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Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 29, 2026

Public bank would be stable, provide affordable housing, and help with climate goals

New study shows vast benefits of the financial institution that Prop. B would help create

News + Politics Ian Firstenberg - October 29, 2026

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 29, 2026

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.

Music Angelique Persails - October 29, 2026

What To Do

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

Caitlin Donohue - October 29, 2026

Spooky bashes from Sazon Libre and Fake and Gay, De'Sean Jones' four-night residency, Indian Restaurant Week, cinema scares, more.

Elections

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Tim Redmond - October 28, 2026

It appears Mandelman, Lurie, and all the billionaires never read the text of Prop. A. It restores the right of supes to serve more than two terms.

Music

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Dennis Harvey - October 28, 2026

Plus: A six-hour documentary on Russian press freedom, John Turturro's weary pickpocket, 'Los Domingos,' more.

Music

Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Danny Acosta - October 28, 2026

Chicago's finest punks tore into Thursday night, heading into final stretch of their 'Ricochet' tour.

Art

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Mary Corbin - October 28, 2026

Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'

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Music

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

John-Paul Shiver - October 28, 2026

Plus: Ethereal June McDoom, ecad's dancefloor disruption, Farsight's tuffness.

Contest

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

Marke B. - October 27, 2026

Get those sexy alien Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup to this weekend's giant rave.

Dance

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Aimée Ts'ao - October 27, 2026

Behind the scenes while company preps seminal Merce Cunningham works and new twist on Yue Yin two-man piece.

Nightlife

Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

Marke B. - October 27, 2026

Scandalous house legend disappeared for decades—now she's back to scald your ears. Just hang on to that closet door.

News + Politics

The bewildering incoherence of Mayor Lurie’s billionaire agenda

Calvin Welch - October 26, 2026

It's going to deeply damage San Francisco. Here's how we can fight back

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Movies

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Dennis Harvey - October 26, 2026

Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.

Culture

This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers

Joshua Rotter - October 26, 2026

'It's like Hogwarts, only better because it's real,' says director Rani August of the Berkeley Psychic Institute

Music

At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

Daniel Bromfield - October 26, 2026

Its lead singer may be an unwilling tabloid darling, but the band's dense indie foundation still shines through as a unit.

The Agenda

The mayor’s big lie on Prop. F

Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

Plus: Come to our 13th Annual Gala Tuesday at El Rio! That's The Agenda for Oct.. 25 to Nov. 1

Campaign Trail

The real story behind the latest Chan-Wiener poll

Tim Redmond - October 25, 2026

The voters hate tech companies. They think the local economy is getting worse. And they like socialism as much as capitalism. We dive into the cross-tabs

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Featured

Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Public bank would be stable, provide affordable housing, and help with climate goals

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

The bewildering incoherence of Mayor Lurie’s billionaire agenda

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers

At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

The mayor’s big lie on Prop. F

The real story behind the latest Chan-Wiener poll

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