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Monday, June 16, 2025

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Culture

We need 100 more 48 Hills members to meet our spring goal!

Now is the time! Join us to save independent local media and stand up for San Francisco and the Bay Area.

Win a free ticket to a Frameline Film Fest movie

Join us at the world’s original—and largest—LGBTQ+ film festival in the world for Pride month.

From piercing icon to flaming ecosexuals, Frameline’s tales of rupture and survival

Interviews with the fest's compelling protagonists of 'WICKET,' 'A Body To Live In,' and 'Playing with Fire.'

Under the Stars: gyrofield’s drill-adjacent punch is legit

Ali Shaheed Muhammad gets in his bag, musical folklorist Ben Lamar Gay connects to ancestors—and Dead and Co. line up three nights in GGP.

Amid ICE threats, city decimates Mission District housing and food programs

Since late 1990s, HOMEY has worked to keep neighbors safe and healthy. After budget cuts, it's fighting for survival.

Watch: 2 Palestinian activists detained at SFO after Trump signs travel ban

A humanitarian mission to speak at local synagogues and churches is derailed by "Muslim ban 2.0"

Reel love: 3 LGBTQ icons profiled on Frameline’s silver screen

They brought trans innovation to 'Drag Race,' created 'Rocky Horror,' delivered legendary reads—and now they're getting their flowers.

Drama Masks: Sex-positive seniors provide welcome relief in ‘Happy Pleasant Valley’

Plus: Sasha Velour's homophobe-enraging spectacular and Neil Diamond's Broadway homage.

Good Taste: Halal Indo-Tex BBQ grand-opens in Thrive City

Fikscue’s menu has no wrong answers—and makes an excellent case for strength in diversity.

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BIG WEEK: Drag stage and film, queer elder art, SFJAZZ Fest, and the Peacemaker Awards

Plus! A Juneteenth musical spectacular, new neighborhood market in the Sunset, Queer Women of Color Film Fest, and W. Kamau Bell saves the arts.

Screen Grabs: Tribute to 100 years of Robert Altman, a cynic’s New Hollywood takeover

Plus: The antic and sexy sides of SF's Bruce Conner, Amerinide firestarter 'Northern Lights,' and Pride month flicks galore.

Review: Laraaji and Prekop emerged from phaser clouds at Grace Cathedral

Two new age greats lock in—could a collab be upcoming?

Free Frameline Fest tickets to the next 20 new 48 Hills members!

Support local journalism for $20 a month and see a film at the world's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival!

Black quilters of ‘Routed West’ stitched proof of what lasts

Created for warmth during the Second Great Migration or art for art's sake, BAMPFA exhibition's pieces stun.

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Live Shots: Over 60 open-air SF Porchfest acts dispelled the June gloom

Personable flute, Jolie Holland-reminiscent vocals, and tight-knit punkabilly made for quite the Mission District afternoon.

A real San Franciscan shows the city like it is in ‘What’chu Mixed With?’

Debut director Maya Cameron-Gordon's short film delivers Bay Area bildungsroman.

Win a pair of tickets to see Grace Jones this Friday

See the legend in all her fierce glory, this Fri/13 at Blue Note Napa!

Puff: Stern Grove Festival’s cannabis connection

Beloved fest welcomes a weed sponsor, while SF Hash Week revs its engine.

African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge

'Black Gold: Stories Untold' tells of those who built our communities, via contemporary tintype and custom table settings.

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