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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.
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicked off with a salsa bang

Tasty Taiwanese American Fest and fantastically ravey OM records 30th were also on the sunny Saturday menu.
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Save 20% on SF International Arts Festival tickets!

Here's the code to get you into the boundary-crossing blast, Wed/29-May 10, at a discount.
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The world is large! 8 must-sees at SF International Arts Fest

Korean tango, Canadian food prep cirque, improv hip-hop, deconstructed drag, a 'Lesbitarian Church,' more from border-erasing event.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest hits 69. Nice.

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11 days of global visions, including Boots Riley's latest, a Kid Koala cartoon, and 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Plus: 'I Swear,' 'The Blue Trail,' more
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Puff: Flying high for 420 with a full week of Space Walk fest

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Clone Fest, Cutie Pipes, the Herb Somm, dub dancing, Brownie Mary doc, and mind-blowing strains. Plus: You need this fast food bong.
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Art

At Superfair, art is more than what’s on the walls

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Lead curator Sharone Halevy on art extravaganza's highlights, including 'Disco Mermaid' and Frameline film collab.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

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Hot jazz, thrash metal, Udo Kier on tap. Plus: Clara Bow still has 'It,' Rose Byrnes gets a 'Tow,' '1000 Women in Horror,' more
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Music

Noise Pop Diary: Indie legend Christopher Owens returns, with a flamenco twist

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The Girls frontman has been through hell, but has kept making music; his presence brought roars from the local crowd.
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Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold

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33rd indie music fest kicked off on a Bay Area high note, with friendly vibes and winning sounds.
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Live Shots

Live Shots: In Chinatown, Year of the Fire Horse comes in with a bang

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Unsanctioned Lunar New Year's Eve celebration was lit (and this time no Waymos were harmed).
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Music

Happy hours, hometown heroes: Our essential guide to the 33rd annual Noise Pop

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An especially tender year, with adieus to iconic venues, avant-rock supergroups, and after-hours local legends.
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Festival

Live Shots: Dickens Fair 2025 takes the plum cake—just watch for the squirrel

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Vast annual Christmas extravaganza at Cow Palace recreates Victorian London, and comes with a furry friend.
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Lit

Turn that anger into action at this year’s Howard Zinn Book Fair

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The annual social justice bonanza celebrates the history and possibilities of engagement in an era of despair.
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Screen Grabs: Let’s get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head

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Blood-sucking landlords, hilarious hoagies, deadly influencers, bad haircuts: 'Tis the season for the 22nd freak film fest
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Movies

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

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

Screen Grabs: East LA guerrilla artists fire up SF Latino Film Fest

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Plus: Green Film Fest dives into rainforest resistance, melting memories, brown bear kerfuffles, train dreams, more
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Movies

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest reaches ‘Beyond Bollywood’ for thrills

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Plus: Mexican terror in 'Noche Oscura,' bittersweet SF nostalgia in 'Fairyland,' dark fantasy 'Ice Tower,' Orwell on the line, more movies
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Lit

Join 48 Hills’ Marke B and author Sarah Schulman at Litquake!

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Join us Sun/12 at Counterpulse for a free Tenderloin workshop on 'The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity.'
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