Featured

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

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

Art Joshua Rotter - March 19, 2026

BIG WEEK: Stormy Daniels, Burnal Equinox, Bay Beats Punk, Ikebana Flower Show…

Clara Bow, Spiritual Cramp, 'Sam Served,' Mark Farina, '1000 Women in Horror,' Polly Ann's ice cream wheel—what to do!

Big Week Marke B. - March 19, 2026

Race for Congress takes shape—even as Wiener ducks community groups he doesn’t like

Chakrabarti runs on the national left while supporting the local right; how will D2 and D4 supes races impact turnout?

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - March 18, 2026

Under the Stars: We could all use some funky Detroit grooves about now

Plus: New music from Slope114 and The Reds, Pinks, and Purples; classic prog-rock from Brian Auger, Sessa at Rickshaw, more

Music John-Paul Shiver - March 18, 2026

Gaming

Is AI gaming ready for primetime?

Leah Isobel - March 18, 2026

At 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming, one startup bases stories on handwritten plots, while another seems to throw its hands up.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

Charles Lewis III - March 17, 2026

Two art shows at YBCA exhibit the drama of past and present, while NCTC's 'Gods & Monsters' attempts a fresh take.

Music

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

D.A. Mission - March 17, 2026

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

City Hall

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

Tim Redmond - March 17, 2026

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

Movies

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

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2026

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

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Music

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

Joshua Rotter - March 17, 2026

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

Gaming

At Game Developers 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

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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Featured

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

BIG WEEK: Stormy Daniels, Burnal Equinox, Bay Beats Punk, Ikebana Flower Show…

Race for Congress takes shape—even as Wiener ducks community groups he doesn’t like

Under the Stars: We could all use some funky Detroit grooves about now

Is AI gaming ready for primetime?

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

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 Game Developers 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?

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

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