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Good Taste: 42 dishes in one meal? Merchant Roots did that

...and we ate it. SoMa restaurant offers 'Around the Summer in 42 Plates'—and a 'pay what you can' night.

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - July 17, 2026

Under the Stars: Spacemoth alights again with ‘Inward Eye’

Plus: Nate Mercereau strums up 'Fantastic Thoughts,' Issa Rae and Kool Keith come to SF, Eric André gets his bag, more music

Music John-Paul Shiver - July 16, 2026

Billionaire Chris Larsen gifts more millions to SF’s growing surveillance state

Police Commission approves another huge donation to SFPD's Real Time Investigation Center, whose operations have not been secure.

Police Ian Firstenberg - July 16, 2026

Screen Grabs: Honk, honk, here comes ‘The Odyssey’

Plus: Evil Dead Burn's witless gore, two queer classics return, three cheers for Jacques Tati and Robin Williams, more movies.

Movies Dennis Harvey - July 15, 2026

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Who ya gonna call? ‘Scabmuggers’

Charles Lewis III - July 15, 2026

As job-stealing AI creeps onto the local theater scene, Yvonne Martinez's new play dives into labor politics.

Art

After his passing, a daughter collects and catalogues her father’s generous art

Mary Corbin - July 15, 2026

Jonathan T. Raup’s Zen-influenced work was gifted to friends and relatives—now it comes together in new project and show.

Movies

Jewish Film Fest takes on AIDS, abortion, experimental music

Joshua Rotter - July 15, 2026

As 46th installment launches, speaking to the folks behind 'Tell Me Everything,' 'Hollywood Does Abortion,' 'mdbr mdbr.'

Music

He can Handel it! Philharmonia Baroque’s new director Peter Whelan mounts ‘Tolomeo’

Marke B. - July 14, 2026

Irish conductor, harpsichordist, and bassoonist leads spirited period orchestra, starting with daring 1728 opera.

Music

The Femcels: Barred from the US because their boobs got too big?

Jasmin Shirazian - July 14, 2026

'Rubbish and annoying' yet incredibly fun UK duo face the truth of album title 'I Have To Get Hotter.'

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Dance

Nodding to tech conformity, ‘Escapement’ charted how relationships transform us

Lucia Verzola - July 14, 2026

Tether Dance Project's time-bending, high-energy, first full-length work showed promise of what's to come.

Lit

Exploring SF’s recent history: New book looks at 1990 to 2024

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2026

Booms, busts, tech, evictions, Burning Man... We talk to 'City on the Edge' author Jonathan Weber about our contentious moment.

Police

After police violence over Pride weekend, trans leaders deliver demands to Lurie

Marke B. - July 14, 2026

Speakers described being attacked by cops in full riot gear, violent arrests, cars driving into Trans March

Music

No bumps on a log allowed at 50th Free Folk Fest

Jess Oledan - July 13, 2026

Sea shanty workshops, Celtic flair, jangling morris dancers, zydeco rhythms, more global styles brought everyone in.

Contest

Win a pair of tickets to see King Woman at GAMH

Marke B. - July 13, 2026

A chance to see the cathartically spiritual and doom-laden act on Wed/15—on us.

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Music

Cuban jazz legend Omar Sosa: ‘Everything started in San Francisco’

Lou Fancher - July 13, 2026

New Quarteto Americanos album 'We Are Not the Headliner' celebrates 'art as the reality of the community.'

The Agenda

Why change the disclosure rules for developers and political consultants?

Tim Redmond - July 12, 2026

Plus: Key Charter amendments—and it looks as if the DSA housing initiative is going to be hard to defeat. That's The Agenda for July 12-19

Movies

Jewish lullaby echoes from tragically relevant past in ‘The Lonely Child’

Marke B. - July 12, 2026

At Jewish Film Fest, 80-year-old tune from Vilna Ghetto preserves harrowing history—and gains new life—in documentary.

Movies

46th Jewish Film Fest embraces universal experience (sea monkeys included)

Dennis Harvey - July 12, 2026

Rideshare drivers, Hollywood abortion, Gen Z hedonists, Woody Guthrie, 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' in expansive program.

Dance

Dance feeds the soul—and body—in Julia Adam’s gourmet ‘Lunae’

Aimée Ts'ao - July 12, 2026

For two weekends in Petaluma, dance mavens can taste an al fresco connection between farmed land and celestial bodies.

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Featured

Good Taste: 42 dishes in one meal? Merchant Roots did that

Under the Stars: Spacemoth alights again with ‘Inward Eye’

Billionaire Chris Larsen gifts more millions to SF’s growing surveillance state

Screen Grabs: Honk, honk, here comes ‘The Odyssey’

Drama Masks: Who ya gonna call? ‘Scabmuggers’

After his passing, a daughter collects and catalogues her father’s generous art

Jewish Film Fest takes on AIDS, abortion, experimental music

He can Handel it! Philharmonia Baroque’s new director Peter Whelan mounts ‘Tolomeo’

The Femcels: Barred from the US because their boobs got too big?

Nodding to tech conformity, ‘Escapement’ charted how relationships transform us

Exploring SF’s recent history: New book looks at 1990 to 2024

After police violence over Pride weekend, trans leaders deliver demands to Lurie

No bumps on a log allowed at 50th Free Folk Fest

Win a pair of tickets to see King Woman at GAMH

Cuban jazz legend Omar Sosa: ‘Everything started in San Francisco’

Why change the disclosure rules for developers and political consultants?

Jewish lullaby echoes from tragically relevant past in ‘The Lonely Child’

46th Jewish Film Fest embraces universal experience (sea monkeys included)

Dance feeds the soul—and body—in Julia Adam’s gourmet ‘Lunae’

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