Arts + Culture

Live Shots: Fou Fou Ha!’s erotic clownery reminded us that pleasure is resistance

With 'The Nectar' at Palace Theater, the longtime sexy burlesque troupe offered a voluptuous answer to oppression.

Onstage Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - June 8, 2026

Screen Grabs: Audre Lorde rises again at Queer Women of Color Film Fest

Plus: Summer with Monica Vitti, Nicholas Meyer's SF sci-fi, a daring 'Devil Queen,' A Complete Stanley Kubrick, more movies on tap

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 7, 2026

As SF nightclubs struggle to hold on, local DJs are being squeezed out

Venues turn to big-name touring acts and social media metrics to fill rooms, rather than risk success on up-and-comers.

Nightlife Jess Oledan - June 4, 2026

Screen Grabs: Things are looking grim. Time for a trip to Bleak Week

Plus: 'Trainspotting' slams back into cinemas, 'Carolina Caroline' rides the grift, a straightforward (ahem) 'Rocky Horror' doc, more movies

Movies Dennis Harvey - June 4, 2026

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Festa Italiana, Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Rocky Horror, The Klezmatics…

Marke B. - June 4, 2026

Plus: Persia does Pride, Free Techno in Union Square, Union Street Fest, Marbled Eye, Juniper, Satya, more to do!

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Diving deep into Crustacean’s ‘secret’ kitchen for a family treasure

Tamara Palmer - June 3, 2026

Chef Helene An's garlic noodles are an iconic SF dish, now served at her restaurant's new FiDi location (and her granddaughter's school).

Music

Under the Stars: Wealthy Women are here to lay down heavy truths

John-Paul Shiver - June 3, 2026

Plus: AMC launches in-theater concert shows, Trinity Ace gives Richmond realness, Brooklyn Funk Essentials take us back, more music

Movies

Iceland’s glaciers melt away like memory in ‘Time and Water’

Pam Grady - June 3, 2026

Sara Dosa's adventurous doc weaves climate change alarm, family history, and love story into an elegy for our disappearing world.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Lunchbox’ is a delicious charmer

Charles Lewis III - June 2, 2026

Plus: 'Phantom of the Opera' descends on a new haunt, and 'Becoming a Man' faces transition head on.

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Music

San Francisco does, indeed, want The Human League

Joshua Rotter - June 2, 2026

Monster '80s hitmakers return to city where they feel at home, this time with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet in tow.

Music

Live Shots: Poison the Well slayed Regency with three-decade metalcore onslaught

D.A. Mission - June 2, 2026

With first album in 17 years 'Peace in Place' under their belts, Florida legends shook Ballroom.

Art

Memories of us: Puerto Rican diasporic photography inspires Norma I. Quintana

Mary Corbin - June 2, 2026

At Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, silver gelatin prints conjure the sanctuary of connection—and a sociology of shared imagery.

Dance

‘Memento Forest’ trembles with communal healing after deep loss

Aimée Ts'ao - June 2, 2026

Choreographer Marina Fukushima brings ritual, talismans that bore her up after father's death to Theatre of Yugen.

Culture

De Young celebrates lowrider culture—right on its front lawn

Emily Wilson - June 1, 2026

Community pulls up Saturday for Rose B. Simpson's 'LEXICON' exhibit, which features classic rides with indigenous motifs.

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Movies

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Marke B. - June 1, 2026

Subscribe by Wednesday to find out how to enter to win a ticket to the world's first LGBTQ film fest.

Nightlife

1015 owner, SF nightlife pioneer Ira Sandler has passed away

Marke B. - May 29, 2026

At the helm of one of our biggest clubs for more than four decades, he helped make the city into a dance party Mecca.

Music

Under the Stars: Gorgeous Guild Theatre hits 100 with stacked season

John-Paul Shiver - May 29, 2026

Plus: Drum and bass revival keeps rolling, DJ Koco cuts up classic Cuban 45s, Devon Parkin's star ascends, more music

Movies

Screen Grabs: Fêting a visionary film noir genius

Dennis Harvey - May 28, 2026

Cinematographer John Alton was all over the genre. Plus: three by Agnes Varda, a slew of French noirs, and Brendan Fraser gets miscast.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Margaret Cho, Bay Area Book Fest, Porch Fest, Brewfest, New Sam Wo…

Marke B. - May 28, 2026

Fou Fou Ha!, Aja Monet, Lea Delaria, 'The Barber of Seville,' Agnes Varda, Shigeto, DVS1, DocFest... what to do!

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Arts + Culture

Live Shots: Fou Fou Ha!’s erotic clownery reminded us that pleasure is resistance

Screen Grabs: Audre Lorde rises again at Queer Women of Color Film Fest

As SF nightclubs struggle to hold on, local DJs are being squeezed out

Screen Grabs: Things are looking grim. Time for a trip to Bleak Week

BIG WEEK: Festa Italiana, Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Rocky Horror, The Klezmatics…

Good Taste: Diving deep into Crustacean’s ‘secret’ kitchen for a family treasure

Under the Stars: Wealthy Women are here to lay down heavy truths

Iceland’s glaciers melt away like memory in ‘Time and Water’

Drama Masks: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Lunchbox’ is a delicious charmer

San Francisco does, indeed, want The Human League

Live Shots: Poison the Well slayed Regency with three-decade metalcore onslaught

Memories of us: Puerto Rican diasporic photography inspires Norma I. Quintana

‘Memento Forest’ trembles with communal healing after deep loss

De Young celebrates lowrider culture—right on its front lawn

Sign up for our newsletter to win FREE Frameline Fest movie tickets

1015 owner, SF nightlife pioneer Ira Sandler has passed away

Under the Stars: Gorgeous Guild Theatre hits 100 with stacked season

Screen Grabs: Fêting a visionary film noir genius

BIG WEEK: Margaret Cho, Bay Area Book Fest, Porch Fest, Brewfest, New Sam Wo…

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