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Music
Live Shots: Detroit rapper Danny Brown got Regency Ballroom to ‘Dip’
Magnetic performer pulled out classics as well as collabs (and an anti-gentrification screed) from two recent albums.
D.A. Mission
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May 1, 2024
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Music
UK R&B superstar Craig David: ‘San Francisco is always full of love and energy’
Kicking off his '7 Days Commitment Tour' here, the heartthrob hitmaker has a different eye on romance.
Joshua Rotter
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April 30, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: Chasing one of the Swinging Sixties’ most infamous ‘It Girls’
Plus: Doclands 2024, Johnny Depp's French, Japanese reality, worthwhile 'Nowhere Special,' Free Palestine, more movies
Dennis Harvey
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April 30, 2024
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Onstage
That’s a ‘Bitch Slap!’ D’Arcy Drollinger’s top 5 over-the-top TV moments
Her Oasis drag show lampoons the catfights and hysterics of nighttime soaps—and it's rooted in deep genre love.
Marke B.
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April 30, 2024
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Stage Review
‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead
Despite talented cast, catchy tunes, and a show-stopping number, Broadway sensation comes off as torture porn.
Charles Lewis III
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April 30, 2024
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Music
‘Fairy godmother of trans country artists’ Shawna Virago rounds up vivid new tales
On 'Blood in her Dreams,' the local punky-tonk legend tells the stories of outsiders in today's beige-tinted SF.
Joshua Rotter
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April 30, 2024
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Onstage
Unmasking a modern predator through dance in ‘The Soul Catcher’
Annika B. Lewis and Kassandra Production dissect a violent relationship at SF International Arts Fest
Joshua Rotter
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April 29, 2024
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Music
Live Shots: Jigs galore, maypole madness at Céilà on the Lake’s Beltane celebration
Waterside Gaelic fête declares spring has sprung—and now it's time to shear the sheep.
Jon Bauer and Patty Riek
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April 29, 2024
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Onstage
‘¡Golondrina!’ flies on the wings of Latinx California music history
Liliana Herrera's 'funkloric' play at Brava views migration, and its criminalization, through a sonic kaleidoscope.
Lou Fancher
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April 29, 2024
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Music
Music festival season kicks off—and keeps on kickin’
Turn up the sonic sunshine with Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, How Weird Street Faire, SFLive, Bhangra & Beats, more
John-Paul Shiver
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April 29, 2024
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Stage Review
In ‘Forever Plaid,’ a bit of light entertainment in the afterlife
A dead classic pop quartet has the pipes, if not the complex backstory, in 42nd Moon's family-friendly production.
Charles Lewis III
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April 28, 2024
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Music
Live Shots: K.Flay’s return knocked out the Independent
The local favorite matched the pugilistic rock tone of her new album "Mono" with a power-packed performance.
D.A. Mission
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April 26, 2024
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Onstage
Nothing’s gonna rain on ‘Funny Girl’ Katerina McCrimmon’s SF parade
“I've always been fighting to make it this far," says the dynamo Fanny Brice with Miami roots and plenty of chutzpah.
Joshua Rotter
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April 25, 2024
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Music
1984—the year pop music shot to the stratosphere
As the 40th anniversary releases and tributes roll out, revisiting a year of barrier-busting giants.
John-Paul Shiver
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April 25, 2024
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Screen Grabs
Screen Grabs: Stylish but deadly classic ‘Le Samouraï’ swings into the Roxie
Plus: Ridiculous and enjoyable 'Challengers,' exhausting 'Boy Kills World,' the rise of Christian Nationalism, more
Dennis Harvey
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April 25, 2024
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Onstage
After ‘painful’ preparation, ‘Blue Door’ opens onto Black men’s complex life in US
Director Darryl V. Jones on creating the soundtrack of generational haunting at Aurora Theatre Company
Lou Fancher
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April 24, 2024
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Music
Matmos drops in for tea and jockstraps
Radical sound-collage duo dish on roots in SF's wild '90s nightlife scene as debut 'In Lo-Fidelity' hits 30.
Joshua Rotter
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April 24, 2024
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Food & Drink
Good Taste: Getting flaky at Smörgåsland
The pastry-stacked promise of IKEA’s new bakery and food hall in downtown SF.
Tamara Palmer
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April 23, 2024
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Stage Review
Unbearable tension of ghosts past and present in ‘Returning to Haifa’
Palestinians come back home in the shadow of the Six-Day War, in Golden Thread's latest on Potrero Stage.
