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Enola Gay and the witchy origin of the first AIDS protest

Marke B. - September 19, 2019

Just around the crack of dawn on September 23, 1984, a handful of gay men gathered outside the gates of the Lawrence Livermore National...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Here come the Sisters

Marke B. - September 17, 2019

MUCH ADO ABOUT FOLSOM Folsom Street Fair is two Sundays away (watch for my party guide), and what better way could organizers seize the news...

News + Politics

Housing Rights Committee celebrates 40 years of fighting for renters

Tim Redmond - September 17, 2019

In 1979, San Francisco had just passed its first rent-control ordinance – and tenant groups were starting to emerge to protect that law. Among...

From legendary roots, a great new Afrobeat record

John-Paul Shiver - September 15, 2019

Every time Leon "Kaleta" Ligan-Majek—known as simply Kaleta—uses that Fela meets James Brown grunt, leaping from the breadbasket, that's a cultural signpost indicating "get...

Lit

Ben Folds illuminates the music biz with ‘Lightning Bugs’

Joshua Rotter - September 10, 2019

Ben Folds is not your average rockstar, so it’s no surprise that the genre-bending alternative, pop, and classical artist’s autobiography, A Dream About Lightning...

News + Politics

Will Breed make a real change at City Planning?

Tim Redmond - September 9, 2019

This is the way the announcement about the future of the SF Planning Department arrived: Mayor London Breed and Planning Director John Rahaim announced today...

News + Politics

Fighting Trump’s bill to keep immigrants from any public assistance

Jeantelle Laberinto - September 8, 2019

The Trump administration’s latest string of changes to immigration policy have created widespread confusion and fear for immigrant communities -- but organizers are fighting...

News + Politics

How do you cover the end of the world?

David Talbot - September 8, 2019

How do you cover the End of the World, as a journalist or artist or simply a citizen trying to make sense of the...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Will Trump Bring Peace to Afghanistan?

Reese Erlich - September 6, 2019

Washington, DC is buzzing with talk of troop withdrawals and the impact on peace talks in Afghanistan. The US may start withdrawing troops within...

Fall Arts Preview: 37 cool things to do this season

Marke B. - September 4, 2019

FALL ARTS PREVIEW Let's keep this short because there's a lot to do and see, obviously! Proclamations of the SF arts scene's demise—despite the...

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