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Movies
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect
From 'Husband Material' to 'Hotel Mumbai,' the Toronto International Film Festival boasted a slate of impressive Indian films.
Movies
Ficks’ Picks from TIFF, part one: Strong Chinese films + early Oscar buzz
35 features, 35 shorts in 11 days of the Toronto International Film Festival: Here's part one of Jesse Hawthorne Ficks' reports.
Movies
Loving Gilda Radner, as a comedy genius and friend
Laraine Newman remembers her 'Saturday Night Live' co-star, as new movie 'Love, Gilda' documents Radner's life.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: I Am Not a Witch, Iranian Film Fest, Blaze …
A Marcello Mastroianni retrospective, The Sisters Brothers, The Children Act, and more in cinemas his week: Read our reviews.
All Ears
Making noise and empowering girls: 15 years of Women’s Audio Mission
Founder Terri Winston speaks about educating young women in recording studio technology—and WAM's big fundraising bash, coming September 21.
Party Radar
Party Radar: Who’s the bestest of them all?
DJ Stingray, Midland, Kim Ann Foxman, Red Axes, Beesmunt Soundsystem, Leon Vynehall, an ASMR party, and more nightlife excellence
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Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Yayoi Kusama, Latino Film Fest, Nosferatu …
Club Foot Orchestra, tributes to Luchino Visconti and Frederick Wiseman, a hokey 'Grease 2,' 'Poor Little Rich Girl,' and more in cinemas this week
Arts
Arts
Touching down on ‘Planet Celadon’
Inspired by a Korean moon jar, 'Asianaut' artist Genevieve Quick brings an eclectic performance to the Asian Art Museum, tap dancing and all.
Arts
Tattoo legend “Lew the Jew” Alberts rediscovered at CJM
Local tattoo hero Don Ed Hardy displays art, letters, and more from the early 20th century body art pioneer.
Arts
Santana mural in the Mission vandalized: “a blatant act of hate”
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White paint splashed on mural sometime on Friday: Community organizer says "When people come out with hate, we’re coming out with love."
Arts
Fake news and viral lies: de Young show and panel examine propaganda
"Rumors, Retweets, and Reason" panel and "Weapons of Mass Seduction" exhibit look at the power and prevention of misinformation.
Arts
Pioneering machine artist Kal Spelletich is being evicted: Help save his robots!
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The teacher and inventor who brought robots and flamethrowers to Burning Man must leave his home and studio of 25 years.
Culture
Best of the Bay
Best of the Bay polls are now open!
Vote for all the things you love most in our 43rd edition of the SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay.
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Onstage
Onstage
Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ has powerhouse vocals, timely resonance
Bay Area Musicals' latest production is full of verve and tragic parallels to today—even if the songs aren't quite hummable.
Onstage
An Asian American twist on the bourgeoisie, white wine included
Leah Nanako Winkler's new play 'Two Mile Hollow' at Potrero Stage fills familiar 'white people by the water' roles with different faces.
Onstage
The sheer audacity of ‘Angels in America’
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Berkeley Rep's brilliant revival is both homecoming and reckoning for Tony Kushner's 25-year-old 'Gay Fantasia on National Themes"
Onstage
Comedian Gina Yashere rides the ‘up’ elevator to stardom
From Otis repair engineer to Trevor Noah Show regular, the British sensation brings her act to Freight and Salvage.
Onstage
Seeing Red: SF Mime Troupe is making it a socialist summer
57-year-old agit-prop institution's latest takes us back in time to when it seemed America was on the brink of something bigger
Puff
Puff
Puff: Ode to a bong
Nothing beats a classic glass puffer—but silicone bongs are on their way to help with breakage.
Puff
Puff: Growing like a weed
Little Mary Lou is growing up! More adventures in raising a cannabis plant at home.
Puff
Happy trails! Checking out portable cannabis dab kits
Happy Dab Kits for on the go dabbers and fancier Anlerr Homles pipes—do they make the grade?
Puff
Giving your pet some CBD love
Treating your furry friend's anxiety or pain with cannabinoids is becoming more popular: Here are a couple recommendations.
Puff
Puff: A little dab will do ya
Concentrates are all the rage in the cannabis world: Here's an introduction to the sticky trend.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: I Am Not a Witch, Iranian Film Fest, Blaze …
A Marcello Mastroianni retrospective, The Sisters Brothers, The Children Act, and more in cinemas his week: Read our reviews.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Yayoi Kusama, Latino Film Fest, Nosferatu …
Club Foot Orchestra, tributes to Luchino Visconti and Frederick Wiseman, a hokey 'Grease 2,' 'Poor Little Rich Girl,' and more in cinemas this week
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: The Last Movie, Perfect Blue, Pick of the Litter…
Let the Corpses Tan, No Date, No Signature, and more movies in cinemas this week.
