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For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

Marke B. - June 2, 2020

Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color....

News + Politics

Supes panel rejects Breed’s Police Commission picks

Tim Redmond - June 1, 2020

With the ongoing outrage over police shootings as a backdrop, the Board of Supes Rules Committee today rejected two candidates Mayor London Breed had...

News + Politics

Which side of the ‘house divided’ are you on?

Scott Soriano - May 31, 2020

This morning I made the dire mistake of reading twitter comments on a San Francisco Chronicle report of protesters at SF Mayor London Breed's...

In Chuck Johnson’s ambient ‘Rain Shadow,’ a sound of high desert ecology

Daniel Bromfield - May 26, 2020

Oakland-based guitarist Chuck Johnson was never in the same room as his collaborators, the Portland duo Golden Retriever, during the making of their new...

Culture

Out of the crate: 6 vinyl re-issues that are pretty damn dope

John-Paul Shiver - May 23, 2020

Before everybody got stuck in the house with their family—spouses, housemates, cats, dogs, hamsters, and rando dude on couch—and became thankful for all the...

Techno-arts fest Mutek.SF recreates a trippy rave blueprint online

John-Paul Shiver - May 21, 2020

Last year's iteration of MUTEK.SF, the off-shoot of the the original MUTEK festival—an event dedicated to electronic music and the digital arts that began...

Culture

Screen Grabs: Lesbian filmmakers who destroyed stereotypes

Dennis Harvey - May 20, 2020

While there’s still no ETA on when movie exhibition spaces will be back open in California, there’s still plenty of ways to support those...

Business + Tech

The future of cities—and the one percent

Tim Redmond - May 19, 2020

The New York Times devoted its entire Sunday Review section this week to an analysis of the future of cities. It’s a critical topic:...

Arts + Culture

Good info, little relief at city’s Virtual Nightlife + Entertainment Summit

Marke B. - May 18, 2020

There are lots of big questions about COVID-gutted San Francisco nightlife that have yet to be directly addressed. How and why are live venues,...

News + Politics

A massive real-estate scam could force counties to give cash rebates to giant commercial landlords

Tim Redmond - May 17, 2020

The state Board of Equalization, a little-know agency that among other things oversees local property tax assessors, is about to consider some tax-law changes...

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