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Stage Review

‘Best Available’: For theater lovers, uncomfortable in all the right ways

Charles Lewis III - June 4, 2024

Shotgun Players' production wends through the tangle of absurdities of being artistic in a capitalist world.

Lit

In ‘Death Trip,’ exorcising Holocaust family trauma through psychedelics

Marke B. - June 3, 2024

Punk writer Seth Lorinczi found a surprising way through midlife crisis and tragic ancestral legacy: MDMA therapy

Art

Beloved artist Laurel Burch honored throughout Haight-Ashbury, including mural recreation

Lou Fancher - June 1, 2024

Neighborhood pays homage to woman who got her start hammering out jewelry on the back of frying pan for local street fairs.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Juneteenth on the Waterfront, Tunnel Tops dancing, more fun in the sun

Marke B. - May 31, 2024

Plus: Swagger Like Us says 'bye gurl,' Naomi Klein's mistaken identity, 'Proud Before Pride,' Purple Disco Machine—what to do!

Campaign Trail

The good, the bad, and the very scary on the November ballot

Tim Redmond - May 30, 2024

State ballot measure would promote inequality and damage local government; SF measures take on affordability and corruption.

Movies

Under the Stars: A ’70s SF cult synth-punk band is heard again

John-Paul Shiver - May 29, 2024

Plus: Sour Widows at Union Street Fest, Charlotte Day Wilson wows us, Mcstravick x Equipto, more great music 4u

Opinion

Reclaiming homes, from LA to Sacramento

Tiny - May 22, 2024

Solutions driven by the unhoused are constantly under attack.

Stage Review

‘Galileo’: Strangely familiar music of the spheres

Charles Lewis III - May 20, 2024

Script is sharp, cast is good, and music is catchy, yet rock musical at Berkeley Rep just misses cosmic harmony.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Grokking the creepy cipher of ‘I Saw the TV Glow’

Dennis Harvey - May 15, 2024

Plus: Touching 'Gasoline Rainbow,' Avant-Barb(ie), a Toney W. Merritt tribute, and Sundown Cinema's movies in the park

Elections

There’s nothing to stop AI election deep fakes in San Francisco right now

Tim Redmond - May 14, 2024

State and local law are lagging while technology explodes—and is a real threat.

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