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Live Shots: Valkyries flew high in return to Ballhalla

WNBA home team filled Chase Center with wild community spirit and plenty of winning shots.

Sports D.A. Mission - August 6, 2026

Screen Grabs: ‘The Piano’ plays again

Sam Neill (RIP) in major key. Plus: Futile love in 'White Nights,' Hector Babenco tribute, whimsical 'Drunken Noodles,' sour "Ice Cream Man'

Movies Dennis Harvey - August 5, 2026

As wider layoffs hit, videogame workers union launches hardship fund

UVW-CWA aid initiative and innovative Necrosoft bundle aim to support affected workers from indie orgs and big corps.

Labor Leah Isobel - August 5, 2026

Charli XCX is the future of rock, in fact

The genre will be saved by outsiders—even highbrow-nodding hyperpop ones who know how to slay big festivals like Outside Lands.

Music Daniel Bromfield - August 5, 2026

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Forget AI, you’re in ‘Urinetown’ now

Charles Lewis III - August 4, 2026

Ray of Light's latest triumph is awash with talent. Plus: 'In a Memory Palace' at Z Space used Noh to haunting effect.

Campaign Trail

Wiener’s racist, sexist Anthropic AI chatbot attacks Chan–and it’s weird and stupid and gross

Tim Redmond - August 4, 2026

Why is nobody in the Democratic Party establishment or the news media calling out Wiener on this?

Music

Experimental sounds ring out from Adobe Books, for an eager community in the know

Jess Oledan - August 4, 2026

Promoter Tonko's unassuming series platforms local musicians with a genre-blurring bent.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 52 voting starts in September!

Marke B. - August 4, 2026

Vote for what you love and celebrate the Bay Area! We're going back to our roots for the 52nd edition.

Dance

Aerial Arts Fest flies high on a shoestring and a dream

Aimée Ts'ao - August 3, 2026

Losing NEA funding and artists' reluctance to visit the US can't keep Zaccho's vertical dance celebration down.

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Lit

‘The Last Human Bear’ came to Jack Kerouac Alley

Tom Molanphy - August 2, 2026

Author and Native American tribal chairman Greg Sarris discussed his first novel in 30 years, immersed in 1930s Pomo history.

The Agenda

How the fall election is shaping up

Tim Redmond - August 2, 2026

Chan and Wiener are essentially tied; how will the Marina Safeway project impact that race? That's The Agenda for Aug. 2-9

News + Politics

Fighting back against the growing surveillance state

Ian Firstenberg - August 2, 2026

Protests large and small are disabling Flock cameras and resisting repeated violations of privacy by police and corporations.

Sports

An uncommon Warrior: Yaxel Lendeborg comes to the Bay

Alan Chazaro - August 1, 2026

An ode to the Puerto Rico-born Dominican American player who bounced up from community college.

Art

Enjoy your trip inside M. Mark Bauer’s labyrinthine paintings

Mary Corbin - July 31, 2026

His works are eye-popping, but contain deep 'flow of consciousness' messages about the environment and society.

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Music

Under the Stars: SF supergroup The Odyssey Cult lets it rip

John-Paul Shiver - July 30, 2026

Plus: Hardly Strictly lineup, Womack Sisters and Dark Star Orchestra at the Greek, summer stoner flick 'The Wrong Girls,' more.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Pouring out love for Hojicha

Tamara Palmer - July 30, 2026

Move over, matcha. Can it, coffee. We’re all-in on roasted green tea drinks and treats this summer.

Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: From farmworker to ‘the Shakespeare of Chicano theater’

Dennis Harvey - July 30, 2026

Luis Valdez gets his due. Plus: Robert Townsend tribute, 'Glitter' revival, 'Sheep in a Box,' and Fantasy Studios fest.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Olivia Bratko is here to let you know that you’re not crazy

Charles Lewis III - July 30, 2026

Performer's latest solo show at the Rhino throws everything you can imagine into a wild and funny hour of catharsis.

Stage Review

Moving through a nine-year dream in Iris Company’s ‘The Still Point’

Skylar Wolff - July 29, 2026

Choreographer Sophia Stoller inventively immersed watchers in liminal moods and dramatic gestures at SOMArts.

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Featured

Live Shots: Valkyries flew high in return to Ballhalla

Screen Grabs: ‘The Piano’ plays again

As wider layoffs hit, videogame workers union launches hardship fund

Charli XCX is the future of rock, in fact

Drama Masks: Forget AI, you’re in ‘Urinetown’ now

Wiener’s racist, sexist Anthropic AI chatbot attacks Chan–and it’s weird and stupid and gross

Experimental sounds ring out from Adobe Books, for an eager community in the know

Best of the Bay 52 voting starts in September!

Aerial Arts Fest flies high on a shoestring and a dream

‘The Last Human Bear’ came to Jack Kerouac Alley

How the fall election is shaping up

Fighting back against the growing surveillance state

An uncommon Warrior: Yaxel Lendeborg comes to the Bay

Enjoy your trip inside M. Mark Bauer’s labyrinthine paintings

Under the Stars: SF supergroup The Odyssey Cult lets it rip

Good Taste: Pouring out love for Hojicha

Screen Grabs: From farmworker to ‘the Shakespeare of Chicano theater’

Drama Masks: Olivia Bratko is here to let you know that you’re not crazy

Moving through a nine-year dream in Iris Company’s ‘The Still Point’

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