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Soviet Hippies, Green Film Fest, John McEnroe
Rodents of Unusual Size, Gabriel and the Mountain, Crime + Punishment, more coming to cinemas
Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Support the Girls, Madeline’s Madeline, The Wife
A strong week for women in cinemas, plus Memoir of War, Wanda, Vertigo, The Happytime Murders, and more.
Art Looks
Art Looks
Blackface betrayal and ‘Black Lies’ in Edgar Arceneaux’s new YBCA installation
The LA artist takes on Ben Vereens' infamously truncated performance at Ronald Reagan's 1981 inaugural gala, and more.
Art Looks
SFMOMA’s immersive ‘Sublime Seas’ mixes ‘Blue Planet’ beauty with unfathomable brutality
A legendary British painting and a contemporary Ghanaian artist's video work combine for a visceral new show.
Art Looks
Architecturally sound neon Pomeranians: Our top 5 from Mexico City Art Week
As the art world flocked to CDMX for the latest, we downed medicated chocolates and took in some great work—on and off the beaten path.
Art Looks
200 years of poetic art vibes in BAMPFA’s ‘Way Bay’
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An expansive, exhilarating, somewhat loopy show that's full of individual wonders
Arts + Culture
‘The Third Muslim’ highlights queer faith, art, resilience
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New show at SOMArts focuses on artists whose identities have 'pushed them to the margins of the margins.'
Party Radar
Party Radar
Party Radar: Who’s the bestest of them all?
DJ Stingray, Midland, Kim Ann Foxman, Red Axes, Beesmunt Soundsystem, Leon Vynehall, an ASMR party, and more nightlife excellence
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Party Radar
Party Radar: Tickets to paradise
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Win a pass to Public Works' 30-hour anniversary party. Plus: Dr. Rubinstein, Navid Izadi, Leonce, SPRKLBB, DJ Heather and Colette, more.
Party Radar
Party Radar: BFFs Forever
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BFF.fm's big anniversary bash. Plus: Cholo Goths, Bloody Mary, Derrick Carter, Stereo Argento, Juanita More's Birthday, a Sylvester tribute, more upcoming parties.
Party Radar
Party Radar + Arts Forecast: Double whammy!
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Treasure Fest, Dawsondance, Blindspotting, Polyglamorous, Cumbiatón, Club Chai, Fake and Gay, and more to do this weekend.
Arts + Culture
Party Radar: For Navid
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Another tragic loss for local nightlife. Plus: Soul Clap, Bootie, iamiwhoami, SPFDJ, Drag Me to the Lanes, and more chances to dance among friends.
Examined Life
Examined Life
Examined Life: Power, patriarchy, and the imperfect guru
Buddhist teacher Noah Levine is dismissed from Against the Stream because of sexual misconduct. Now the organization is folding. Why does this song sound so familiar?
Examined Life
Examined Life: Far to fall
Bourdain, Spade, and Stone: If we want our heroes to thrive, we have to stop expecting them to be heroic.
Examined Life
Examined Life: Don’t just sit there—listen
It’s not easy to communicate mindfully, but it might save the world. (And it will definitely save your relationships.)
Examined Life
Examined Life: Love and the lost art of friendship
This Valentine’s Day, consider renewing vows… with your pals.
Examined Life
Examined Life: New Year’s resolutions … good practice or delusion?
Money, romance, health. Your life is never going to be perfect. Once you truly understand that, you can finally start enjoying it.
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Green Thursday, Autumn Moon Fest, Comedy Day
Yuja Wang, Trombone Shorty, Club Foot Orchestra, "Stand Up, Stand Out," "Fury," and more great events on our radar this week.
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Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Soundwave’s diverse, reverberating visions
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Plus: Fringe Festival, Electronic Music Festival, Bay Area Now, Opera in the Park, Oakland Pride, and more upcoming events
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Clutter, Zinefest, Wavy Gravy
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Fillmore Salsa Fest, 'Drugs in the Tenderloin,' Michael Jackson portraits, Paul Young and Midge Ure, and more upcoming events
Party Radar
Party Radar + Arts Forecast: Double whammy!
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Treasure Fest, Dawsondance, Blindspotting, Polyglamorous, Cumbiatón, Club Chai, Fake and Gay, and more to do this weekend.
Arts Forecast
Arts Forecast: Hemlock Tavern closing, Polk Street Blues Fest, Erasure …
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Boris, Brazil in the Gardens, 20th Street Block Party, Sex and the City live, and more great things to do this week.