Charles Lewis III
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April 23, 2024
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Art
Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work
Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.
Mary Corbin
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April 23, 2024
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Lit
‘Portrait of a Woman’ tells of unlikely champ for 18th century art equality
Bay Area-based author Bridget Quinn explains why she visited one of her subject's paintings 'every day for years.'
Lou Fancher
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April 23, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest unleashes Dizzy Gillespie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb
Where else can you catch a 94-year-old action star, a jazz legend fighting for the Congo, and a requiem for activist Rob Peace?
Dennis Harvey
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April 21, 2024
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Culture
‘Never too late’: Grannies of Grant Avenue Follies dance onto the airwaves
PBS highlights the Chinatown-based cabaret troupe of 11 spirited grandmothers keeping local history alive.
Dorothy Odonnell
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April 20, 2024
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Stage Review
Revisiting the violent time when drag was illegal in ‘The Pride of Lions’
Risking it all in the 1920s to perform onstage and live authentically in Theatre Rhino's latest, by Roger Mason.
Charles Lewis III
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April 19, 2024
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Music
Under the Stars: Gauging the Bay Area spring music hype
Free Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SF Symphony at the Movies, Brijean's return help patch tragedies like the A's leaving
John-Paul Shiver
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April 19, 2024
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Nightlife
Watch: Our Stud sneak peek parted the sequined curtains on new location
Drinks, drag, dancing and more at the legendary queer bar's new location ahead of the 4/20 grand opening.
48 Hills
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April 18, 2024
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Music
Master of samples Carl Stone returns, accompanied by car-long ‘Hurdy Grande’
The 71-year-old musical pioneer inaugurates the West Oakland Sound Series with experimental gusto.
Daniel Bromfield
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April 17, 2024
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Music
Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’
'I can say proudly that love has healed me,' says star who weathered instant fame and disastrous downfall.
Joshua Rotter
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April 17, 2024
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Food & Drink
Good Taste: Local chefs serve kitchen game on social media
Victoriano Lopez and Kathy Fang share go-to cooking techniques when they’re off the clock. Watch and learn!
Tamara Palmer
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April 16, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?
The German-language film fest keeps broadening its borders. Plus: Ken Loach's finale 'Old Oak' and 'Dig! XX'
Dennis Harvey
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April 16, 2024
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Music Book Club
Watch: Legendary DJ Paulette gives us juicy nightlife history on Music Book Club
'Welcome to the Club' details more than 30 years of UK house music history and her own fascinating story.
Tamara Palmer
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April 15, 2024
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Stage Review
Hilarious performances whisk you up a shaky ’39 Steps’
San Francisco Playhouse lampoons a ripe Hitchcock—but you may want to binge your noir beforehand.
Charles Lewis III
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April 15, 2024
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Onstage
For actor John-Andrew Morrison, ‘A Strange Loop’ is a brilliant, emotional rollercoaster
The Tony nominee returns to Michael R. Jackson's lauded play at ACT—and brings a deep connection to his mother.
Lou Fancher
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April 15, 2024
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Music
Live Shots: Alkaline Trio brought three decades of punk energy to Masonic
The Chicago outfit left no "Stupid Kid" behind as they whipped an adoring crowd into a frenzy.
D.A. Mission
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April 12, 2024
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Stage Review
Outsize passions of Carmen and Frida take centerstage in ‘Dos Mujeres’
Premieres by Arielle Smith and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at SF Ballet bring two well-known women to vivid life.
Charles Lewis III
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April 11, 2024
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Movies
Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’
Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies
Dennis Harvey
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April 10, 2024
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Art
The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’
A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.
Lou Fancher
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April 10, 2024
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Nightlife
Join us this Friday for a sneak peek at the new STUD!
Celebrate the return of a San Francisco legend with 48 Hills: Drinks, dancing, DJs, and of course a little drag.
48 Hills
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April 10, 2024
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Lit
A love of baseball doesn’t quite come ‘Out of Left Field’ for this queer youth
Local author Jonah Newman's semi-autobiographical graphic novel tells a tale of self-discovery on the diamond.
Daniel Bromfield
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April 10, 2024
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Good Taste
Good Taste: Tartine Manufactory brings the pizza party back
After a four-year break from dinner, the Mission restaurant is throwing dough at night again.
Tamara Palmer
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April 9, 2024
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