Featured

Halloween parties giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn and Club Darc

Two giant parties hit this weekend—get those Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup.

Contest Marke B. - October 27, 2026

SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

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

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - October 27, 2026

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

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

Nightlife Marke B. - October 27, 2026

The bewildering incoherence of Mayor Lurie’s billionaire agenda

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

News + Politics Calvin Welch - October 26, 2026

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 maybe 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

Sponsored link

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Sandcastle Classic, LitCrawl, Annie Sprinkle, 125 Years of Lawn Bowling….

Marke B. - October 23, 2026

'Roll Fog,' Chinatown After Dark, SF Dance Film Fest, SOMArts' Día de los Muertos, 'Wicker,' a Britney Spears musical, more to do!

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Warriors score early wins with tasty new fare

Tamara Palmer - October 22, 2026

Delightful Dungeness sandwich, fire pozole, perfect vegan pancit are some of this season’s culinary highlights at Chase Center.

Music

Under the Stars: Noise Pop’s phase one lineup drops—with a load of local love

John-Paul Shiver - October 22, 2026

Plus: Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' reissue (again), Late Aster's constellations, hometown high-fives from Treasure, more

Humor

Juvenal knew: Seeing our current ‘orgy of greed’ through ancient eyes

Joel Schechter - October 22, 2026

A 'No Kings' encounter put us in mind of a Roman poet's satirical—and unfortunately immortal—take on the kakistocracy.

News + Politics

Education funding, from France to San Francisco

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2026

The issue isn't about a lack of money. It's about distribution. When will GrowSF even consider reality?

Sponsored link

Music

Dani Satin’s journey from deep grief to Outside Lands

Ankita Bhanot - October 22, 2026

Always Hallways' velvet-voiced Berkeley singer found new strength onstage through processing her father's loss.

Music

‘Steve Reich at 90’ honors a minimalist master who still brings ‘continuous joy’

Marke B. - October 22, 2026

Conductor Brad Lubman leads an all-star tribute to the composer of 'some of the most transcendent music ever written'

Opinion

OPINION: Why professional journalists are opposing Proposition A

Richard Knee - October 21, 2026

The measure would weaken the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, and the public's access to records

Labor

State workers hold one-day strike

Brady Middlebrook - October 21, 2026

Their contract expired June 30. The state won't even consider their proposals

Dance

Kids dive into the wondrous world of dance at ODC’s ‘Family Matters’

Skylar Wolff - October 21, 2026

The series weaves performance, discussion, and demonstration into a joyful access point for tomorrow's arts patrons.

Sponsored link

Featured

Be a 48 Hills Hero!

News

Politics

Arts

Culture