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Ciao bella! Pasta, puppets, parade drew revelers to Festa Italiana in North Beach

Two days of feasting, dancing, and live music—plus plenty of strong coffee and wine—celebrated Italian culture.

Festival Emma Garcia - June 10, 2026

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Featured Marke B. - June 10, 2026

Drama Masks: Aurora Theatre tiptoes back onstage after closure

... but another East Bay institution bids adieu. Plus: SF Opera's 'The Barber of Seville' lands the slapstick, needs more 'Figaro.'

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - June 10, 2026

Kitfo to kickflips: How the Bay’s oldest Ethiopian restaurant supports Addis Ababa skaters

Oakland's Cafe Colucci collabs with Ethiopia Skate to boost burgeoning scene halfway across the world.

Culture Alan Chazaro - June 9, 2026

Music

Under the Stars: ‘Happy Today’ brings wizardly space and grace to longform jazz jams

John-Paul Shiver - June 9, 2026

Plus: Digital Underground's 'Sex Packets' at 35, Black Gold Sun's poignant punk, Space Ghost's remixed freedom, more music

Movies

Surely, they must still be joking: ‘Airplane! Live’ lands classic 1980 movie’s gags

Joshua Rotter - June 9, 2026

'The more serious we were, the more the comedy worked,' says star Robert Hays, coming to SF with co-star Julie Hagerty.

Campaign Trail

Wiener claims right-wing dark money is out to prevent him from winning. Seriously?

Tim Redmond - June 8, 2026

It's bizarre: He's raising money talking about right-wing donors attacking him, but they aren't supporting his opponent; mostly, they support Wiener. Look at the names.

Onstage

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

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - June 8, 2026

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

The Agenda

A profound new report on climate and economy ignored by most major news media

Tim Redmond - June 7, 2026

Plus: Exposing SF's affordable housing failures—and the cops and DA can't get all the money when the rest of the justice system is starved. That's The Agenda for June 8-15

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Movies

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

Dennis Harvey - June 7, 2026

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

Humor

Should SF offer sanctuary for the Statue of Liberty?

Joel Schechter - June 7, 2026

If Trump wants to bulldoze Lady Liberty, maybe we can make room in the Bay

Nightlife

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

Jess Oledan - June 4, 2026

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

Movies

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

Dennis Harvey - June 4, 2026

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

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!

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Elections

Tech plutocrats won a lot in the SF election ….

Tim Redmond - June 4, 2026

But I'm not so sure most voters buy into their not-so-hidden agenda. It's possible that Chan will be elected to Congress

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.

News + Politics

Chan and Wiener will face off in November

Tim Redmond - June 3, 2026

For the most part, Big Tech money got its way—but a strong progressive has a shot at Congress

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Featured

Ciao bella! Pasta, puppets, parade drew revelers to Festa Italiana in North Beach

Free 48 Hills keychain for our next 100 monthly donors!

Drama Masks: Aurora Theatre tiptoes back onstage after closure

Kitfo to kickflips: How the Bay’s oldest Ethiopian restaurant supports Addis Ababa skaters

Under the Stars: ‘Happy Today’ brings wizardly space and grace to longform jazz jams

Surely, they must still be joking: ‘Airplane! Live’ lands classic 1980 movie’s gags

Wiener claims right-wing dark money is out to prevent him from winning. Seriously?

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

A profound new report on climate and economy ignored by most major news media

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

Should SF offer sanctuary for the Statue of Liberty?

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…

Tech plutocrats won a lot in the SF election ….

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’

Chan and Wiener will face off in November

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