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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Bhangra & Beats Night Market

The Non Stop Bhangra Crew revitalizes downtown with vibrant contemporary Punjabi music, food, and culture.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editor’s Pick: Sean Dorsey Dance Company

Led by Dorsey's ever-expansive vision for trans-queer liberation, the 20-year-old company invites everyone to see themselves on stage.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Humphry Slocombe’s Secret Breakfast

Influential as it is delicious, the iconic local flavor inspires knock-offs and even a 420 tribute.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: SF Live

Golden Gate Bandshell to Union Square, free music series sets the city's beloved spaces to a beat.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Bottega

Nicole Gluckstern -
A late-night, no-reservation plate of sachetti on Valencia? Nonna would be proud.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Arion Press

Emily Wilson -
Literary time travelers reach back to classics—and into roster of contemporary Bay lit stars—to make ever-more-popular pages.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Starter Bakery

Lou Fancher -
Kouign amann aside, it's community care that has us hooked on these inventive East Bay ovens.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Key Jo Lee

Emily Wilson -
MoAD curator and scholar shines light for artists moving through complex times.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Fake Fruit

John-Paul Shiver -
Group's debut outing perfectly revindicated post-lockdown Bay culture. Praise, its second LP just dropped.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: ‘Another Word for Love’ by Carvell Wallace

Lou Fancher -
“I write about beautiful things because I live in an ugly place in an ugly world."
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Telegraph Hills Arts and Literature

Dorothy Odonnell -
Once a historic bakery, 1501 Grant now slings the finest English and Italian-language books in a much-needed community event space.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Cal Performances

Lou Fancher -
Berkeley series' 119th season continues a visionary streak of diversity, from South African chamber opera to Brazilian folkloric ballet.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Fern Alley Music Series 

Dorothy Odonnell -
Live performances, art, and local vendors at the series from the new Music City complex aim to revitalize Lower Polk.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Skip the Needle

Lou Fancher -
Bliss to the boldness of this righteous, Octavia Butler-inspired rock quartet.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Katya Smirnoff-Skyy

Charles Lewis III -
Stage queen serves polished pipes and pathos from Oasis to New Conservatory Theatre Center.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Leila Mottley

Lou Fancher -
The youngest author ever featured by Oprah's Book Club continues to thrill after breakout novel 'Nightcrawling.'
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Cutting Ball Theater

Charles Lewis III -
With one production left before the final bow, this beloved Tenderloin stage needs help from its community of weirdos.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: District 10 Community Market

Tamara Palmer -
A more flexible alternative to a free food pantry that provides groceries to residents with little access to fresh eats.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Valencia Whole Foods

Charles Lewis III -
Need a frozen pizza—or renewed faith in the viability of family-owned businesses? They've got you.
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Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Lesley Evers

Lou Fancher -
The Oakland designer brings locally made panache (and pockets!) to her dresses, with dazzling patterns and accessories to boot.
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