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Nightlife

Ode to Uptown: RIP, feisty bar for punks and lefties

Christopher D. Cook - January 11, 2024

The legendary almost-40-year-old bar went out with tipsy adieus, sidewalk fiddlers, and a reminder of ongoing Mission gentrification.

Arts + Culture

Broadcasting the Summer of Love—and so much more—live from San Francisco

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2024

A new book describes the history of the legendary KSAN, a radio station that promoted, and was part of, a cultural revolution.

Music

Under the Stars: With ‘Thriller 40,’ memories of Mission moonwalking

John-Paul Shiver - December 19, 2023

New doc focuses on pop, not pain. Plus: Umbrellas bring 'Echoes,' DJ Sep dubs on, a half-century of Herbie Hancock's 'Sextant,' more

Featured

On Giving Tuesday, please support the future of local news in San Francisco

Tim Redmond - November 27, 2023

Local newspapers are dying all over, threatening democracy. We are trying to keep community journalism alive. Can you help?

Music

Under the Stars: It’s gonna be a very The Roots December

John-Paul Shiver - November 27, 2023

Plus: Maya Rudolph's Prince cover band comes to town, synth wiz Franck Martin takes San Jose, more music news

Homelessness

The profound irony of the APEC news media coverage

Tim Redmond - November 15, 2023

The problem that the mayor is trying to solve with sweeps was created by the same political agenda that drives the event she is so happily hosting.

Onstage

Dan Hoyle’s ‘Border People’ demonstrates the radical empathy we need right now

Halim Madi - November 3, 2023

The long-running solo show channels 11 folks crossing identity-based and geographic borders, and remains a must-see

Art

Chuck Sperry screenprints rock history and the fight for equal rights, one poster at a time

Mary Corbin - November 1, 2023

A counterculture constant, from his work with Artist Television Access to Studio 4 and Bill Graham Presents

Movies

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest takes on Indian politics, TikTok obsession, Bangla Surf Girls

Dennis Harvey - October 16, 2023

Plus: UN Film Fest on the dying press and nuclear testing, charming classic Chinese musicals, Birthday Party doc

Movies

Screen Grabs: Tom Wolfe and Joan Baez walk into a theater ….

Dennis Harvey - October 10, 2023

Four new docs focus on fascinating (and sometimes repellant) people, from the famous to the better-left-alone

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