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The Agenda

The housing crisis Scott Wiener created

Tim Redmond - December 3, 2023

Demolitions. Displacement. And zero new affordable housing. That's the bill the state senator got passed, and the supes have to deal with it this week.

Art

Tintype photographer Jenny Sampson captures women on wheels, roundness of meals

Mary Corbin - December 1, 2023

Collage, her work in professional kitchens, skate culture inspire Sampson's images.

Music

Swell’s reunion tour harkens back to SF’s ’90s indie rock sanctuary

Daniel Bromfield - December 1, 2023

Band suffered the loss of lead singer David Freel—but with 300 unreleased tapes in the archive, it's ready to ride a new wave.

Music

Crank up support for local music with holiday merch madness

John-Paul Shiver - November 30, 2023

Is that the ...? From Larry June's supple slippers to take-home St. Mary's Pub sips, a couple clicks and it could be.

Stage Review

SF Opera’s ‘The Elixir of Love’ presents case for resuscitating problematic ‘classics’

Charles Lewis III - November 30, 2023

'Nice guy' trope and love drugs aside, are you drinking the potion?

Housing

No, the supes didn’t ‘punt’ on housing bill

Tim Redmond - November 29, 2023

A measure that makes no sense is still on track; here's what it might mean for the city.

Movies

Ruffled muppet slaughterhouse? Another Hole in the Head still stocks the campiest of gore

Dennis Harvey - November 29, 2023

Film festival's 20th edition features 1920 classic 'Dr. Caligari,' ice mummies—and even Freddy Krueger as waterbed.

Onstage

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre stages Black women’s healing with joyful jeté

Lou Fancher - November 29, 2023

Artistic director Margo Hall celebrates company's mentorship opportunities and high-spirited holiday production 'Soulful Christmas.'

Food & Drink

Holiday booze news: Casements’ educational advent, floriani corn whiskeys top our tree

Adrian Spinelli - November 28, 2023

Plus: Next year's hottest beer bust, Fort Point's Dungeness-laden beer cocktails.

Movies

No words: Savor the Castro’s last moments as movie palace with ‘A Day of Silents’

Dennis Harvey - November 28, 2023

Start off with 10am all-cartoon bill, and stay for slapstick, swashbuckle, and romantical burlesque on the beloved screen.

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