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Art Review

Do Yayoi Kusama’s brilliant, candy-colored creations transcend a problematic past?

Lou Fancher - November 13, 2023

Recently reported racist writings in the towering 94-year-old artist's past raised questions about her blockbuster SFMOMA show.

The Agenda

A (too) modest housing bond, the impacts of APEC security measures …

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2023

... and what's headed for the March ballot? That's The Agenda for Oct. 22-29

Live Shots

Live Shots: Macklemore bounced back with a hip-hop lovefest at the Masonic

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - October 16, 2023

The exuberant Seattle rapper surfed fans' adoration with chestnuts like 'Thrift Shop' and cuts from new album 'Ben'

Music

‘Chasing the perfect show’: Rickshaw Stop turns 20 with a mega-slate of great gigs

Adrian Spinelli - October 9, 2023

Stalwart indie venue celebrates two decades of local love—and pushing up-and-comers into the big-time.

Music

Under the Stars: Dive into the stoned-soul ‘STU’ of emcee Jay Stone

John-Paul Shiver - October 3, 2023

Plus: Khruangbin teams up with Toro Y Moi live, Vagabond drops low, new Ty Segall and Soccer Mommy, more swell tunes

Movies

Screen Grabs: Mill Valley Film Fest dances onto screens, with mighty big features

Dennis Harvey - October 2, 2023

Starpower and highly anticipated new releases fuel the 46th edition. Plus: Gialloween, 'Hello Dankness,' and fighting Monsanto

Stage Review

Speculative Shakespeare, and a cocky Kit Marlowe, in Aurora’s ‘Born with Teeth’

Charles Lewis III - September 19, 2023

Two giants of literature bicker literately in Liz Duffy Adams' entertainingly tinfoil-hat take on the Bard

Lit

In ‘Leaning Toward Light,’ tending to life through a garden of poems

Marke B. - August 22, 2023

Tess Taylor's anthology gathers verse giants and local greenhorns, recipes and short essays into an almanac of living

Business + Tech

What the city can still do to control the rogue robotaxis

Tim Redmond - August 14, 2023

This is by no means over—but SF needs to get out in front of this kind of tech before it becomes such a huge problem

Media

Reparations task force member speaks out—about some very bad press coverage

Tim Redmond - July 21, 2023

Nikcole Cunningham describes how her comments were taken out of context to create a warped and dangerous media narrative.

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