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Screen Grabs: She’s the Official Coolest Person Ever
Filmmaker Barbara Rubin gets her due. Plus: Asian Masters series, Hecho en Mexico fest, Halston, Ward 5B, Mamacita, more.
Queercore legends Team Dresch return to swing the bat of love
Reissuing their rip-roaring albums—along with a new singles collection—the pioneering foursome from Olympia comes to Bottom of the Hill.
Arts Forecast: 48 Hills Spring Gala, How Weird Street Faire, New Wave Prom…
2 Blocks of Art, SF.Mutek, Hot Chip, AI Cephalopod, Cinco de Marr-o, MorMor, and more arts events this week.
What is Bay Area drag? Oaklash Festival has some wild ideas
Mainstream TV drag be damned—local luminaries revolutionize the art form in a weekend's worth of eye-popping shows.
Please Do Not Fight reunion collects a scattered scene
The Redwood City band is emblematic of a Bay Area moment when rock, emo, punk, and pop combined—and audiences sang along.
Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….
An epic Peter Murphy residency, Kitka, DJ Saoirse, Electric Church, Flashing After Dark, The Great SF Corn Dog Festival, and more.
Slain SF club kid Bubbles’ legacy lives on in ‘Bohemian Berlin Disco’
Notorious, beloved personality collaborated on newly released Thrillhammer track before being gunned down in 2017.
Screen Grabs: Dig deeper into ‘made in China’ at SFMoMA film series
Plus: A Krautrock hero, SF Sketchfest brings classics to the Castro, Megacities, and Karen Kusama
Arts Forecast/Party Radar: Giant jingle balls!
Gay Men's Chorus, Charlie Brown Christmas, Kung Pao Kosher, Ben UFO, Intergalactic Gary, Elbo Room Closing Party, more
Arts Forecast: A Camp Fire benefit that couldn’t be more San Francisco
Plus: Bawdy Storytelling, David Broza, DJ Bone, Merzbow, SF Neon Walking Tour, and more this week.