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Live Shots: Shaboozey’s twang charmed the boots off The Masonic

Cinematic storytelling and hip hop Easter eggs made the singer's show a Wild West well worth the ticket price.
Music Danny Acosta -
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How Germany took to Pawel Pawlikowski’s dramatized account of its ‘sacred beast’

'Fatherland' filmmaker speaks of his award-winning black-and-white rendering of Thomas Mann's discombobulation.
Movies Pam Grady -
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Connie Chan’s unusual coalition could be key to the Congressional race outcome

Plus: Groundbreaking anti-displacement legislation and the embarrassment that is the local Sierra Club. That's The Agenda for Nov. 1-8
The Agenda Tim Redmond -
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Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.
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News + Politics

Public bank would be stable, provide affordable housing, and help with climate goals

Ian Firstenberg -
New study shows vast benefits of the financial institution that Prop. B would help create
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Movies

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.
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Music

Live Shots: Psyched! Fest blows minds with Peaches, Allah-Las, Provoker

Angelique Persails -
Independent local festival runs through November 6, with sets from Buena Vista Orchestra and Melts still to come.
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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Día de Muertos, Halloween weekend really is a matter of life and death

Caitlin Donohue -
Spooky bashes from Sazon Libre and Fake and Gay, De'Sean Jones' four-night residency, Indian Restaurant Week, cinema scares, more.
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The mayor’s folks screwed up their own bill; Aaron Peskin could come back to the board

Elections Tim Redmond -
It appears Mandelman, Lurie, and all the billionaires never read the text of Prop. A. It restores the right of supes to serve more than two terms.
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Screen Grabs: RSVP to William Greaves’ elbow-throwing Harlem Renaissance after-party

Music Dennis Harvey -
Plus: A six-hour documentary on Russian press freedom, John Turturro's weary pickpocket, 'Los Domingos,' more.
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Live Shots: Rise Against and Alkaline Trio set a fire for Masonic crowd

Music Danny Acosta -
Chicago's finest punks tore into Thursday night, heading into final stretch of their 'Ricochet' tour.
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Jess Sabogal’s gleaming trans messages of the extraordinary

Art Mary Corbin -
Social practice artist uses Muisca burial practices in creation of creatures who speak to the 'other.'
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Under the Stars: Jeremiah Chiu alchemizes SFJAZZ live set into ‘Edge Conditions’

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Ethereal June McDoom, ecad's dancefloor disruption, Farsight's tuffness.
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Halloween party giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn

Contest Marke B. -
Get those sexy alien Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup to this weekend's giant rave.
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SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Dance Aimée Ts'ao -
Behind the scenes while company preps seminal Merce Cunningham works and new twist on Yue Yin two-man piece.
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Whoo, sh*t! Sweet Pussy Pauline comes to slay Halloween

Nightlife Marke B. -
Scandalous house legend disappeared for decades—now she's back to scald your ears. Just hang on to that closet door.
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The bewildering incoherence of Mayor Lurie’s billionaire agenda

News + Politics Calvin Welch -
It's going to deeply damage San Francisco. Here's how we can fight back
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‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.
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This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers

Culture Joshua Rotter -
'It's like Hogwarts, only better because it's real,' says director Rani August of the Berkeley Psychic Institute
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At Fox, Geese were much more than the Cameron Winter show

Music Daniel Bromfield -
Its lead singer may be an unwilling tabloid darling, but the band's dense indie foundation still shines through as a unit.
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