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Thursday, February 26, 2026

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And now, another big tax cut for the developers and speculators in SF

Lurie, Mahmood want to eliminate affordable housing money to help the profits of luxury developers
City Hall Tim Redmond -
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What we saw at Sundance 2026: 9 narrative features that found the plot

'Buddy' taps horror in children's TV, Channing Tatum shines as SF father in Beth de Araújo's 'Josephine', a surprising wartime divorce comedy soars.
Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
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Drama Masks: The Manhattanization of San Francisco stages

Bilal Mahmood's proposal for a new arts district promises to be of little benefit to local creatives.
Onstage Charles Lewis III -
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BIG WEEK: Black Choreographers Fest, Sunset Night Market, FAGJAZZ, Winterfest, more

Plus: Maara, Psychedelics and Cinema, Chulita Vinyl Club, Dr. Bittinger, 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', more.
What To Do Caitlin Donohue -
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Nightlife

Party Radar: With ‘Unabridged,’ the story of Detroit techno unfolds in the Bay

Marke B. -
As You Like It crew brings in legends like Jeff Mills, Moodymann, and Stacy 'Hotwaxx' Hale for BBQ, film, panels, and lots of dancing.
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Music

Zines, memories, sonic assault: Mabuhay Gardens’ 50-year SF punk detonation

Joshua Rotter -
Iconic North Beach venue hosts day-to-night convergence of unruly local history and modern-day community.
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Movies

Screen Grabs: Back to back with Almodovar muse Carmen Maura

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: Jewish Film Institute’s Winterfest, Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, BAMPFA gets psychedelic, more.
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Food & Drink

Bottoms up with the advanced cicerone crafting this year’s SF Beer Week

Adrian Spinelli -
Venture capital exodus be damned—Sayre Piotrkowski will advocate for the pours of 71 Bay Area Brewers Guild members until last call.
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Karl Marx at the Antiquarian Book Fair; or, anybody got $134,900 to spare?

Lit Joel Schechter -
57th edition of rare volume exhibition brings treasures to Pier 27—and some ironic commodity fetishism.
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No, taxes on billionaires won’t destroy innovation in California

Business + Tech Tim Redmond -
Tax opponents are putting out a line that makes no sense; just look at Bay Area tech history
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Noise Pop Diary: Indie legend Christopher Owens returns, with a flamenco twist

Music Daniel Bromfield -
The Girls frontman has been through hell, but has kept making music; his presence brought roars from the local crowd.
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Under the Stars: Carlos Niño & Friends deliver a glad-to-be-alive moment

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Celebrate 50 years of San Francisco punk at Mabuhay Gardens, DJ Sep hits The Riptide, more.
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A zap of Latine abstraction in ‘Rebel Forms’

Art Marke B. -
Romer Young's small but powerful show taps into possibilities of futurity, freedom, and unfettered beauty.
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Bernie Sanders talks about AI—and the billionaires who control it

The Agenda Tim Redmond -
Plus: The DCCC holds its endorsements meeting, and the supes vote on more chain stores and an illegal $40 million luxury hotel tax break. That's The Agenda for Feb. 22-March 1
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Democratic candidates run away from the billionaire tax

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond -
Discussion of economic inequality was rare at the state convention. Our report from Moscone Center
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What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
An ode to Barbara Hammer, a women's chess champ, Marianne Faithfull's reckoning—and polar bears.
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Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold

Music John-Paul Shiver -
33rd indie music fest kicked off on a Bay Area high note, with friendly vibes and winning sounds.
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Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival—plus other new flicks to help scream it out

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Also: "Films of Remembrance" explores forced WWII Japanese American incarceration, a glockenspiel-equipped tribute to Georges Melies.
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With Gov Gav missing, will Democrats have a strategy to win in November?

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
The state's weird primary system could put two Republicans in the general election for governor. What is a party with too many weak candidates going to do?
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Party Radar: The Night’s Watch takes on sexual violence in SF nightlife

Nightlife Marke B. -
New org demonstrates how to open more lines of safe communication and plans of action to face down enduring problem.
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