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Arts + Culture

Tune-Yards’ ticket sales support East Bay houselessness pub ‘Street Spirit’

Duo's kaleidoscopic new album is called 'Better Dreaming'—quite the imperative.
Music Joshua Rotter -
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The media’s dangerous ‘sanewashing’ of RFK Jr.

He's not a vaccine 'skeptic,' he's a cynic—and mainstream publications are playing a losing game with our health.
Culture Bruce Mirken -
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The retro sleuthing pleasures of Puzzle Spy International

Oakland-based duo Mike and Talia Dashow's artful brainteaser game calls up '60s spy capers and Carmen Sandiego memories.
Gaming Leah Isobel -
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Under the Stars: With Tiny Desk triumph, hometown hip-hop hero Ruby Ibarra returns

Plus: Mourning [A] BLKstar refuses to let Black music be boxed in, Destroy Boys get their national shine.
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Gotta give ’em hope

Charles Lewis III -
Stars of 'Harvey Milk Imagined' shine amid take too tragic for Pride month, 'Pacific Overtures' tries to resuscitate a challenging Sondheim.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Roar into summer with Circus Bella, Oakland Carnival, and Harajuku Lumpia Fest

Caitlin Donohue -
Plus: A truly delicious Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Negro Leagues and the blues, Justin Vivian Bond, Soul Slam, and more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Pride you can taste

Tamara Palmer -
Queer culinary history abounds via throwback ice cream, a closing classic, and dinner theater fit for a riot.
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Arts + Culture

Local arts groups face funding cuts at all levels of government

Caitlin Donohue -
City appears to have no additional plans to fund SF organizations, as support dwindles in US, state, and city budgets.
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Art Review

Mysterious O.G. McRibb maps our technological death wish

DeWitt Cheng -
Aggressive trickster—shh, it's Scott Hove of Cakeland—exhibits paintings of unstoppable juggernaut.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Country creep abounds at BAMPFA’s rural noir series

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Terrifyingly eccentric Obayashi's greatest hits, and Palo Alto's Stanford Theater celebrates 100 years.
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Art

Pleasure in the accident: Stephen Namara’s new graphic language

Mary Corbin -
In an intimate interview, longtime creative speaks of delving into the unknown.
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Onstage

‘Co-Founders’ taps into universal hustle, from Silicon Valley to Vallejo

Emily Wilson -
A co-sign from E-40 and real-world tech experience power a surprising musical at ACT.
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Lit

Two-time Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl shares her most valuable ‘Lessons’

Lou Fancher -
Playwright's essays relay wisdom imparted by professional role models, writer's block, and a gerbil.
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Arts + Culture

Conquering funding travails, tricky chords, Sondheim’s ‘Pacific Overtures’ returns

Emily Wilson -
Director Nick Ishimaru and crew determined to bring play's surprising blend of cultures back to the Bay.
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Art Review

Scenes from Naomi Rincón-Gallardo’s radical cuir world-building

Genevieve Quick -
Mesoamerican mythologies, ecological processes, and fungi children cavort in Kadist video exhibition.
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Contest

Win a pair of tickets for Röyksopp, Indo Warehouse, Ministry

Marke B. -
Enter to see a show at one of SF's premiere venues.
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Sports

Bay Area minor league baseball reminds us what we root for

Alan Chazaro -
A's-shaped hole in your heart? Oakland Ballers and Stockton Ports bring community onto the field.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘White With Fear’ cashes out lucrative Caucasian terror complex

Dennis Harvey -
Plus 'Bring Her Back' bests formulaic horror, 'Bad Shabbos' delivers nimble and droll dinnertime catastrophe, more.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Parade’ and its mob justice feel too close for comfort

Charles Lewis III -
Harold Prince's tale of a hapless Brooklyn Jew in Georgia pulls the thread of prejudice left to fester.
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