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Arts + Culture

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

Director Nick Ishimaru and crew determined to bring play's surprising blend of cultures back to the Bay.
Arts + Culture Emily Wilson -
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Scenes from Naomi Rincón-Gallardo’s radical cuir world-building

Mesoamerican mythologies, ecological processes, and fungi children cavort in Kadist video exhibition.
Art Review Genevieve Quick -
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Win a pair of tickets for Röyksopp, Indo Warehouse, Ministry

Enter to see a show at one of SF's premiere venues.
Contest Marke B. -
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Bay Area minor league baseball reminds us what we root for

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

BIG WEEK: Pride Month rages in with Diego Gomez, emo afternoon, Harvey Milk opera

Caitlin Donohue -
Plus: Bay Area Book Festival, Cumbia y Cerveza, Crucial Reggae Sundays, 'Parade,' 'To Sleep With Anger,' more.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Open up! New restaurants coming your way in June

Tamara Palmer -
Al Pastor Papi eyes a new space, fresh entrants at the Ferry Building and Saluhall, even more future eats.
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Music

Under the Stars: What is San Francisco cool in 2025? Mae Powell’s language of love

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: An early warning for Pachyman and MNDSGN's October linkup and Deltron's July trip down memory lane.
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Protest

At 70, Bob Sanders is ready to ride for Gaza

Caitlin Donohue -
After years of 'repressing' outrage over Palestine, Jewish cyclist sets out from San Francisco on 4,000-mile protest.
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Music

Live Shots: Lauren Mayberry’s pop power glinted at The Fillmore

Danny Acosta -
CHVRCHES frontperson was back in full force after illness delayed her solo debut at the venue.
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Arts + Culture

SFDocFest’s 24th edition brings anti-escapist cinema, boundary-pushing takes

Dennis Harvey -
Grammar activism, blockbuster magazine heroines, and Qatari street cats. Dodging reality? Not in these seats.
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Music

Portraits of Past has risen—or perhaps the Bay Area hardcore act never truly died?

Joshua Rotter -
An unlikely tale that rages from Half Moon Bay and Gilman Street to the Lower East Side's grimy dance floors.
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Performance

Sasha Velour’s ‘Big Reveal’? Upcoming Berkeley run is her hometown debut

Joshua Rotter -
Bay-born drag star holds nothing back in show that drips with queer resilience.
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Arts + Culture

Raven’s R&B science fiction evokes a San Francisco that still could be

Leah Isobel -
Album 'Gnosis' calls upon our shared memories of dance floors past.
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Culture

SF Carnaval isn’t going anywhere

Caitlin Donohue -
Powered by 400 volunteers, beloved festival and parade (since 1979!) sets its sights this year on honoring rhythms of the African diaspora.
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Music

Live Shots: Woe to those who missed Matt Berninger’s introspective solo set at Bimbo’s

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
The National frontman seemed to loose a more brooding—yet grateful—side.
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Lit

Rebecca Solnit proposes we take the long way home

Lou Fancher -
Feminist thought leader's 'No Straight Road Takes You There' takes a measured approach in unhinged times.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: First-ever Chinatown Pride procession presents local heritage, al fresco drag

Caitlin Donohue -
Plus: Vallejo's emergent art scene, Michelle Tea, Simpsons trivia night, queer Asian cinema, and much more.
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