open up! New restaurants coming your way in June

Al Pastor Papi eyes a new space, fresh entrants at the Ferry Building and Saluhall, even more future eats.
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Music

Under the Stars: What is San Francisco cool in 2025? Mae Powell’s language of love

Plus: An early warning for Pachyman and MNDSGN's October linkup and Deltron's July trip down memory lane.
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Protest

At 70, Bob Sanders is ready to ride for Gaza

After years of 'repressing' outrage over Palestine, Jewish cyclist sets out from San Francisco on 4,000-mile protest.
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Music

Live Shots: Lauren Mayberry’s pop power glinted at The Fillmore

CHVRCHES frontperson was back in full force after illness delayed her solo debut at the venue.
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Arts + Culture

SFDocFest’s 24th edition brings anti-escapist cinema, boundary-pushing takes

Grammar activism, blockbuster magazine heroines, and Qatari street cats. Dodging reality? Not in these seats.
Dennis Harvey -
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Music

Portraits of Past has risen—or perhaps the Bay Area hardcore act never truly died?

An unlikely tale that rages from Half Moon Bay and Gilman Street to the Lower East Side's grimy dance floors.
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Performance

Sasha Velour’s ‘Big Reveal’? Upcoming Berkeley run is her hometown debut

Bay-born drag star holds nothing back in show that drips with queer resilience.
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Arts + Culture

Raven’s R&B science fiction evokes a San Francisco that still could be

Album 'Gnosis' calls upon our shared memories of dance floors past.
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Culture

SF Carnaval isn’t going anywhere

Powered by 400 volunteers, beloved festival and parade (since 1979!) sets its sights this year on honoring rhythms of the African diaspora.
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Music

Live Shots: Woe to those who missed Matt Berninger’s introspective solo set at Bimbo’s

The National frontman seemed to loose a more brooding—yet grateful—side.
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Lit

Rebecca Solnit proposes we take the long way home

Feminist thought leader's 'No Straight Road Takes You There' takes a measured approach in unhinged times.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: First-ever Chinatown Pride procession presents local heritage, al fresco drag

Plus: Vallejo's emergent art scene, Michelle Tea, Simpsons trivia night, queer Asian cinema, and much more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: A visit to Napa’s actual culinary heroes

Adobo pork belly croissants, fresh fish collars, dried Hoshigaki persimmons—and good vibes in Wine Country.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Who is to blame for that?

'To My Girls' strips away a Millennial's gay-tastic getaway, while 'Yellow Face' dives into thorny racial casting itself.
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Music

Under the Stars: Madison McFerrin brings free soul back to SF, alongside The Seshen

Plus: Space Ghost and Teddy Bryant's R&B magic provides positivity, Bowie hits the symphony, a B-52's throwback, and more.
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Lit

Lil Miss Hot Mess: the queen who wouldn’t stop reading

Her new children's book teaches about the power of the rainbow—any wonder that the fascists are big mad?
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Handsome ‘Stelios’ tells story of singer who forever changed Greek pop

Plus: 11 Hitchcock films in one weekend at the Balboa, a Jane Austen-inspired rom-com, much more.
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Music

Review: A masterful James Taylor invoked familial love at Frost Amphitheater

Delivering his greatest hits alongside Carole King and Marvin Gaye covers, it was clear: the singer still has chops.
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets to Underworld | Your Neighbors | Grace VanderWaal 

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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Lit

Bay Area Book Festival turns to the power of the page

Organization's new leader avises on how to navigate kids' events, panels, a block party, local lit sales, writer's workshops, and so much more.
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News + Politics

UPDATED: 48 Hills wins *16* California Journalism Awards

Our fiercely independent reporting scored awards for General Excellence, Best Column, Arts Coverage, Homeless Reporting, more
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Lit

‘The Pacific Circuit’ chronicles tech vs. global democracy—without ever leaving Oakland

Alexis Madrigal finds hope in The Town's generations of anti-imperialist activism.
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