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Here’s a trade deal: Lurie for Mamdani and maybe a Knicks’ point guard

Steph Curry is off the table, but maybe our billionaire mayor would like to ride a Waymo down Fifth Avenue
Humor Joel Schechter -
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RIP, Dolly: Read our 2011 interview about drag queens, dance floors, honky tonk preaching

“I couldn’t really get much gaudier—unless maybe I walked out with a beaver on my head!” We'll miss you, Country Queen.
Remembrance Marke B. -
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Jenkins sends a Trump-like message with bridge protester trial

San Francisco DA's have never charged peaceful protesters with felonies and forced them to trial. Now it's happened
News + Politics Bobbie Stein -
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Under the Stars: Jeff Parker & co. stepped into Berkeley with spectral, slippery riffs

Plus: Alice Coltrane tapes—once heard only by ashram members—to take flight, and producer Carré serves dubby late-summer heat.
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Movies

‘American Doctor’: Racing against death and dehumanization in Gaza

Pam Grady -
Poh Si Teng's doc follows three medics—Muslim, Jewish, Zoroastrian—and the threats they face during Israel's bombardment.
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Live Shots

Live Shots: Prestidigitation, ichthyomancy, and more legerdemain at ‘Secret Magic’

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
Yes, there was even a fortune-telling fish at this intimate lollapalooza of sorcery at Palace Theater.
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Lit

Deep lessons from art and life in Dave Eggers’ ‘Contrapposto’

Lou Fancher -
Local literary hero and trained artist's latest novel dives into a wide-ranging love story that shows a more mature side.
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Art

Reshaping Yelamu: ‘Indigenize SF’ makes visible Native past, present, future

Herbert F. Mintz II -
American Indian Cultural District's unveiled orbs bring the Raven and the Medicine Wheel to 16th Street BART Plaza.
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Good Taste: SF confectioner opens a sweet (and affordable) cooking school

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer -
Iranian chef Shekoh Moossavi offers one-day classes ranging from Persian and Italian cooking to knife skills.
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Ro Khanna’s endorsement of Connie Chan could make a difference with Chakrabarti voters

The Agenda Tim Redmond -
Plus: Will the local Democratic Party side with the billionaires—and why is Lurie opposing affordable housing? That's The Agenda for Aug. 23-30
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Under the Stars: Black Rave Culture locks in for the groove corrective

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Cindy Blackman Santana bangs out the vibes, Pearl & the Oysters open their 'Monkey Mind,' Club DeLuxe reopens, more music
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Communities are aligning to fight data centers: A report from rural Wisconsin

Business + Tech JJ Lansing -
Across the political spectrum, people are organizing against Big Tech—and it could have national implications
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She touched roses: From Book of Love to ‘Plants That Heal’ with Susan Ottaviano

Lit Joshua Rotter -
As synth-pop queen prepares band debut's 40th anniversary tour, she pops into Omnivore Books with some natural wisdom.
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OPINION: The danger of Stefani’s nuisance law for sex workers and people of color

Opinion Maxine Doogan -
AB 2001 allows city attorneys to weaponize past charges to seize property and shut down businesses
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BIG WEEK: Crash an Indian Wedding Party, SF Bay Popfest, ‘Disastrous!,’ David Byrne…

Big Week Marke B. -
'Girl of the Golden West,' Starman SF, SF Cocteaufest, All Mo' Wax, SF Queer Film Fest, more to do!
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In Kensington, a small-town orchestra survives as civic triumph

Music Michael Tapscott -
Navigating an era of gutted arts funds, a volunteer symphony rallies for its 49th season, teddy bears in tow.
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Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Willem Dafoe finds 'Late Fame,' snarky summer camp romp 'Floaters', excellent 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money'
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This year’s Bliss Fest was all about the sparkling ride

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Elliott Peck's immersive jazz-folk, Combo Tezeta's energizing cumbia, Circus Bella's high clownery drove some Presidio heat.
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Drama Masks: A sensitive Julius Caesar, lost in the ’70s shuffle

Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
Marin Shakes' bold, beautiful, but muddled adaptation humanizes a tyrant at the expense of message or meaning.
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Kiev, 1911: the Bund, revolution, and a sparkling work of historical fiction

Lit Tim Redmond -
'Radiant as the Stars' tells of a young woman who returns from the US to fight in the Russian Revolution—and it's based on a real story
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