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BIG WEEK: Black Choreographers Fest, Sunset Night Market, FAGJAZZ, Winterfest, more

Plus: Maara, Psychedelics and Cinema, Chulita Vinyl Club, Dr. Bittinger, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', more.

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - February 25, 2026

Party Radar: With ‘Unabridged,’ the story of Detroit techno unfolds in the Bay

As You Like It crew brings in legends like Jeff Mills, Moodymann, and Stacy 'Hotwaxx' Hale for BBQ, film, panels, and lots of dancing.

Nightlife Marke B. - February 25, 2026

Zines, memories, sonic assault: Mabuhay Gardens’ 50-year SF punk detonation

Iconic North Beach venue hosts day-to-night convergence of unruly local history and modern-day community.

Music Joshua Rotter - February 24, 2026

Screen Grabs: Back to back with Almodovar muse Carmen Maura

Plus: Jewish Film Institute’s Winterfest, Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, BAMPFA gets psychedelic, more.

Movies Dennis Harvey - February 24, 2026

Food & Drink

Bottoms up with the advanced cicerone crafting this year’s SF Beer Week

Adrian Spinelli - February 24, 2026

Venture capital exodus be damned—Sayre Piotrkowski will advocate for the pours of 71 Bay Area Brewers Guild members until last call.

Lit

Karl Marx at the Antiquarian Book Fair; or, anybody got $134,900 to spare?

Joel Schechter - February 24, 2026

57th edition of rare volume exhibition brings treasures to Pier 27—and some ironic commodity fetishism.

Business + Tech

No, taxes on billionaires won’t destroy innovation in California

Tim Redmond - February 23, 2026

Tax opponents are putting out a line that makes no sense; just look at Bay Area tech history

Music

Noise Pop Diary: Indie legend Christopher Owens returns, with a flamenco twist

Daniel Bromfield - February 23, 2026

The Girls frontman has been through hell, but has kept making music; his presence brought roars from the local crowd.

Music

Under the Stars: Carlos Niño & Friends deliver a glad-to-be-alive moment

John-Paul Shiver - February 23, 2026

Plus: Celebrate 50 years of San Francisco punk at Mabuhay Gardens, DJ Sep hits The Riptide, more.

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Art

A zap of Latine abstraction in ‘Rebel Forms’

Marke B. - February 22, 2026

Romer Young's small but powerful show taps into possibilities of futurity, freedom, and unfettered beauty.

The Agenda

Bernie Sanders talks about AI—and the billionaires who control it

Tim Redmond - February 22, 2026

Plus: The DCCC holds its endorsements meeting, and the supes vote on more chain stores and an illegal $40 million luxury hotel tax break. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-March 1

Campaign Trail

Democratic candidates run away from the billionaire tax

Tim Redmond - February 22, 2026

Discussion of economic inequality was rare at the state convention. Our report from Moscone Center

Movies

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 22, 2026

An ode to Barbara Hammer, a women's chess champ, Marianne Faithfull's reckoning—and polar bears.

Music

Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold

John-Paul Shiver - February 21, 2026

33rd indie music fest kicked off on a Bay Area high note, with friendly vibes and winning sounds.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival—plus other new flicks to help scream it out

Dennis Harvey - February 20, 2026

Also: "Films of Remembrance" explores forced WWII Japanese American incarceration, a glockenspiel-equipped tribute to Georges Melies.

News + Politics

With Gov Gav missing, will Democrats have a strategy to win in November?

Tim Redmond - February 19, 2026

The state's weird primary system could put two Republicans in the general election for governor. What is a party with too many weak candidates going to do?

Nightlife

Party Radar: The Night’s Watch takes on sexual violence in SF nightlife

Marke B. - February 19, 2026

New org demonstrates how to open more lines of safe communication and plans of action to face down enduring problem.

Music

Under the Stars: Miles Davis centennial celebrations blow into the Bay

John-Paul Shiver - February 19, 2026

Plus: Drum and bass contemporaries can't catch Calibre, The Necessaries anthology pays homage to prescient indie rock, more.

News + Politics

Corporate Democrats are in control as party holds state convention in SF

Tim Redmond - February 19, 2026

No big-name speakers who support the billionaire tax get to take the stage, a sign of who controls the party as we head for the midterms

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Featured

BIG WEEK: Black Choreographers Fest, Sunset Night Market, FAGJAZZ, Winterfest, more

Party Radar: With ‘Unabridged,’ the story of Detroit techno unfolds in the Bay

Zines, memories, sonic assault: Mabuhay Gardens’ 50-year SF punk detonation

Screen Grabs: Back to back with Almodovar muse Carmen Maura

Bottoms up with the advanced cicerone crafting this year’s SF Beer Week

Karl Marx at the Antiquarian Book Fair; or, anybody got $134,900 to spare?

No, taxes on billionaires won’t destroy innovation in California

Noise Pop Diary: Indie legend Christopher Owens returns, with a flamenco twist

Under the Stars: Carlos Niño & Friends deliver a glad-to-be-alive moment

A zap of Latine abstraction in ‘Rebel Forms’

Bernie Sanders talks about AI—and the billionaires who control it

Democratic candidates run away from the billionaire tax

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold

Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival—plus other new flicks to help scream it out

With Gov Gav missing, will Democrats have a strategy to win in November?

Party Radar: The Night’s Watch takes on sexual violence in SF nightlife

Under the Stars: Miles Davis centennial celebrations blow into the Bay

Corporate Democrats are in control as party holds state convention in SF

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