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At San Jose’s ‘Forbidden Door,’ international AEW stars knocked out xenophobia

Looking for earthshaking pro fights far from the White House lawn? This league's got you.

Sports Danny Acosta - July 24, 2026

Join us this weekend for wild, weird, and wonderful SFJFF films (with a discount!)

See the other side of the Jewish Film Fest—immersive music, webs of seduction, violent betrayal—with 48 Hills.

Promotion Marke B. - July 24, 2026

Mildred Howard writes her own history book

At Oakland Museum of California, 81-year-old artist's first major retrospective attacks Black erasure.

Art Lou Fancher - July 24, 2026

Under the Stars: A harmonious system of influences (Whitesnake included)

Plus: Brandee Younger, 'The Ecstatic,' Diagonal Lines, atmos bloom, The Chutes 'Widow's Bay'—we're slipping it all in

Music John-Paul Shiver - July 23, 2026

Big Week

BIG WEEK: SF Art Book Fair, Up Your Alley, Ballet22, Alameda Rock & Roll Flea Market

Marke B. - July 23, 2026

... naughty Dore parties, Marcos Valle, Jandii scones, 'Sketch on Speed,' disability rights film celebration, more to do!

Dance

Live Shots: Farm-to-table, just add ballet, at Petaluma’s panoramic ‘LUNAE’

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - July 23, 2026

Nestled between golden hills and gathering dusk, gourmet dining pairs with sublime movement.

Movies

Screen Grabs: A revered documentarian faces the ultimate loss in ‘Remake’

Dennis Harvey - July 22, 2026

Plus: Celebrating disability rights, 'First Looks' at Oscar's shorts candidates, Nicolas Winding Refn's hell, the Dardennes' mothers.

News + Politics

Clint Reilly had some bad clients —and at least one really good one

Tim Redmond - July 22, 2026

He got rich working for the insurance industry—but he also came through for the neighborhoods in the 1986 Prop. M campaign

Movies

$5, a genealogy test, The Beach Boys, and ‘My Grandfather Charles Manson’

Joshua Rotter - July 22, 2026

Sophia Maddox's doc asks, How do you reconcile your identity with a just-discovered legacy of unimaginable violence?

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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Drag haven Oasis reopens with a bang—and some questions

Charles Lewis III - July 22, 2026

Plus: 'Beauty and the Beast' is a tale as old as time, and 'The Prince, Part 1' sets wily classic in motion.

Performance

Live Shots: Circus Bella’s free park romp stokes ‘AH HA!’ moments

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - July 21, 2026

Wee ones enraptured by local troupe mused whether their futures lie under the Big Top.

Art

Flushing things out with artist Blake Cedric

Marke B. - July 21, 2026

'Leave AI to the heteros!' says high camp hand-painter, whose work adorns toilet stalls from SoMa to Detroit.

Contest

Win a pair of free tickets to a Jewish Film Fest feature this Saturday!

Marke B. - July 21, 2026

48 Hills is presenting 'mdbr mdbr' and 'Only Good Feelings'—and we want you to come. Here's how to enter.

Music

Mosswood Meltdown keeps its peak by staying regional and true

Adrian Spinelli - July 20, 2026

Pavement, John Waters, socialist zines, and punk pet patches still beat big-time festival fatigue any day.

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Movies

The ‘AbFab Movie’ at 10: ‘It celebrated the crazy times of loads of money and little sense’

Joshua Rotter - July 20, 2026

Cast member Helen Lederer, aka Catriona, remembers the uproarious movie and TV show—and a comedy family.

The Agenda

Trans community, allies condemn Wiener for exploiting a march he was asked to leave

Tim Redmond - July 20, 2026

Plus: No Planning Commission? No Sunshine Task Force? That's The Agenda for July 19-26

Onstage

Live Shots: ‘Bohémienne’ glows with ribald glamour of Parisian cabaret

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - July 20, 2026

Enter the Montmartre underground at Palace Theater, with Le Mime, Le Titan, Pierrot, La Chanteuse, and more

Lit

Andrew Sean Greer: ‘Everything’s terrifying to me—even buying a stick of gum’

Lou Fancher - July 19, 2026

When it comes to writing, the Pulitzer-winning author of hilarious new 'Villa Coco' knows to feel the fear and do it anyway.

City Hall

After 10 years, advocates finally have a chance to make public bank a reality

Ian Firstenberg - July 17, 2026

Just a vision in 2016, it's now coming before the voters. But will Mayor Lurie stand in the way?

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Featured

At San Jose’s ‘Forbidden Door,’ international AEW stars knocked out xenophobia

Join us this weekend for wild, weird, and wonderful SFJFF films (with a discount!)

Mildred Howard writes her own history book

Under the Stars: A harmonious system of influences (Whitesnake included)

BIG WEEK: SF Art Book Fair, Up Your Alley, Ballet22, Alameda Rock & Roll Flea Market

Live Shots: Farm-to-table, just add ballet, at Petaluma’s panoramic ‘LUNAE’

Screen Grabs: A revered documentarian faces the ultimate loss in ‘Remake’

Clint Reilly had some bad clients —and at least one really good one

$5, a genealogy test, The Beach Boys, and ‘My Grandfather Charles Manson’

Drama Masks: Drag haven Oasis reopens with a bang—and some questions

Live Shots: Circus Bella’s free park romp stokes ‘AH HA!’ moments

Flushing things out with artist Blake Cedric

Win a pair of free tickets to a Jewish Film Fest feature this Saturday!

Mosswood Meltdown keeps its peak by staying regional and true

The ‘AbFab Movie’ at 10: ‘It celebrated the crazy times of loads of money and little sense’

Trans community, allies condemn Wiener for exploiting a march he was asked to leave

Live Shots: ‘Bohémienne’ glows with ribald glamour of Parisian cabaret

Andrew Sean Greer: ‘Everything’s terrifying to me—even buying a stick of gum’

After 10 years, advocates finally have a chance to make public bank a reality

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