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Under the Stars: Black Rave Culture locks in for the groove corrective

Plus: Cindy Blackman Santana bangs out the vibes, Pearl & the Oysters open their 'Monkey Mind,' Club DeLuxe reopens, more music
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Lit

She touched roses: From Book of Love to ‘Plants That Heal’ with Susan Ottaviano

As synth-pop queen prepares band debut's 40th anniversary tour, she pops into Omnivore Books with some natural wisdom.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Crash an Indian Wedding Party, SF Bay Popfest, ‘Disastrous!,’ David Byrne…

'Girl of the Golden West,' Starman SF, SF Cocteaufest, All Mo' Wax, SF Queer Film Fest, more to do!
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Music

In Kensington, a small-town orchestra survives as civic triumph

Navigating an era of gutted arts funds, a volunteer symphony rallies for its 49th season, teddy bears in tow.
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Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

Plus: Willem Dafoe finds 'Late Fame,' snarky summer camp romp 'Floaters', excellent 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money'
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Music

This year’s Bliss Fest was all about the sparkling ride

Elliott Peck's immersive jazz-folk, Combo Tezeta's energizing cumbia, Circus Bella's high clownery drove some Presidio heat.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A sensitive Julius Caesar, lost in the ’70s shuffle

Marin Shakes' bold, beautiful, but muddled adaptation humanizes a tyrant at the expense of message or meaning.
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Lit

Kiev, 1911: the Bund, revolution, and a sparkling work of historical fiction

'Radiant as the Stars' tells of a young woman who returns from the US to fight in the Russian Revolution—and it's based on a real story
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Music Review

Al Green gilded Stern Grove’s season finale in golden soul

80-year-old legend brought R&B classics, funky arrangements, 'Love and Happiness' to adoring crowd.
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Music

Toro y Moi’s sweeping show at Bottom of the Hill hurt so good

Chaz Bear's trip through artistic eras served as poignant reminder of why small rooms matter.
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Onstage

Monét X Change: retired party girl, current comedy queen

'Drag Race' and 'Traitors' star brings two nights of coming-of-age cracks to Cobb's.
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Music

Musical genius runs in the family—but the Womack Sisters’ success didn’t come easy

'We got it out the mud,' they say, as debut album soars.
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Music

From Telegraph tapes to Hip Hop Fairyland, Sunspot Jonz builds his own world

Living Legends co-founder turns handmade cassettes, Xeroxed pages, and East Oakland parties into durable art philosophy.
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Music

Sheila E. grew a career that the Bay—not the music industry—taught her was possible

On the eve of her gig at Blue Note Napa, the Norcal icon talks Berkeley drum circles.
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Music

Under the Stars: The Womack Sisters’ debut album heralds arrival of a new soul generation

Plus: megiapa finds voice in Chicago's beat scene, golden hip-hop happening at Shoreline, Valerie June, more.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Is ‘Camp Miasma’ too meta—or is it a generational thing?

Plus: BAMPFA series highlights Bay Area lovers-auteurs, rural addiction in 'Union County', Matthew McConaughey, more.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Cat Video Fest, Deaf Dance Fest, DJ Dan Tribute, Oakland Pride…

Matmos, masc heroes, 'Otra Onda/Otra Vez,' Pizza, Bagel, and Beer Fest, 'Little Shop of Horrors,' more to do!
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A play every Silicon Valley acolyte should be forced to watch

La Lengua's shockingly current latest. Plus: Tennessee Williams' 'Orpheus Descending' gets a curious switch-up.
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Art

Sculptor Michelle Gregor gives the kiln the last word

'The way clay receives and holds color feels limitless in possibility,' says artist with deep history on the Sunset dunes.
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Music

What we saw at Outside Lands: Live shots of wild times, sunshine excluded

Who needs light when you've got the heat of Baby Keem, The Strokes, Boys Noize, Silvana Estrada, and bazillions of cute fans.
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Food & Drink

What we ate at Outside Lands: Hot takes on Bay Area tastes

Crab pastries, jollof plates, caviar corndogs, and super sundaes—the fest’s sexiest food hit all the high notes.
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Music

What we heard at Outside Lands: Automatic for the people

Acts on the come-up, faves on the curve, bison in the weeds, and a festival porta potty epiphany. Listen in.
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Nightlife

12 years of SF Cocteaufest—now with a real Cocteau Twin in it

Classic ethereal outfit receives two-day tribute with dancing, live bands, and a DJ set and meet-up with bassist Simon Raymonde.
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Movies

Director Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I’m trying to queer the rules of horror’

'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' puts Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder through a bloody libidinal portal.
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Puff

Cannabis cafes are coming to SF—and it’s about damn time

A bill finally passed by the city last month allows cannabis retailers to serve food and beverages. Will SF become a new Amsterdam?
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Lit

Subversive spirit matches Victorian romantic intrigue in Ayelet Waldman’s latest

Berkeley author knocked off from award-winning TV work to finish 'a failed novel I tried to write a decade ago.'
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Music

Under the Stars: Midsummer music notables, from gallant rock to Jilly from Philly

Plus: Black Marble plucks college radio strings, Twin Bloom bronzes out, The Koreatown Oddity raps it all up, more great listens
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Sports

Live Shots: Valkyries flew high in return to Ballhalla

WNBA home team filled Chase Center with wild community spirit and plenty of winning shots.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘The Piano’ plays again

Sam Neill (RIP) in major key. Plus: Futile love in 'White Nights,' Hector Babenco tribute, whimsical 'Drunken Noodles,' sour "Ice Cream Man'
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Labor

As wider layoffs hit, videogame workers’ union launches hardship fund

UVW-CWA aid initiative and innovative Necrosoft bundle aim to support affected workers from indie orgs and big corps.
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Music

Charli XCX is the future of rock, in fact

The genre will be saved by outsiders—even highbrow-nodding hyperpop ones who know how to slay big festivals like Outside Lands.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Forget AI, you’re in ‘Urinetown’ now

Ray of Light's latest triumph is awash with talent. Plus: 'In a Memory Palace' at Z Space used Noh to haunting effect.
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Music

Experimental sounds ring out from Adobe Books, for an eager community in the know

Promoter Tonko's unassuming series platforms local musicians with a genre-blurring bent.
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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 52 voting starts in September!

Vote for what you love and celebrate the Bay Area! We're going back to our roots for the 52nd edition.
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Dance

Aerial Arts Fest flies high on a shoestring and a dream

Losing NEA funding and artists' reluctance to visit the US can't keep Zaccho's vertical dance celebration down.
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Lit

‘The Last Human Bear’ came to Jack Kerouac Alley

Author and Native American tribal chairman Greg Sarris discussed his first novel in 30 years, immersed in 1930s Pomo history.
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Sports

An uncommon Warrior: Yaxel Lendeborg comes to the Bay

An ode to the Puerto Rico-born Dominican American player who bounced up from community college.
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Art

Enjoy your trip inside M. Mark Bauer’s labyrinthine paintings

His works are eye-popping, but contain deep 'flow of consciousness' messages about the environment and society.
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Music

Under the Stars: SF supergroup The Odyssey Cult lets it rip

Plus: Hardly Strictly lineup, Womack Sisters and Dark Star Orchestra at the Greek, summer stoner flick 'The Wrong Girls,' more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Pouring out love for Hojicha

Move over, matcha. Can it, coffee. We’re all-in on roasted green tea drinks and treats this summer.
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