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News + Politics

Parents sue US government over separation from kids at border

Garrett Leahy - June 13, 2021

Suit also claims Trump-era policies forced asylum seekers to sleep on the floor and denied them medical care.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Roxie reopens with cinema classics (and a DC punk blast)

Dennis Harvey - May 18, 2021

Ease back into the seats with beloved sights and sounds. Plus: Story of a Three-Day Pass, Honey Moccasin, Dance of the 41, more

Puff

Puff: Prerolling into spring

Dan Karkoska - March 29, 2021

We go down the stoney road for you, sampling latest offerings from Jeeters, King Roll, more

Onstage

The strange and wondrous story of the Sick & Twisted Players

Don Baird - March 24, 2021

Thirty years ago, the troupe brought camp movie mashups, blazingly real talent, and guaranteed Splatterama to nightlife stages.

News + Politics

No “Happy Women’s Day” at Mexico City’s radical March 8 protests

Caitlin Donohue - March 11, 2021

With powerful determination, feminists faced down the metal walls rape apologist President AMLO built to keep them under control.

Party Radar

Party Radar: With Keep Our Beat Alive fest, Housepitality sustains SF’s nightlife spirit

Marke B. - February 22, 2021

A three-day festival stacked with DJ talent helps one of our best weekly parties float on—and even innovate

Opinion

OPINION: The Ferris wheel must go!

Ann McPherson, David Romano, Linda Shaffer, and Steph Wiseman - February 15, 2021

Golden Gate Park should not be a commercial amusement park with diesel generators and bright lights.

Music

Love in a to-go cup: An off-beat quar-times Valentine’s playlist

John-Paul Shiver - February 9, 2021

Full-tilt covers, bizarre takes, choice oddities—what to listen to when you can't really date.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Vintage Clint Eastwood rides again, warts and all

Dennis Harvey - November 27, 2020

The SF-born, famously conservative star gets a Blu-ray retrospective. Plus: Zappa, Six in Paris, Made in Hong Kong, more movies

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

Marke B. - November 19, 2020

Viral Dwellings, Crazy Funny Asians, Drive-In "La Bohéme," Legends of the Rave, Native American Drag Queen Story Hour... lots to do!

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