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Live Shots: Gogol Bordello showed the Warfield ‘We Mean It, Man!’

Folk-punk legends returned to SF with new album and plenty of their classic frenzied energy.

Music D.A. Mission - March 17, 2026

Plan to ‘streamline’ commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing

Eliminate Police Commission oversight? Wipe out commissions on the arts, women, homeless oversight? Activists are not happy

City Hall Tim Redmond - March 17, 2026

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

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2026

Lucrecia Dalt: ‘How lucky are we to land at the core of this vibration?’

Colombian sound artist's new 'A Danger to Ourselves' limns the miracle of love, with help from a New Wave legend.

Music Joshua Rotter - March 17, 2026

Gaming

At Gaming Conference, game-workers keep unionization hopes alive

Leah Isobel - March 16, 2026

In an industry buffeted by layoffs, tariffs, and AI, United Videogame Workers organizers keep pushing for labor rights.

Labor

Writers and producers at local CBS news team prepare to strike

Ian Firstenberg - March 16, 2026

Walkout by News 24/7 workers would be the first labor action since right-winger Bari Weiss took the helm of the once-legendary news operation

News + Politics

Seven rental units become a $32 million mansion; is this even remotely legal?

Tim Redmond - March 16, 2026

Plus: One chance to weigh in on the mayor's plan to give himself a lot more power—and can we please press a number to get a human on the phone? That's The Agenda for March 15-22

Art

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

Joshua Rotter - March 15, 2026

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

Transportation

Lurie plan uses regressive taxes to ‘save’ Muni, in the short term

Ian Firstenberg - March 12, 2026

Mayor's plan caps the levy on the biggest and richest landlords and only addresses a portion of the longterm budget crisis

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Nightlife

Party Radar: Foghorns, ToonTown, tagging—celebrating SF house wizard DJ Buck

Marke B. - March 12, 2026

Local legend brought 'The Bells of San Francisco" to global dance floors, and helped introduce the City to rave.

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Full Queer Wrestling, Pi Day, Alysa Liu celebration, ‘Women Who Ride’…

Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2026

Plus: Peaches Christ eats the rich, Duserock, Maria BC, Greek and Irish films, Renegade Orchestra, more to do!

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Kings in their castle—and a queen in her closet

Charles Lewis III - March 11, 2026

'Spamalot' at Golden Gate Theatre rides on familiar laughs; 'The Ache' at Z Below brings music and drama to heel.

Movies

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2026

Euro-fests deliver in SF. Plus: South Bay's Cinequest heats up, 'My Father's Shadow,' Billy Preston biopic, more

Music

Under the Stars: Thank you and goodbye, Sr. Willie Colón

John-Paul Shiver - March 10, 2026

Plus: March gigs from The Kitchenettes and Maria BC, Satya bids adieu, John Tejada's latest interlocking rhythms.

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News + Politics

Lurie had a great year—if you’re in the top 20 percent

Tim Redmond - March 9, 2026

For San Franciscans who are not rich, the city's numbers aren't looking anywhere near as good.

Music

Can you keep up with The Living Earth Show?

Marke B. - March 9, 2026

With Roar Shack venue, multiple bands, new LP, and performances galore, contemporary duo continues to push boundaries.

Music

A Go-Go’s-eye view of women making killer music, from punk to pop

Joshua Rotter - March 9, 2026

Drummer Gina Schock's personal archive show at Haight Street Art Center is like stepping into a lived memory of the band.

Movies

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

Pam Grady - March 9, 2026

Herbert Heller couldn't talk about his Auschwitz experience until his 70s; movie shows how he then inspired younger generation.

The Agenda

How to tax AI when companies replace human workers

Tim Redmond - March 8, 2026

Plus: Will the supes be serious about protecting rent-controlled housing from greedy speculators? That's The Agenda for March 8-15

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Featured

Live Shots: Gogol Bordello showed the Warfield ‘We Mean It, Man!’

Plan to ‘streamline’ commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing

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

Lucrecia Dalt: ‘How lucky are we to land at the core of this vibration?’

At Gaming Conference, game-workers keep unionization hopes alive

Writers and producers at local CBS news team prepare to strike

Seven rental units become a $32 million mansion; is this even remotely legal?

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

Lurie plan uses regressive taxes to ‘save’ Muni, in the short term

Party Radar: Foghorns, ToonTown, tagging—celebrating SF house wizard DJ Buck

BIG WEEK: Full Queer Wrestling, Pi Day, Alysa Liu celebration, ‘Women Who Ride’…

Drama Masks: Kings in their castle—and a queen in her closet

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

Under the Stars: Thank you and goodbye, Sr. Willie Colón

Lurie had a great year—if you’re in the top 20 percent

Can you keep up with The Living Earth Show?

A Go-Go’s-eye view of women making killer music, from punk to pop

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

How to tax AI when companies replace human workers

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