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City Hall

Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

Calvin Welch - August 28, 2023

Ignore the realities of SF politics. Ignore a wide-ranging corruption scandal. Just go after district elections. That's what the Rose Institute, funded by Michael Moritz, is doing.

Music Review

At Greek Theatre, Sigur Rós leaned into easy uplift

Daniel Bromfield - August 28, 2023

Gone are the days when the Icelandic outfit repped the sound of the future—but at least the strings are pretty

Movies

Screen Grabs: Saluting 25 years of great world cinema (and three Rambos)

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2023

BAMPFA salutes Rialto Pictures. Plus: A West Oakland classic from 1998 returns at last

Culture

Highlighting justice: Oakland salon seeks BIPOC, LGBTQ, first-generation apprentices

Caitlin Donohue - August 26, 2023

Vee Vargas of Be Here Salon has an emancipatory vision for luxury hair inclusivity.

Stage Review

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

Charles Lewis III - August 25, 2023

The troupe mines laughs from the human body's unpredictable horrors and triumphs at CounterPulse

Homelessness

How SF plans to justify continuing sweeps of homeless people

Tim Redmond - August 23, 2023

Court hearing shows the latest Breed Administration strategy—and demonstration outside shows the ugly side of demonizing homeless people.

Transportation

Robotaxis are an existential threat to SF’s public transit system

Calvin Welch - August 20, 2023

The Breed Administration is ignoring perhaps the most dangerous impact of the new autonomous vehicles.

Stage Review

World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

Charles Lewis III - August 17, 2023

At Z Space, J Jha shines as production's sole interpreter of boundless Indian mythology.

Stage Review

Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

Charles Lewis III - August 15, 2023

All-Black cast at Magic Theatre navigates generation gaps and gender roles around the table in Star Finch's latest

Music

Seeing Ghost, and the importance of embracing Satan amid fabricated panics

Danny Acosta - August 14, 2023

In the age of QANON and hysterical anti-LGBTQ backlash, one rock band embodies a hellishly fantastic alternative.

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Lies, damn lies, and the new ‘report’ on San Francisco government

At Greek Theatre, Sigur Rós leaned into easy uplift

Screen Grabs: Saluting 25 years of great world cinema (and three Rambos)

Highlighting justice: Oakland salon seeks BIPOC, LGBTQ, first-generation apprentices

All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

How SF plans to justify continuing sweeps of homeless people

Robotaxis are an existential threat to SF’s public transit system

World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

Seeing Ghost, and the importance of embracing Satan amid fabricated panics

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