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There will be tickets at the door for Wednesday’s Community Gala!

Join us 6pm-9pm at El Rio and celebrate 12 years of indie media. Feel free to buy a ticket beforehand for a free drink, though!
Featured Marke B. -
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Under the Stars: Ring up the Telephone Numbers for simpler times

Plus: Korean sludge metal from Gawthrop, Brian Auger's '60s cool, miido's UKG ripper, Stylolive goes Santana, more music
Music John-Paul Shiver -
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Screen Grabs: East LA guerrilla artists fire up SF Latino Film Fest

Plus: Green Film Fest dives into rainforest resistance, melting memories, brown bear kerfuffles, train dreams, more
Movies Dennis Harvey -
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Protesting Donald Trump is not enough

We need to demand elected officials address economic inequality at every level—including here at home
Housing Tim Redmond -
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Opinion

The GOP speaker finds some anarchists in San Francisco

Joel Schechter -
If not for Mike Johnson, they might have gone unnoticed among the wide range of people who showed up at the No Kings march.
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Onstage

A ‘Tempest’ toss’d on Point Montara, in sandy Shakespeare show

Nicole Gluckstern -
Berkeley Shakespeare Company production offers sleepaway 'theater camp' experience—cliffs, waves, island spirits, and all.
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Art

Root Division digs up deep community connections for massive annual auction

Emily Wilson -
Going once, going twice... don't let federal cuts fell another institution, and snatch up works by more than 200 local artists.
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The Agenda

Lurie’s (Rich) Family Zoning Plan faces its first test at supes committee

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Looks like Pelosi will not run again. Will the progressives have a candidate? That's The Agenda for Oct. 19-26
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Housing

A pro-growth Yimby ally has some untimely questions about Wiener’s new bill

Zelda Bronstein -
Veteran planner Bill Fulton is all about more housing, but he isn't sure that SB 79 will work. He could have said that sooner.
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Protest

Massive No Kings protest in SF—and all over the country. Where was Lurie?

Tim Redmond -
Lots of talk about the billionaire class. The city's billionaire mayor was nowhere in sight
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Music

Panic! at the Autechre disco: Why I couldn’t review popular electronic act

Tamara Palmer -
Experimental UK duo's show takes place in total darkness, which proved to be a lesson in abject terror.
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Protest

No Kings protests this weekend: A guide

Tim Redmond -
Here's where to go and how to participate
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Music

What D’Angelo left us

John-Paul Shiver -
The singer revolutionized R&B in a time of shiny suits and MTV cribs, then blazed his own trail of musical innovation, in his own time.
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Shipyard Open Studios, Rock Poster Fest, Other Minds, Bearrison Street Fair…

Marke B. -
Diwali Brunch, Potrero Hill R&B Fest, 'HEXED,' SF Photobook Fair, Christina Chatfield, Drag Me 2 the Beach, more to do
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Movies

Screen Grabs: UN Film Fest brings human rights ‘Messages for the Future’

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: 'Urchin' and 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' take on prickly personalities in surprisingly engaging ways.
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Promotion

Score a pass to see Yorgos Lánthimos’ latest, ‘Bugonia’

Marke B. -
Act fast to see the Greek director's latest surreal provocation on Oct. 21, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A gloriously naughty ‘Rocky Horror,’ just when we need it

Charles Lewis III -
D'Arcy Drollinger and cast go over the top—yes, it's possible—with the beloved 50-year-old musical at Oasis.
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Music

Under the Stars: Feel the sweet lo-fi buzz of Late Aster

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Stereolab blows into Fog City, Dave Aju's still dancin', Orchestra Gold goes for it, OSEES let it rip, more music
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News + Politics

Task Force moving to eliminate community oversight of many departments

Tim Redmond -
Why make a very strong mayor even stronger? It's all part of the oligarch agenda
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