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

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

Big Week Marke B. - October 16, 2025

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

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 16, 2025

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

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

Promotion Marke B. - October 15, 2025

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

D'Arcy Drollinger and cast go over the top—yes, it's possible—with the beloved 50-year-oldmusical at Oasis.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 15, 2025

Music

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

John-Paul Shiver - October 14, 2025

Plus: Stereolab blows into Fog City, Dave Aju's still dancin', Orchestra Gold goes for it, OSEES let it rip, more music

News + Politics

Task Force moving to eliminate community oversight of many departments

Tim Redmond - October 14, 2025

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

Movies

Starry ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ sinks fangs into deep subjects

Pam Grady - October 14, 2025

Director Bill Condon and star Toniatiuh on the movie musical's entanglement with gender and incarceration.

Music

Rachmaninoff rocks… pop? You bet your sweet ‘A’ Train

Marke B. - October 14, 2025

Firebrand pianist Conrad Tao traces the Russian composer's influence on classics from Strayhorn and Sinatra to Dylan and Celine Dion.

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Dean Preston and Cat Brooks to speak at 48 Hills Community Gala, Oct. 22!

Marke B. - October 14, 2025

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LGBTQ

Trans trailblazer Miss Major has passed: Read our 2023 interview with the Stonewall veteran

Caitlin Donohue - October 14, 2025

'The best trait an organizer can have is to listen, and to listen closely to what the people want,' she told us.

Development

News media coverage about Lurie’s upzoning plan misses the most important player

Tim Redmond - October 13, 2025

The ugly choices the city faces are largely the result of one person: Scott Wiener

Police

Inside SF’s private surveillance state

Ian Firstenberg - October 13, 2025

The privatization of public safety (and spy cameras) is a costly threat to all of us

Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Enterprise Brewery

Adrian Spinelli - October 13, 2025

Local beer vets Jesse Hayter and Cameron MacDonald's SoMa taproom is a welcome neighborhood watering hole.

Music

Scottish songbird Sheena Easton: ‘I always like to make every performance feel intimate.’

Joshua Rotter - October 13, 2025

Revered for '80s hits which took her from Bond to Prince, she brings her inimitable strut to Yoshi's and Symphony Hall.

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The Agenda

A political attack on supportive housing

Tim Redmond - October 12, 2025

Plus: Protecting legacy businesses—and is there a real search for a new police chief? That's The Agenda for Oct. 12-19

Opinion

OPINION: The serious problems with Dorsey’s sober-housing legislation

Jordan Wasilewski - October 12, 2025

It bans all supportive housing that isn't 'drug free.' This will make the situation on the streets worse.

Business + Tech

Dear Marc Benioff: Are you a socialist?

Joel Schechter - October 12, 2025

You seem to want the government to pay for your private security. Is a wealth tax next?

Contest

Win tickets to Buckethead, Beta Band, Erika De Casier

Marke B. - October 12, 2025

Go see a banging live show at one of SF's top venues, on us.

Art

At the de Young, a vibrant refresher of Indigenous art

Lou Fancher - October 11, 2025

New four-gallery "Rooted in Place" displays gorgeous diversity of Native California peoples.

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