Featured

Unplugging with Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Adding stalwart guitarist Imaad Wasif, the indie heroes hit Symphony Hall to explore their acoustic side—and some new emotional textures.

Music Joshua Rotter - July 9, 2025

BIG WEEK: SF Art Book Fair, Anti-Prime Day, Jollof Fest, Macy Gray, Outside Sex…

Ferry Building's 127th birthday party, 'Underground Orange,' Orchestra Gold, SFDanceworks, Sholeh Asgary, more to do!

Big Week Marke B. - July 9, 2025

Dino drag? You bet ‘Jurassiq’ is

Very queer musical parody stomps into Oasis with heels, wigs, claws, and plenty of nostalgic '90s hits.

Onstage Marke B. - July 9, 2025

Drama Masks: Despite cutbacks, SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Disruption’ hits home

Poignant 66th season show takes on Ice detentions, apolitical hypocrisy, and a 'Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Fire Department'

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - July 8, 2025

Homelessness

Will supes oust one of the most effective members of the Homeless Oversight Commission?

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2025

And what does this say about the mayor and the board changing policy on Prop C and 'housing first?'

Opinion

Opinion: Erasing queer history in North Beach

Shayne Watson - July 8, 2025

Why is Scott Wiener so opposed to recognizing the historic importance of the city's first LGBTQ+ neighborhood?

Movies

Screen Grabs: Truth, justice, and… something something

Dennis Harvey - July 8, 2025

'Sovereign' insurrection, 'Underground Orange' rebellion, a swarm of Swedish auteurs, Garbage Pail Kids, more movies

Onstage

In ‘Les Blancs,’ a once-silent character finds full voice through eight women players

Lou Fancher - July 8, 2025

Actor Jeunée Simon on OTP's powerful version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1970 play, in which a Black man returns to Africa.

Music

‘The most euphoric feeling’: Live Aid music legends look back 40 years on

Joshua Rotter - July 7, 2025

As TV docuseries relives epic charitable concert, performers dish about wild moments before 2 billion fans—and backstage.

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Opinion

Opinion: Preserve the housing money—and stop the mayor’s power grab

Whit Guerrero - July 7, 2025

The supes need to reject Lurie's plan to gut affordable housing money from Prop. C

Art

Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Mary Corbin - July 7, 2025

Large canvases, bold colors, and youth culture's hopeful influence reflect 'the right and wrongness of today.'

The Agenda

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

Tim Redmond - July 6, 2025

Plus: A crackdown on RV parking that will make more families homeless, and will the Police Commission do a real national search for the next chief? That's The Agenda for July 6-13

What to see at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival this summer ☀️

48 Hills - July 2, 2025

Celebrating 25 years of free, accessible and artistically excellent programs in downtown SF!

Stage Review

Drama Masks: In ‘Aztlán,’ gripped by intense forces beyond control

Charles Lewis III - July 2, 2025

Magic Theatre melds carceral to mystical. Plus: Enthralling 'The Last Goat' presents Ancient Greek tale that does much with little.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Caught up in the raptors, again

Dennis Harvey - July 2, 2025

'Jurassic' holiday weekend kicks. Plus: Thomas Kinkaide's secrets, Fraenkel Film Fest, Bill Gunn and Mikio Naruse retrospectives, more.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: SF Mime Troupe, Fillmore Jazz Fest, Ant Farm, cheetah croissants….

Marke B. - July 2, 2025

Plus: Gamelan Seker Jaya, DJ Derrick Carter, Breadbelly's new bake, ancient Greek romance, a drum and bass trailblazer, more to do

The Agenda

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Tim Redmond - July 1, 2025

Lithium battery factories without environmental review. Miami Beach development along the coast. And it's not going to make housing more affordable

Culture

Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice

Tom Molanphy - July 1, 2025

'Holding Ground' event brought beleaguered yet vital area's past into the present, with future questions.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Legendary House of Nanking releases first cookbook

Tamara Palmer - July 1, 2025

Kathy and Peter Fang share the secrets of their family’s celebrated, 37-year-old Chinatown restaurant.

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Featured

Unplugging with Yeah Yeah Yeahs

BIG WEEK: SF Art Book Fair, Anti-Prime Day, Jollof Fest, Macy Gray, Outside Sex…

Dino drag? You bet ‘Jurassiq’ is

Drama Masks: Despite cutbacks, SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Disruption’ hits home

Will supes oust one of the most effective members of the Homeless Oversight Commission?

Opinion: Erasing queer history in North Beach

Screen Grabs: Truth, justice, and… something something

In ‘Les Blancs,’ a once-silent character finds full voice through eight women players

‘The most euphoric feeling’: Live Aid music legends look back 40 years on

Opinion: Preserve the housing money—and stop the mayor’s power grab

Merging real and absurd, Tamera Avery’s paintings grapple with the world’s decay

Supes to vote on Billionaire Budget deal amid protests over housing money

What to see at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival this summer ☀️

Drama Masks: In ‘Aztlán,’ gripped by intense forces beyond control

Screen Grabs: Caught up in the raptors, again

BIG WEEK: SF Mime Troupe, Fillmore Jazz Fest, Ant Farm, cheetah croissants….

Wiener-Newsom CEQA ‘reform’ is a dangerous fraud

Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice

Good Taste: Legendary House of Nanking releases first cookbook

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