Culture

Score a FREE Cirque du Soleil ticket (and help save local indie media, too)

New big top show ECHO comes to Oracle Park starting Nov. 20—here's how to get a ticket and support 48 Hills.

Exclusive Marke B. - November 4, 2025

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Library event celebrates groundbreaking 1950 Mattachine Society, which helped shape modern queer identity.

LGBTQ Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2025

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest kicks off with ‘Palestine 36’

Plus: Doc Stories, Ode to Joy, Gunvor Nelson, Marta Mateus, Rithy Pahn, terrific 'Train Dreams,' misfire 'Nuremberg,' more movies

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 3, 2025

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Colorful protest at 100 Montgomery drew attention to immigration court abductions, with drag, costumes, and piñatas.

Protest Marke B. - November 1, 2025

Music

Live Shots: Lorna Shore brought deathcore power and stunning lights to Masonic

D.A. Mission - November 1, 2025

New Jersey quintet tore into favorites like 'To the Hellfire,' 'Of the Abyss,' and 'Unbreakable.'

Lit

In ‘Vera,’ Gary Shteyngart depicts growing up in a world becoming ever more cruel

Lou Fancher - November 1, 2025

The writer draws on his Soviet childhood—and watching his own son today—for latest novel about a wondrous little girl.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Help alleviate hunger at these local orgs and eateries

Tamara Palmer - October 31, 2025

Benefits are being cut, need is surging: Here's where to lend a hand or donation—or where to get food yourself.

Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop phase one beams in Cali power players

John-Paul Shiver - October 31, 2025

Plus: RIP Ace Frehley, Jay Som swings back strong, Nas knocks with symphonics, Yazmin Lacey's quiet conquest, more music

Art

From ball courts to Chase Center, Adia Millett captures the visual jazz of interconnectedness

Mary Corbin - October 30, 2025

'The Bay Area lifestyle feels liberated, casual, and saturated with color,' says the Oakland artist.

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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Great Pumpkin edition—all you need to Halloween (and Día, too)

Marke B. - October 30, 2025

Kronos Quartet, Ben Klock, Sama' Abdulhadi, Substance Fest, Día de los Muertos concerts, much more light up the city.

Music

Feeling steamy? Coatshek’s ambient poppers tribute dips you in a ‘Sound Bath’

Daniel Bromfield - October 29, 2025

SF producer attempts to 'create the arc of a lovemaking session'—and a brilliant listen comes forth.

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Halloweek brings the scares, killer clowns and all

Dennis Harvey - October 29, 2025

Plus: Spike & Mike's Animation Fest returns, a vivid look at Artsakh, stranger-than-fiction 'Mistress Dispeller,' more movies

Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Suffs’ brings the fervor, ‘Spanish Stew’ heats up old school SF

Charles Lewis III - October 29, 2025

Plus: Fascinating 'Pilgrimage' follows four Muslim women on their Hajj to Mecca. A trio of new play reviews

Immigration

Drag queen snatched by ICE released with asylum: ‘It was terrible’

Emma Lorraine Garcia - October 28, 2025

Detained during Pride week at a routine immigration court date, Hilary Rivers is now home recovering from her traumatic ordeal.

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Onstage

‘Hills of California’ aims to sing with real-life family harmony—and discord

Lou Fancher - October 27, 2025

Director Loretta Greco brings decades-hopping story of four sisters and their ambitious mother to Berkeley Rep.

Movies

What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of feature films

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 27, 2025

Big director names filled up screens, from Richard Linklater and Noah Baumbach to Kathryn Bigelow and Luca Guadagnino.

Contest

Win tickets to see The Faint, Earl Sweatshirt, G Flip, Eden

Marke B. - October 27, 2025

Go see a banging live show at one of SF's top venues, on us.

Movies

What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of experimental gems

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 24, 2025

A very meta Romanian 'Dracula', Sharon Lockhart's breathtaking grace, melancholic Georgian questing, more.

Featured

The Gala was terrific—and you can still support us!

Marke B. - October 24, 2025

Photos: Lovers of independent media and Best of the Bay winners flooded El Rio on Wednesday—help us reach our goal.

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Culture

Score a FREE Cirque du Soleil ticket (and help save local indie media, too)

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest kicks off with ‘Palestine 36’

Queer activists ‘Scare the State’ at ICE protest on Halloween

Live Shots: Lorna Shore brought deathcore power and stunning lights to Masonic

In ‘Vera,’ Gary Shteyngart depicts growing up in a world becoming ever more cruel

Good Taste: Help alleviate hunger at these local orgs and eateries

Under the Stars: Noise Pop phase one beams in Cali power players

From ball courts to Chase Center, Adia Millett captures the visual jazz of interconnectedness

BIG WEEK: Great Pumpkin edition—all you need to Halloween (and Día, too)

Feeling steamy? Coatshek’s ambient poppers tribute dips you in a ‘Sound Bath’

Screen Grabs: Halloweek brings the scares, killer clowns and all

Drama Masks: ‘Suffs’ brings the fervor, ‘Spanish Stew’ heats up old school SF

Drag queen snatched by ICE released with asylum: ‘It was terrible’

‘Hills of California’ aims to sing with real-life family harmony—and discord

What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of feature films

Win tickets to see The Faint, Earl Sweatshirt, G Flip, Eden

What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of experimental gems

The Gala was terrific—and you can still support us!

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