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Trans trailblazer Sean Dorsey: ‘When shit gets hard, we choose to show up for each other’

His legendary dance company's 22nd annual home season offers 'a balm for this moment in America.'

Dance Joshua Rotter - April 21, 2026

At the Warfield, Baroque pop avatar Oklou emerged a star

Classically trained French multi-instrumentalist carves her own path with polyphonic, Internet-fluent allure.

Music Daniel Bromfield - April 21, 2026

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates leaps and bounds of local scene

'Let’s just have fun and enjoy being in our bodies in a joyful space,' says co-director Dudley Flores, whose 'One Dance' kicks things off.

Dance Mary Carbonara - April 20, 2026

SF backs away from harm reduction and Housing First

Plus: Fighting back against budget cuts to job training, affordability, and public health. That's The Agenda for April 19-26.

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 19, 2026

Art

Karyn Gabriel’s ceramic sculptures ask, ‘Is beauty important?’

Mary Corbin - April 18, 2026

Drawn to the mantra of repetition and the stillness of nature, the Marin artist lets each work 'percolate on its own timeline.'

Music

How ‘absurd grunge Cinderella’ Melissa Auf der Maur embraced her wild ’90s

Joshua Rotter - April 18, 2026

Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist's intense memoir 'Even the Good Girls Will Cry' peels back rock icon mythos

Music

Under the Stars: Irreversible Entanglements channel peace vibrations

John-Paul Shiver - April 17, 2026

Plus: DJ Platurn goes shopping, Earth Tongue jams and slithers, another winner from Bar Part Time, more music

Housing

The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Tim Redmond - April 16, 2026

Some rational discussion based on facts, and some Yimby presentations with no facts

Labor

Hundreds rally against health care cuts

Serena Finney - April 16, 2026

Layoffs and service reductions will harm the city's most vulnerable residents

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Music

Live Shots: Lamb of God took the Masonic ‘Into Oblivion’

D.A. Mission - April 15, 2026

Virginia heavy metal legends' full-throttle show transformed venue onto vortex of cathartic aggression.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Of tyrannical kings and dancing kilts

Charles Lewis III - April 15, 2026

SF Ballet's 'La Sylphyde' goads us to run to the woods; NCTC's 'how to make an American son' picks at the myth of meritocracy

Movies

Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

Dennis Harvey - April 14, 2026

Bracing 'Steal This Story, Please!' Plus: Soderbergh's intelligent 'The Christophers,' biting 'Continental '25,' spectral 'Dry Leaf'

News + Politics

What the new Chakrabarti poll really shows

Tim Redmond - April 14, 2026

The real question is not just percentage—it's who votes

Dance

Alvin Ailey’s annual Berkeley run brought further ‘Revelations’

Lou Fancher - April 14, 2026

Revered African American dance company set sail for 'Jazz Island,' tackled a table-top 'Embrace,' and renewed a stone classic.

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Puff

Puff: Flying high for 420 with a full week of Space Walk fest

Dan Karkoska - April 12, 2026

Clone Fest, Cutie Pipes, the Herb Somm, dub dancing, Brownie Mary doc, and mind-blowing strains. Plus: You need this fast food bong.

Music

A decade in, the Back Room still holds space for intimate musical encounters

Joshua Rotter - April 12, 2026

Berkeley mainstay hosts 10-day concert series marking 10 years of diverse, all-ages, BYOB, communal gigs.

Music

Record Store Day 2026 brings a ‘1983’ treat

John-Paul Shiver - April 12, 2026

Annual brick-and-mortar booster re-releases Flying Lotus vinyl classic (among many others) to tempt you inside on April 18.

The Agenda

Rich people are lying to seniors about the billionaire tax; does the news media care?

Tim Redmond - April 12, 2026

Plus: Protecting civilian control of the cops, and is SF 'a liberal oligarchy?' That's The Agenda for April 12-19

City Hall

Why is the City Attorney’s Office ‘investigating’ a leaked document? It’s unprecedented and alarming

Tim Redmond - April 9, 2026

It's hard to see the focus on Sup. Fielder's Office as anything except a political vendetta, and the Chron should be ashamed to be part of it.

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Featured

Trans trailblazer Sean Dorsey: ‘When shit gets hard, we choose to show up for each other’

At the Warfield, Baroque pop avatar Oklou emerged a star

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates leaps and bounds of local scene

SF backs away from harm reduction and Housing First

Karyn Gabriel’s ceramic sculptures ask, ‘Is beauty important?’

How ‘absurd grunge Cinderella’ Melissa Auf der Maur embraced her wild ’90s

Under the Stars: Irreversible Entanglements channel peace vibrations

The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Hundreds rally against health care cuts

Live Shots: Lamb of God took the Masonic ‘Into Oblivion’

Drama Masks: Of tyrannical kings and dancing kilts

Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

What the new Chakrabarti poll really shows

Alvin Ailey’s annual Berkeley run brought further ‘Revelations’

Puff: Flying high for 420 with a full week of Space Walk fest

A decade in, the Back Room still holds space for intimate musical encounters

Record Store Day 2026 brings a ‘1983’ treat

Rich people are lying to seniors about the billionaire tax; does the news media care?

Why is the City Attorney’s Office ‘investigating’ a leaked document? It’s unprecedented and alarming

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