Lit
Lit
A showcase of ‘young blood’ Asian American writers
Kearny Street Workshop’s Interdisciplinary Writers Lab Final Reading pools new talent and activist elders at Asian Art Museum
Lit
Leticia del Toro grounds her ‘Cafe Colima’ in the lives of ‘everyday Latinas’
Short fiction award-winner speaks about growing up under Reagan in Crocket, Ca., and the pressing need for diversity in literature
Lit
Author Amanda Huron on housing and the power of urban ‘commoning’
New book explores DC's equity housing cooperatives—and may offers some lessons for SF.
Lit
Read something new! California Book Award finalists announced
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Plus the Northern California Book Award winners are here, too? Lots of great lit to dive into this spring.
Lit
Ananda Esteva’s border-crossing, jazz-driven Califaztlan tale
New novel 'The Wanderings of Chela Coatlícue: Touring Califaztlan' from the Chilean author is a feminist, 'choose your own adventure'-type quest.
All Ears
All Ears
Making noise and empowering girls: 15 years of Women’s Audio Mission
Founder Terri Winston speaks about educating young women in recording studio technology—and WAM's big fundraising bash, coming September 21.
All Ears
Opera singer Russell Thomas on diversity, drive, and ‘Roberto Devereux’
Starring in SF Opera's latest, the tenor calls on arts institutions to "look to their communities" for talent that attracts audiences.
All Ears
A swell wave of female talent rolls in with TIDES
Vibrant showcase of local, women-led bands and visual artists with a charitable twist comes to El Rio August 29.
All Ears
A hot-button ‘Ring’ at SF Opera? You bet your Brünnhilde
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#MeToo, environmentalism, and deeply personal stories—director Francesca Zambello brings out the contemporary side of Wagner's epic.
All Ears
Homegrown soul sensation Con Brio is back
With a new album and tour (including a stop at the Fillmore Sat/5), the beloved band still uses music as a weapon of love.
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Campaign Trail
Is everyone at City Hall incompetent?
Or is the private sector -- and clear policy positions -- at the root of our homeless crisis?
Campaign Trail
Prop. C will define progressive politics in SF
Homeless funding (along with state rent-control measure) pits tenants and community groups against landlords and Chamber of Commerce—and local officials will have to pick a side.
Movies
Loving Gilda Radner, as a comedy genius and friend
Laraine Newman remembers her 'Saturday Night Live' co-star, as new movie 'Love, Gilda' documents Radner's life.
News + Politics
Brown, Bloomberg (and their agenda) face protests at Climate Action Summit
Diverse groups say the crisis is upon us -- and market-based solutions don't work and damage vulnerable communities.
News + Politics
The wolves of Wall Street, here in San Francisco
Why consumer financial protection is a civil rights issue -- and the city needs to take it seriously
News + Politics
Dirty desperate lies about Prop. C
The Chamber of Commerce is promoting radical disinformation in an attempt to undermine a reasonable measure to address the city's most pressing problem.
Movies
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect
From 'Husband Material' to 'Hotel Mumbai,' the Toronto International Film Festival boasted a slate of impressive Indian films.
Movies
Ficks’ Picks from TIFF, part one: Strong Chinese films + early Oscar buzz
35 features, 35 shorts in 11 days of the Toronto International Film Festival: Here's part one of Jesse Hawthorne Ficks' reports.
News + Politics
Five myths about the homeless problem in San Francisco
Most of what the politicians and the media are telling you isn't true. Here's why.
All Ears
Opera singer Russell Thomas on diversity, drive, and ‘Roberto Devereux’
Starring in SF Opera's latest, the tenor calls on arts institutions to "look to their communities" for talent that attracts audiences.
Best of the Bay Winners
Best of the Bay
Best of the Bay polls are now open!
Vote for all the things you love most in our 43rd edition of the SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay.
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Best of the Bay
BEST OF THE BAY voting starts Monday, August 20!
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The biggest, the best, the ORIGINAL Bay Guardian Best of the Bay is back to honor your favorite local people, places, and things.
Best of the Bay
Scenes from the Best of the Bay 2017 winners party
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The vibe was warm and cozy at the Stud as we celebrated with everyone from Best Electrician to Best Drag Queen.
Arts + Culture
Forget the chains: Shop local with our Best of Bay Shopping winners!
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From Best Bookstore to Best Place to Buy Fetish Gear, you'll find something for everyone on your nice (and naughty) list.
Arts + Culture
BAY GUARDIAN BEST OF THE BAY 2017: WELCOME!
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Our 42nd edition of the Bay Area original! Thousands voted in dozens of categories -- here are the results.
