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Thursday, September 18, 2025

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Culture

Writer Michael Luo is ready for the happy ending

'Strangers in the Land' author shares what his deeply researched book on Chinese immigration history has in common with 'KPop Demon Hunters.'
Lit Emily Wilson -
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Folsom 2025 brings Twisted Windows, joyful gates, a continually expanding Playground

Four of the kinky fair's players take us behind the juicy scenes (and history) of this year's fetish fest.
Culture Joshua Rotter -
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Good Taste: Portola Music Fest promises a Pokémon bowl, dirrty drinks—and no lines

Quaffable highlights for this weekend's bayside blowout, including the debut of beloved Saigon Sandwich
Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
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Puff: Sampling the best of blooms at a streamlined Hall of Flowers

Pros know the preeminent NorCal cannabis expo is the spot for sampling the year's hot buds.
Culture Dan Karkoska -
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: At Z Space, a flashback to the day that was much too much

Charles Lewis III -
'The Day the Sky Turned Orange,' plus 'The Reservoir''s ensemble work, and femmes rise in 'Indecent.'
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Artists against Project 2025, Flower Piano, Low Rider Parade, Shakira Tribute Dinner…

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...Portola Fest, Ron Carter, Kim Anh, Pauly D, Pino Palladino, Cheryl Dunye's favorite flicks and more to do!
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Psychedelic bro love swirls in ‘Lemurian Candidate’

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Studio 8 Film Festival celebrates work from dearly departed Art Institute, Cheryl Dunye at BAMPFA, more releases.
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Art

Mel Odom’s kaleidoscopic queer eye drew stunning art through AIDS

Race Bannon -
New short film aims to capture turbulent milieu and indelible imagery of New York artist and dollmaker.
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets to Portola Night Show: Prospa

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Deep EDM groove duo take over the Midway for Portola satellite show Fri/19—here's how to get in.
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Art

After 51 years of welcoming visitors in, SF Open Studios is gazing outwards

Lou Fancher -
Executive director Shamsher Virk continues to be 'incredibly impressed' by artists in a boom-and-bust creative city.
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Culture

Scrub your face with Peaches Christ

Marke B. -
Horror drag icon's new Madame Peaches soaps may not wash away your sins, but you'll still feel fresh as Rosemary's baby.
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Music

After 28 albums, Sparks still can’t resist a flourish—thankfully

Joshua Rotter -
Synth pop duo's 'MAD!' enlists ennui haze, light banter, schoolkids' backpacks in its theater of ideas.
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Art

Painter Luis Felipe Chávez contemplates the monuments immigrants carry within

Emily Wilson -
On the eve of Mexican Independence Day, Jalisco-raised artist presents binational views of freedom.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Studio Fallout

Dorothy O'Donnell -
A quiet North Beach alley leads down to the basement retail lair of a punk-surrealist stalwart and his talented friends.
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Dance

World Arts West Dance Festival delivered communal joy, despite brutal NEA cuts

Tom Molanphy -
Trump's generational assault on the arts unsuccessful in dropping curtain on 40-year Bay tradition.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective

Nicole Gluckstern -
Group's guerrilla seating makes solid statement about accessibility and humane public infrastructure.
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Music

Under the Stars: Superlative locals Umbrellas, Fake Fruit, Now take the SFMOMA roof

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Plus: Upcoming gigs from Nirvana's favorite Shonen Knife, Devo and the B-52s, and The Saxophones' blue-lit beats.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Latest Neo-Futurists’ sandy pastiche performance invites all to dig in

Charles Lewis III -
'HOLE' sees your angst—and counsels excavation.
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Lit

Litquake 2025’s lineup is here, and it’s stacked like the Bodleian

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Sprawling literary fest takes over the city with spicy readings and events in October—here are some of our first round picks.
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