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From Lagos with love—and the god of fire

Joshua Rotter - November 24, 2019

Bisi is more than a stage name for the 29-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter who’s called San Francisco home for the last decade. It’s also a...

News + Politics

The Street Sheet: 30 years of journalism by and for homeless people

TJ Johnston - November 1, 2019

Since 2001, I’ve been involved with Street Sheet in some capacity — at first as a freelancer, and now as a sort-of managing editor...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls

Marke B. - October 30, 2019

Ready to shed the rotting pumpkin skin of Halloween and sniff the sweet spice of the afterlife? OK that question is a lot, but...

Lit

‘Disasterama!’ chronicles SF’s wild, lost queer underground

Marke B. - October 15, 2019

A certain queer generation has come of memoir age—which is a bit bracing (read: terrifying) for those of us who survived the '80s and...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: El Rio saved, Litquake aquiver, Open Studios opens….

Marke B. - October 10, 2019

ARTS FORECAST File under: more of this please! According to the Bay Area Reporter, the buildings housing legendary Latinx queer bar El Rio have...

Culture

Celebrating 50 groundbreaking years of Ethnic Studies with ‘Solidarity’

Emily Wilson - October 7, 2019

When he was 13, PJ Gubatina Policarpio moved from the Philippines to San Francisco’s Excelsior District. As a student at Balboa High School, he...

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...

Fall Arts Preview: 10 can’t-miss art shows

Matt Sussman - September 3, 2019

FALL ARTS PREVIEW Gallery season leaps into fall affect this week: Check out arts writer Matt Sussman's picks for enlightening, expanding experiences. Africa State of...

Lit

Aya De León’s ‘Side Chick Nation’ explores post-Maria Puerto Rico

James De Julius - August 19, 2019

LIT Aya De León is a writer, activist, educator, spoken word poet and author of the award-winning Justice Hustlers series, including latest installment Side Chick Nation. The...

The B-52s at 40, still dancing that mess around

Joshua Rotter - August 7, 2019

ALL EARS Getting weird is good — great, even — when you’re The B-52s (playing Mon/12 at Mountain Winery). Everyone’s favorite party band has been...

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