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Dance

A Smuin season shaped by DJ playlists, sexy sculpture, drag queen fame

The SF company returns, enlisting the talents of Auguste Rodin, the Partridge Family, Queen, and Lady Camden.
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Music Review

Nubya Garcia’s sax-led jazz transcended borders for a ‘vibe-y’ SF crowd

The phenomenon showed a sold-out crowd at the Chapel who's boss, with a driving oeuvre that touches on sound system history.
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Stage Review

After a shattering loss, Alvin Ailey danced to revelatory heights at Zellerbach

The company's 57th annual Berkeley run was dedicated to legendary dancer-director Judith Jamison, and polished off some true gems.
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Onstage

Don’t box Isaac Mizrahi in—or turn off his mic

The fashion icon steps into his most courageous project yet, bringing his jazzy 'Life is a Cabaret' show to the stage.
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Music

Under the Stars: A fab music fest on a burrito budget? Bliss Fest’s got you

Plus: Naked Roommate shine up new Ceremony venue, Lunchbox play 'Evolver,' Roy Ayers' incredible influence, more music
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Flashing back with John & Yoko, Neil Young, and Pink Floyd

From street protests to Pompeii, legendary rockers take the screen again. Plus: Palestinian drama 'The Teacher'
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Art Review

Sandra Yagi’s bewitching ‘The Faerie Realm’ light-heartedly skewers human nature

At Modern Eden, leafy scenes locate the mystery of life via cavorting, skeletal avatars of Death.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Sisters’ Easter, Big Wheel Race, our 200 fave restaurants, Kraftwerk…

Golden Gate Band returns, K-Pop Couchella, Hard French, SFFilm Fest, Eddie Izzard, more fab recommendations
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Walking in circles

Shocking banality of evil in 'Here There Are Blueberries' and an Armenian cry against injustice, with puppets, in 'Azad.'
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: SF’s oysters have creatively evolved

Raw, baked, broiled, grilled, even in fab flights: Find these modern bivalves with uncommon preparations.
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Dance

It’s a maze, it’s a Minotaur, it’s a metaphor, it’s… ‘boycow’

At Counterpulse, two dancers charge a labyrinthian trope—each in their own way, simultaneously (milk buckets included)
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Puff

Puff: Our 4/20 guide has tokes to try, a lakeside poetry jam—and a Space Walk

Cannabis culture takes over the city, ramen bongs included. Here's what to do and where to smoke.
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Art

A staring contest with Will Rogan’s slippery corner entities

Uncanny yet tender sculptures that speak to their creator's own mortality pop up at Altman Siegel Pacific Heights.
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Movies

SFFilm Fest taps local topics with forest fires, gig workers, ode to the Roxie

68th edition expands footprint—and celebrates figures like Sky Hopinka, Andre Holland, Chris Columbus.
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Music

Earbuds: 10+ fresh new records for spring

We've asked local music mavens what's in their headphones this season, from Chime Oblivion to Vinyl Williams.
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Art

A mysterious smile: The unexpected curves of Lin Fischer’s figurative art

East Bay painter makes it her practice to step into the light, wherever it may lead, over decades of her career.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Performative politics

SF Ballet's 'Van Manen' renders the art form accessible and Izzard crunches 'Hamlet,' while 'the boiling' offers a magnetic pandemic tale.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Inner Sunset’s ‘food court’ blooms with new and old neighborhood favorites

Patio sweets, backyard grills, and other international treats draw happy eaters to the avenues.
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Onstage

Community re-telling of Compton’s Cafeteria riot storms Tenderloin stage

Co-written by neighborhood's trans leaders, play's meaning expands far past single night.
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Movies

Unnamed Footage Festival leans into low-budget, shaky-cam community

'Tinsman Road,' 'Fat Tuesday,' and 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' among spooky stand-outs.
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Culture

DOGE yanks California Humanities funding, sending artists reeling

For Bay Area documentary filmmakers like Brandon Tauszik, it's 'back to the drawing board'—and GoFundMe.
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Culture

Live Shots: St. Stupid’s Day Parade skewers dumb ol’ capitalism

City's most April fool's-hardy annual tradition takes to the FiDi streets to mock any remaining faith in financial institutions.
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets to a show at Lost Church!

From magic shows to folk concerts, the intimate North Beach venue has a ton going on this month you should check out.
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Opinion

The Drain: Marke B. spouts off on poverty porn peddlers and the billionaires who love them

Our publisher popped on the popular podcast for a few laughs at tech oligarch Garry Tan and some thoughts on SF's political scene.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Soundbox: Sculptures, Schnitzel Party, Cherry Blossom Fest, taco bonanza…

Basement Jaxx, 'Fat Ham,' Bake for Myanmar, Sean Kuti, ODC Dance Downtown, tons more to do this week—from our experts
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Despite fabulous international locations, ‘Grand Tour’ gives interior anti-epic

Plus: Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot's 'Zero' as video game, and 'Psycho Therapy' flips Buscemi's buddy film technique.
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Music

Under the Stars: The albums that shape Nubya Garcia’s sound

Plus: Idris Ackamoor's live heat, a new look at Manu Dibango's range, so much more.
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LGBTQ

‘It’s DEFCON One’: People’s March and Rally to signal SF’s ferocious defense of queer, trans rights

Organizers Alex U. Inn and Juanita MORE! ponder what makes this year's protest different (fascism).
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Books

The hot new book ‘Abundance’ is just more neoliberal tech bro porn

What a wonderful future we could have if we just get rid of regulations! (It doesn't actually work that way, and it hasn't in 50 years).
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Culture

With culture under attack, California Humanities feted 50 years of connection

AI concerns took center stage (and Trump's cuts loomed) at venerable nonprofit's bracing celebration of ideas and storytelling.
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Music

Live Shots: Poison the Well delivers melodic metalcore inspiration

Alongside openers Glassjaw, the South Floridian group took it back to 1999's benchmark 'The Opposite of December.'
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Dance

Sean Dorsey Dance’s divine work turns 20

Retrospective program celebrates trans choreography at a time when its "beautiful and juicy" healing is more needed than ever.
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Art

Andrea Bergen collages a post-apocalyptic world whose creatures feast on scraps

Will these electric raccoons and possums inherit our beleaguered Earth?
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Music

Demora’s debut album ‘torpor’ evokes shoegaze’s decay (it’s a good thing)

SF band's textured grunge feels like a reconfiguration of '90s rock underpinnings.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Feeling Hyphy Burger

Gas, brake, dip into this uplifting Oakland spot before the drive-thru opens.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Night of Ideas, Spring Restaurant Week, Surf Bored, Tap Fest, Sungay Brunch…

Edward Gorey, horsegiirl, Jagalchi, 'The Encampments,' more: Our experts guide you through the weekend.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Is ‘hella wild’ retro caper ‘Freaky Tales’ worthy of The Town?

Plus: Literary Naomi Watts is perfectly cast in 'The Friend,' 'A Nice Indian Boy' pulls formulaic gay heartstrings.
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Music

Under the Stars: Peruvian cumbieros Los Mirlos may just be your fave band’s fave band

Plus: Free Southern surf rock, SFJAZZ takes over Hayes Valley, and a fond farewell to too many music legends.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Hypnotic maritime flamenco, messages in a bottle

Dance tells a yarn in 'Songs from a Sinking Ship.' Plus: How did the city's stages acknowledge Trans Day of Visibility?
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LGBTQ

PHOTOS: Families march on Newsom’s house for trans rights

On Trans Day of Visibility, more than 100 parents and kids descended on the governor's Kentfield residence—and then danced to 'Pink Pony Club.'
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