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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Comedy pioneers BATS Improv turn 40, with more wild flights of storytelling

'The excitement of improvisation was palpable, and the joy of being onstage together was addictive,' co-founder says of early years.
Comedy Joshua Rotter -
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Live Shots: La Doña returned in triumph at UC Theater

The hometown hero brought songs from new album 'Corrientes,' advancing her feminist-forward preservation of traditional sounds.
Music D.A. Mission -
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Pelosi endorses Chan. What does that mean for the Congressional race?

Popular, powerful speaker emerita finally weighs in. Could this help Chan finish in the top two?
News + Politics Tim Redmond -
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Richmond Review, Sunset Beacon publisher enters hospice

Michael Durand has announced he has terminal cancer. His neighborhood papers' coverage has been essential.
News + Politics Marke B. -
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Lit

Reproductive injustice in 1960s San Francisco exposed in Kate Schatz’s debut novel

Lou Fancher -
Horrendous recent Supreme Court decision and a very personal connection spurred tale of teenager facing pregnancy.
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The Agenda

Local news headlines get the economic impact of Prop. D totally wrong. Please: Do the math

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Silence from the Chron on Breed-Sherrill-Bloomberg story—and a move to save community clinics from the Lurie axe. That's The Agenda for May 17-24
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Crime

Inside San Quentin, a new approach to rehabilitation and training

Tim Redmond -
The Last Mile helps teach residents skills that will get them jobs on the outside. It's inspiring—but it's still a prison with too many people behind bars
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Elections

Broad coalition urges No on B vote

JJ Lansing -
Advocates say it's a solution in search of a problem.
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Art

Like her mother, sculptor Maryam Yousif is inspired by a Mesopotamian warrior queen

Mary Corbin -
Iraqi artist's multitudinous clay explorations are powered by ancient myths, Arabian pop art, anonymous bloggers.
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Arts + Culture

Through the looking glass at the National Queer Arts Festival

Marke B. -
28th iteration dives into a 'Magic Mirror' of community reflection and ancestral resonance, with sound baths, Black astrology, more.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Forbidden, foreboding ‘Hitler, A Film From Germany’ returns

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Jude Law as Putin in 'Wizard of the Kremlin,' 500 years of ginkgo in 'Silent Friend,' and a masterpiece of non-sectarian mysticism
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Music

Sonic encounters with civil rights giants on ‘Glorious Mahalia’

Marke B. -
New Kronos Quartet LP connects younger composers and an activist legend for timely revival of gospel icon.
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Business + Tech

A right-wing group comes to SF—and city officials are happy to be part of it

Tim Redmond -
When we start welcoming the role of anti-labor billionaires and their national allies in local politics, it's a disturbing trend.
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Music

Under the Stars: Martin Luther McCoy’s first solo flight in 14 years exudes Bay ease

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair's long-awaited tour, TsuShiMaMiRe brings Japanese noise punk to BOTH, 37 Houses' poly rippers.
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Outside Lands is pushing pastry carts and collaborations

Tamara Palmer -
Korean cornflake corndogs, lobster lumpia, more crazy treats coming to music fest’s Taste of the Bay Area. Save our slate of snacks!
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Big Week

BIG WEEK: Oaklash Fest, Roxie Mixtape, Parameter, La Doña, World Goth Day…

Marke B. -
Remembering Joe Kukura, CCA Graduate Exhibition, Kukje Bakery, DJ Said, BAVC's 50th, Fogo Na Roupa, 'Silent Friend,' more to do!
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News + Politics

Flock keeps spying on us all, and state and local officials aren’t protecting us

Ian Firstenberg -
The cameras are everywhere. The regulations are mostly missing.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Staged in a senior community center, this tale left a lasting sting

Charles Lewis III -
'Lay My Burden Down' took up urgent concerns, with puppets. Plus: Alicia Keys' angelic 'Hell's Kitchen' hits familiar heights.
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Festival

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival kicked off with a salsa bang

Marke B. -
Tasty Taiwanese American Fest and fantastically ravey OM records 30th were also on the sunny Saturday menu.
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