Arts + Culture

Win a pair of free tickets to a Jewish Film Fest feature this Saturday!

48 Hills is presenting 'mdbr mdbr' and 'Only Good Feelings'—and we want you to come. Here's how to enter.

Contest Marke B. - July 21, 2026

Mosswood Meltdown keeps its peak by staying regional and true

Pavement, John Waters, socialist zines, and punk pet patches still beat big-time festival fatigue any day.

Music Adrian Spinelli - July 20, 2026

The ‘AbFab Movie’ at 10: ‘It celebrated the crazy times of loads of money and little sense’

Cast member Helen Lederer, aka Catriona, remembers the uproarious movie and TV show—and a comedy family.

Movies Joshua Rotter - July 20, 2026

Live Shots: ‘Bohémienne’ glows with ribald glamour of Parisian cabaret

Enter the Montmartre underground at Palace Theater, with Le Mime, Le Titan, Pierrot, La Chanteuse, and more

Onstage Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - July 20, 2026

Lit

Andrew Sean Greer: ‘Everything’s terrifying to me—even buying a stick of gum’

Lou Fancher - July 19, 2026

When it comes to writing, the Pulitzer-winning author of hilarious new 'Villa Coco' knows to feel the fear and do it anyway.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: 42 dishes in one meal? Merchant Roots did that

Tamara Palmer - July 17, 2026

...and we ate it. SoMa restaurant offers 'Around the Summer in 42 Plates'—and a 'pay what you can' night.

Music

Under the Stars: Spacemoth alights again with ‘Inward Eye’

John-Paul Shiver - July 16, 2026

Plus: Nate Mercereau strums up 'Fantastic Thoughts,' Issa Rae and Kool Keith come to SF, Eric André gets his bag, more music

Movies

Screen Grabs: Honk, honk, here comes ‘The Odyssey’

Dennis Harvey - July 15, 2026

Plus: Evil Dead Burn's witless gore, two queer classics return, three cheers for Jacques Tati and Robin Williams, more movies.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Who ya gonna call? ‘Scabmuggers’

Charles Lewis III - July 15, 2026

As job-stealing AI creeps onto the local theater scene, Yvonne Martinez's new play dives into labor politics.

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Art

After his passing, a daughter collects and catalogues her father’s generous art

Mary Corbin - July 15, 2026

Jonathan T. Raup’s Zen-influenced work was gifted to friends and relatives—now it comes together in new project and show.

Movies

Jewish Film Fest takes on AIDS, abortion, experimental music

Joshua Rotter - July 15, 2026

As 46th installment launches, speaking to the folks behind 'Tell Me Everything,' 'Hollywood Does Abortion,' 'mdbr mdbr.'

Music

He can Handel it! Philharmonia Baroque’s new director Peter Whelan mounts ‘Tolomeo’

Marke B. - July 14, 2026

Irish conductor, harpsichordist, and bassoonist leads spirited period orchestra, starting with daring 1728 opera.

Music

The Femcels: Barred from the US because their boobs got too big?

Jasmin Shirazian - July 14, 2026

'Rubbish and annoying' yet incredibly fun UK duo face the truth of album title 'I Have To Get Hotter.'

Dance

Nodding to tech conformity, ‘Escapement’ charted how relationships transform us

Lucia Verzola - July 14, 2026

Tether Dance Project's time-bending, high-energy, first full-length work showed promise of what's to come.

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Lit

Exploring SF’s recent history: New book looks at 1990 to 2024

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2026

Booms, busts, tech, evictions, Burning Man... We talk to 'City on the Edge' author Jonathan Weber about our contentious moment.

Music

No bumps on a log allowed at 50th Free Folk Fest

Jess Oledan - July 13, 2026

Sea shanty workshops, Celtic flair, jangling morris dancers, zydeco rhythms, more global styles brought everyone in.

Contest

Win a pair of tickets to see King Woman at GAMH

Marke B. - July 13, 2026

A chance to see the cathartically spiritual and doom-laden act on Wed/15—on us.

Music

Cuban jazz legend Omar Sosa: ‘Everything started in San Francisco’

Lou Fancher - July 13, 2026

New Quarteto Americanos album 'We Are Not the Headliner' celebrates 'art as the reality of the community.'

Movies

Jewish lullaby echoes from tragically relevant past in ‘The Lonely Child’

Marke B. - July 12, 2026

At Jewish Film Fest, 80-year-old tune from Vilna Ghetto preserves harrowing history—and gains new life—in documentary.

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Arts + Culture

Win a pair of free tickets to a Jewish Film Fest feature this Saturday!

Mosswood Meltdown keeps its peak by staying regional and true

The ‘AbFab Movie’ at 10: ‘It celebrated the crazy times of loads of money and little sense’

Live Shots: ‘Bohémienne’ glows with ribald glamour of Parisian cabaret

Andrew Sean Greer: ‘Everything’s terrifying to me—even buying a stick of gum’

Good Taste: 42 dishes in one meal? Merchant Roots did that

Under the Stars: Spacemoth alights again with ‘Inward Eye’

Screen Grabs: Honk, honk, here comes ‘The Odyssey’

Drama Masks: Who ya gonna call? ‘Scabmuggers’

After his passing, a daughter collects and catalogues her father’s generous art

Jewish Film Fest takes on AIDS, abortion, experimental music

He can Handel it! Philharmonia Baroque’s new director Peter Whelan mounts ‘Tolomeo’

The Femcels: Barred from the US because their boobs got too big?

Nodding to tech conformity, ‘Escapement’ charted how relationships transform us

Exploring SF’s recent history: New book looks at 1990 to 2024

No bumps on a log allowed at 50th Free Folk Fest

Win a pair of tickets to see King Woman at GAMH

Cuban jazz legend Omar Sosa: ‘Everything started in San Francisco’

Jewish lullaby echoes from tragically relevant past in ‘The Lonely Child’

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