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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024: City Living Winners

Marke B. - September 19, 2024

READERS' POLL: Best Salon, Best Bike Repair, Best Podcast, Best Politician, Best Hotel, Best Tour, Best Gym, more

Lit

After 35 years, the story of Los Cenzontles sings

Caitlin Donohue - July 29, 2024

Traditional Mexican music and dance company founder Eugene Rodriguez built community to a beat. A new memoir shares his lessons.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Pho truffles and lobster white? The Craft Chocolate Experience stunned

Tamara Palmer - May 1, 2024

Candymakers brought adventurous flavors to international show at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Culture

5 very, very last-minute holiday gift ideas that keep it local

Lou Fancher - December 19, 2023

Festive cider, a wealth of books and games, art fun, treats for fluffy, and more to get you off the naughty list

Stage Review

SF Opera’s ‘The Elixir of Love’ presents case for resuscitating problematic ‘classics’

Charles Lewis III - November 30, 2023

'Nice guy' trope and love drugs aside, are you drinking the potion?

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2023: City Living Winners

Marke B. - September 28, 2023

READERS' POLL: Best Salon, Best Bike Repair, Best Podcast, Best Hotel, Best Tour, Best Gym, more

Movies

Screen Grabs: Sound on film, from Beirut bombings to messages from the dead

Dennis Harvey - July 25, 2023

Plus: The mystery of Pink Floyd's lysergic genius Syd Barrett, and the pitter-patter of Preston Sturges at BAMPFA

Movies

Screen Grabs: 22nd edition of DocFest races to cover world around us

Dennis Harvey - May 30, 2023

Plus: BAMPFA's homage to the seminal Tom Luddy and a Streisand tribute at the Castro.

Arts + Culture

Throwing out a rope to creatives: Rainin Fellowship announces 2023 grantees

Lou Fancher - May 17, 2023

"I’ll be able to think about what happens when I’m 85."

Arts + Culture

Groovy gizmos, DIY delights: Exploratorium’s ‘Art of Tinkering’ doles out hands-on kicks

Lou Fancher - July 5, 2022

Exhibit shows off works by "master tinkerers"—and provides plenty of chances for visitors to roll up their sleeves.

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