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Nightlife

Party Radar vs. Arts Forecast: Halloween happenings, Día invocations…

Marke B. - October 30, 2024

... and a queer Diwali celebration, too. Our monster mashup of devilishly delightful things to do this week.

Music

Under the Stars: Ezra Collective would like you to please keep dancing

John-Paul Shiver - October 24, 2024

Plus: Mill Valley Music Fest early birds, Kendra Morris is retrotastic, Peanut Butter Wolf gets jingle-jangle, more new music

Movies

Screen Grabs: Scumdance is back, still full of underground delights

Dennis Harvey - September 26, 2024

Plus: Gregg Araki and 'Basquiat' return, Little Haiti gentrification, Hong Kong lesbian drama, Kate Winslet's 'Lee,' more

Music

Under the Stars: Vibing out in the Flintstone House with Yeobo

John-Paul Shiver - August 28, 2024

Plus: Brilliant "slower-haight" style from ZG, Raw Poetic gets live, Mild Universe revs up, JEMS! and Lady OFLO bops

Music Review

Pulsing with percussive grooves, Brijean swayed the Independent

John-Paul Shiver - August 6, 2024

The vibes undulated hypnotically when the once-Oakland duo took the stage, in the wake of new LP 'Macro.'

Campaign Trail

So far, big mayoral money isn’t moving the needle

Tim Redmond - August 5, 2024

Lurie's spent millions. He's still not breaking through. Farrell spent big; he's still where he was months ago.

Music

Under the Stars: Floorplan takes the dance floor to church

John-Paul Shiver - July 31, 2024

Plus: 13 fabulous jazz picks, Tanuchikan rides the 'City Bus,' Quinn DeVeaux's deep soul, more new (and classic) music

Elections

Here’s the list of Trump supporters who went to his fancy Pac Heights fundraiser

Tim Redmond - June 10, 2024

Allies of the former president are starting to get involved in local politics—and even rub elbows with him in SF.

Music

Under the Stars: Jalen Ngonda rides in for the Bay Area boppers

John-Paul Shiver - May 20, 2024

Plus: Irreversible Entanglements' experimental zenith, Toner's charming 'Hammer,' Harold Land returns, more music

Crime

SF’s new War on Drugs has created dangerous, intolerable conditions in the county jail

Tim Redmond - May 15, 2024

Many predicted that this would happen—but the Mayor's Office had no plan.

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Party Radar vs. Arts Forecast: Halloween happenings, Día invocations…

Under the Stars: Ezra Collective would like you to please keep dancing

Screen Grabs: Scumdance is back, still full of underground delights

Under the Stars: Vibing out in the Flintstone House with Yeobo

Pulsing with percussive grooves, Brijean swayed the Independent

So far, big mayoral money isn’t moving the needle

Under the Stars: Floorplan takes the dance floor to church

Here’s the list of Trump supporters who went to his fancy Pac Heights fundraiser

Under the Stars: Jalen Ngonda rides in for the Bay Area boppers

SF’s new War on Drugs has created dangerous, intolerable conditions in the county jail

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