Featured

Watch: Protest in SF after ICE kills Alex Pretti

Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse, is the second person to be shot to death by ICE in the past month.

Protest Emma Garcia - January 25, 2026

Score a free pair of tickets to see Corey Harris live in Palo Alto, Wed/28-Fri/30

The folk, blues, and reggae singer and scholar comes to Mitchell Community Center for three nights-act fast!

Contest Marke B. - January 25, 2026

Minneapolis is showing us the way

Labor, faith, and community organizations shut down the city. There is no going back

Protest Marc Norton - January 24, 2026

Cate Le Bon: ‘Leaving somebody you love is a horrifying reality’

Avant-pop singer on heartbreak album 'Michelangelo Dying,' leaning into chaos for inspiration, and 'very special city' SF.

Music Joshua Rotter - January 24, 2026

Art

His suburban idylls teem with the ‘uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional’

Mary Corbin - January 23, 2026

Jonathan Crow's paintings mix Edward Hopper with David Lynch—when he can take a break from being a dad.

Music

Under the Stars: Farsight hits and dips into new ‘Situations’

John-Paul Shiver - January 22, 2026

Plus: Rob Reiner Tribute takes over the Parkway, Parameter festival is coming, DJ Delon drops a hot mix, more

Movies

Screen Grabs: Ann Lee won’t take any of your crap

Dennis Harvey - January 22, 2026

Women take center screen, including 'Mother of Flies,' 'H is for Hawk,' 'In Cold Light,' and 'Sound of Falling.'

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Does ‘The Book of Mormon’ hold up in darker times?

Charles Lewis III - January 21, 2026

'South Park' creators' Broadway smash returns at 15. Plus: Killing My Lobster popped back in with a sexy mime competition.

Opinion

Why the Public Defender’s Office can’t take all the felony cases the Superior Court is forcing on us

Matt Gonzalez - January 21, 2026

The mayor's anti-crime agenda has a cost—and the indigent clients of Public Defender Mano Raju shouldn't be paying it

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Humor

Will Trump try to kidnap Newsom and seize California’s oil wells next?

Joel Schechter - January 21, 2026

Watch out, Gav: Maybe your state is his next takeover target

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Arooj Aftab, Atrium Art Fair, Found Footage Fest, Mark Morris on the moon…

Marke B. - January 21, 2026

Endzeit takes Pier 29, Tiny Croissanterie pops up, Fuzz leaves the garage, Josh Kornbluth returns, more to do!

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Super Bowl scores with local food fests

Tamara Palmer - January 21, 2026

Family Style Food Fest, Taste of the NFL, Super Bowl Crab Feed—the big game week is packing snacks.

Art

With SF Art Week, a great Bay Area painter comes home

Emily Wilson - January 21, 2026

'Elmer Bischoff' at new Nelson Duni Gallery is the largest showing of the Figurative Movement legend's work in 20 years.

Contest

Sketchfest giveaways! Win tickets to see Jodie Sweetin and Thomas Lennon (sings the Smiths)

Marke B. - January 21, 2026

The comedy takeover continues this weekend: Subscribe to our Daily newsletter to enter to win.

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Culture

It wasn’t all bad! Our 16 favorite local cultural moments of 2025

Marke B. - January 20, 2026

Dead & Co, Mychal Threets, Coyote Media, Golden State Valkyries, Art Book Fair, rap royalty... moments that shone last year

Housing

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2026

Upzoning might make SF affordable—in 100 years. Or we could address economic inequality, the real cause of the problem

Onstage

Drama Masks: Stage predictions for 2026

Charles Lewis III - January 19, 2026

Will AI take over companies? Would a recession be good for artists? And which three companies give us hope for local theatre's future?

Comedy

Sketchfest stars reflect on wild comedy journeys: ‘I worked at two Starbucks’

Joshua Rotter - January 19, 2026

Randall Park's odd jobs, Thomas Lennon's Smiths obsessions, Jodie Sweetin's 'Full House' roots teased out at fest.

City Hall

Lurie discovers affordability

Tim Redmond - January 16, 2026

But of course, that doesn't mean taxing the billionaires

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Featured

Watch: Protest in SF after ICE kills Alex Pretti

Score a free pair of tickets to see Corey Harris live in Palo Alto, Wed/28-Fri/30

Minneapolis is showing us the way

Cate Le Bon: ‘Leaving somebody you love is a horrifying reality’

His suburban idylls teem with the ‘uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional’

Under the Stars: Farsight hits and dips into new ‘Situations’

Screen Grabs: Ann Lee won’t take any of your crap

Drama Masks: Does ‘The Book of Mormon’ hold up in darker times?

Why the Public Defender’s Office can’t take all the felony cases the Superior Court is forcing on us

Will Trump try to kidnap Newsom and seize California’s oil wells next?

BIG WEEK: Arooj Aftab, Atrium Art Fair, Found Footage Fest, Mark Morris on the moon…

Good Taste: Super Bowl scores with local food fests

With SF Art Week, a great Bay Area painter comes home

Sketchfest giveaways! Win tickets to see Jodie Sweetin and Thomas Lennon (sings the Smiths)

It wasn’t all bad! Our 16 favorite local cultural moments of 2025

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

Drama Masks: Stage predictions for 2026

Sketchfest stars reflect on wild comedy journeys: ‘I worked at two Starbucks’

Lurie discovers affordability

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