Culture

Like her mother, sculptor Maryam Yousif is inspired by a Mesopotamian warrior queen

Iraqi artist's multitudinous clay explorations are powered by ancient myths, Arabian pop art, anonymous bloggers.

Art Mary Corbin - May 14, 2026

Through the looking glass at the National Queer Arts Festival

28th iteration dives into a 'Magic Mirror' of community reflection and ancestral resonance, with sound baths, Black astrology, more.

Arts + Culture Marke B. - May 14, 2026

Screen Grabs: Forbidden, foreboding ‘Hitler, A Film From Germany’ returns

Plus: Jude Law as Putin in 'Wizard of the Kremlin,' 500 years of ginkgo in 'Silent Friend,' and a masterpiece of non-sectarian mysticism

Movies Dennis Harvey - May 14, 2026

Sonic encounters with civil rights giants on ‘Glorious Mahalia’

New Kronos Quartet LP connects younger composers and an activist legend for timely revival of gospel icon.

Music Marke B. - May 13, 2026

Music

Under the Stars: Martin Luther McCoy’s first solo flight in 14 years exudes Bay ease

John-Paul Shiver - May 13, 2026

Plus: Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair's long-awaited tour, TsuShiMaMiRe brings Japanese noise punk to BOTH, 37 Houses' poly rippers.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Outside Lands is pushing pastry carts and collaborations

Tamara Palmer - May 13, 2026

Korean cornflake corndogs, lobster lumpia, more crazy treats coming to music fest’s Taste of the Bay Area. Save our slate of snacks!

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Oaklash Fest, Roxie Mixtape, Parameter, La Doña, World Goth Day…

Marke B. - May 13, 2026

Remembering Joe Kukura, CCA Graduate Exhibition, Kukje Bakery, DJ Said, BAVC's 50th, Fogo Na Roupa, 'Silent Friend,' more to do!

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Staged in a senior community center, this tale left a lasting sting

Charles Lewis III - May 12, 2026

'Lay My Burden Down' took up urgent concerns, with puppets. Plus: Alicia Keys' angelic 'Hell's Kitchen' hits familiar heights.

Festival

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicked off with a salsa bang

Marke B. - May 12, 2026

Tasty Taiwanese American Fest and fantastically ravey OM records 30th were also on the sunny Saturday menu.

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Arts + Culture

Cole Swensen’s ‘Veer’ swerves towards the limits of language

Lou Fancher - May 12, 2026

Poems that dare to go into the minds of crows, up tree trunks, or daringly close to the sun.

Music

50 years in, electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire sound prophetic as ever

Joshua Rotter - May 12, 2026

'Our reasons for being paranoid were only partly paranoid' say proto-industrial UK group, now on grand farewell tour.

Contest

Win tickets to Wavy Gravy’s 90th birthday party!

Marke B. - May 11, 2026

We've got three pairs of tickets to give away to the all-star celebration on Sat/16.

Nightlife

The freaky little Fotomat that’s changing SF nightlife

John-Paul Shiver - May 11, 2026

Party crew program audio have transformed a tiny kiosk near the top of Haight Street into a brilliant online radio station.

Music

Wavy Gravy is turning 90. Of course there’s a wild party.

Joshua Rotter - May 11, 2026

Maria Muldaur, Harper Simon, Cat Power, Rickie Lee Jones, Steve Earle, more to celebrate SF's 'saint in a clown suit.'

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Lit

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Joshua Rotter - May 7, 2026

Kronos Quartet, Kim Stanley Robinson, Merrill Garbus, Brontez Purnell, Andy Cabic, morę mark 100 years of poet-iconoclast.

Big Week

Big Week: Hamburger Eyes, Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, Mother of Collaboration…

Marke B. - May 7, 2026

Plus: OM Records 30-Year Blast, Miss Grits, Beat Freaks, Broad Street Oyster Co, 'Mean Girls,' 'Blue Heron,' more to do

Music

Under the Stars: JWords is getting there, and ‘the path feels wondrous’

John-Paul Shiver - May 7, 2026

Plus: Old Skool Cafe still kicks, bliss abyss channels The Cure, Neal Francis dives into house, Lyra Pramuk's 'Hymnal' gets resung.

Movies

Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Dennis Harvey - May 6, 2026

Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!

Music

‘Real Bay Shit’: Nonprofit hardcore shows are planting the seeds of change

Bianca Sieraski - May 6, 2026

Bay Area bookers organize benefit concerts to uplift communities in need, opening gateways to activism.

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Culture

Like her mother, sculptor Maryam Yousif is inspired by a Mesopotamian warrior queen

Through the looking glass at the National Queer Arts Festival

Screen Grabs: Forbidden, foreboding ‘Hitler, A Film From Germany’ returns

Sonic encounters with civil rights giants on ‘Glorious Mahalia’

Under the Stars: Martin Luther McCoy’s first solo flight in 14 years exudes Bay ease

Good Taste: Outside Lands is pushing pastry carts and collaborations

BIG WEEK: Oaklash Fest, Roxie Mixtape, Parameter, La Doña, World Goth Day…

Drama Masks: Staged in a senior community center, this tale left a lasting sting

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicked off with a salsa bang

Cole Swensen’s ‘Veer’ swerves towards the limits of language

50 years in, electronic pioneers Cabaret Voltaire sound prophetic as ever

Win tickets to Wavy Gravy’s 90th birthday party!

The freaky little Fotomat that’s changing SF nightlife

Wavy Gravy is turning 90. Of course there’s a wild party.

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Big Week: Hamburger Eyes, Yerba Buena Gardens Fest, Mother of Collaboration…

Under the Stars: JWords is getting there, and ‘the path feels wondrous’

Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

‘Real Bay Shit’: Nonprofit hardcore shows are planting the seeds of change

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