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Drama Masks: A dance of secrets—and the music of chance

SF Ballet's beautiful 'Don Quixote' comes with questions, '||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||' sounds great. Plus: A pre-Giuliani 'Macbeth'?

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 24, 2026

‘Palestine 36’ director Annemarie Jacir: ‘Memory is a form of resistance’

Palestinian filmmaker completed acclaimed story of Arab revolts during British colonial rule in the midst of war and genocide.

Movies Claire Wu - March 24, 2026

Judge sanctions public defender in case that raises critical issues about criminal justice

Does a 'tough on crime' mayor have to fund the public defender as well as the cops and DA?

Crime Tim Redmond - March 24, 2026

On supergroup 1Umbrella’s debut, Bay Area hip-hop reigns

Sonic fingerprints of Visitacion Valley, Oakland, and the Fillmore audible in album's hard trap and smooth R&B.

Music Joshua Rotter - March 24, 2026

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Humor

The US war economy and the ‘threat of peace’

Joel Schechter - March 23, 2026

In 1957, I.F. Stone suggested that global peace would kill the military industrial complex. That's even more true today.

Contest

Win tickets to see Monaleo, Aries, The Maine, Carly Cosgrove

Marke B. - March 23, 2026

See a killer show at a great local venue, on us.

The Agenda

So much to protest next weekend

Tim Redmond - March 22, 2026

Plus: Wiener's tech lord pals pay for an early hit piece on Chakrabarti, and will the DCCC oppose taxes on the rich? That's The Agenda for March 22-29

Music

After brutal tragedy, Lynn Breedlove made a luminous album of memory and men

Marke B. - March 22, 2026

Punk legend's new band Trust Me's 'Why I Like Dead Guys' came in the aftermath of the murder of his father and stepmother.

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Immigration Buddhas and decolonizing play: Game devs still work to diversify industry

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 21, 2026

At GDC Festival of Gaming, diverse communities and gamers from other countries shared recent challenges.

Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - March 21, 2026

Now that the Oscar dust has settled, an underground movie maven dives into a wild year. 'Castration,' anyone?

CBS workers in SF walk off the job as Bari Weiss eliminates national news radio

Labor Ian Firstenberg - March 20, 2026

One-day strike sends a message at a network now owned and run by allies of Trump

Lurie wants to be tough on crime—but won’t pay for the impacts on defendants

Crime Tim Redmond - March 19, 2026

Public Defender's Office is a critical part of the legal system, and if it's underfunded, the mayor's strategy becomes radically unfair and illegal

Good Taste: Snap no photos, please!

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - March 19, 2026

A supper club highlighting Black and Brown chefs aims to make everyone feel welcome—and living in the moment.

For Iranian artist Shiva Ahmadi, ‘ornamentation becomes a form of resistance’

Art Mary Corbin - March 19, 2026

Inspired by Persian miniatures and 'Animal Farm,' she asks viewers to see beyond the beauty to brutal issues.

At Superfair, art is more than what’s on the walls

Art Joshua Rotter - March 19, 2026

Lead curator Sharone Halevy on art extravaganza's highlights, including 'Disco Mermaid' and Frameline film collab.

BIG WEEK: Stormy Daniels, Burnal Equinox, Bay Beats Punk, Ikebana Flower Show…

Big Week Marke B. - March 19, 2026

Mr. SF Leather Contest, Clara Bow, Spiritual Cramp, Mark Farina, '1000 Women in Horror,' Polly Ann's ice cream wheel—what to do!

Race for Congress takes shape—even as Wiener ducks community groups he doesn’t like

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - March 18, 2026

Chakrabarti runs on the national left while supporting the local right; how will D2 and D4 supes races impact turnout?

Under the Stars: We could all use some funky Detroit grooves about now

Music John-Paul Shiver - March 18, 2026

Plus: New music from Slope114 and The Reds, Pinks, and Purples; classic prog-rock from Brian Auger, Sessa at Rickshaw, more

Is AI gaming ready for primetime?

Gaming Leah Isobel - March 18, 2026

At 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming, one startup bases stories on handwritten plots, while another seems to throw its hands up.

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 17, 2026

Two art shows at YBCA exhibit the drama of past and present, while NCTC's 'Gods & Monsters' attempts a fresh take.

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Movies

‘Palestine 36’ director Annemarie Jacir: ‘Memory is a form of resistance’

Palestinian filmmaker completed acclaimed story of Arab revolts during British colonial rule in the midst of war and genocide.

Movies Claire Wu - March 24, 2026

Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

Music

On supergroup 1Umbrella’s debut, Bay Area hip-hop reigns

Sonic fingerprints of Visitacion Valley, Oakland, and the Fillmore audible in album's hard trap and smooth R&B.

Music Joshua Rotter - March 24, 2026

After brutal tragedy, Lynn Breedlove made a luminous album of memory and men

Under the Stars: We could all use some funky Detroit grooves about now

Live Shots: Gogol Bordello showed the Warfield ‘We Mean It, Man!’

Art

For Iranian artist Shiva Ahmadi, ‘ornamentation becomes a form of resistance’

Inspired by Persian miniatures and 'Animal Farm,' she asks viewers to see beyond the beauty to brutal issues.

Art Mary Corbin - March 19, 2026

Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

A Go-Go’s-eye view of women making killer music, from punk to pop

The North Beach Carol Doda mural will rise again

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Housing

Is the tide finally turning on the ‘abundance agenda?’

Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong

Housing Tim Redmond - February 12, 2026

Finally, a media breakthrough of the pro-Yimby narrative that has dominated press and politics

New study shows that deregulation is not the answer to the affordable housing crisis

The Marina Safeway project is just a shiny bauble to distract us from real issues

Politics

So much to protest next weekend

Plus: Wiener's tech lord pals pay for an early hit piece on Chakrabarti, and will the DCCC oppose taxes on the rich? That's The Agenda for March 22-29

The Agenda Tim Redmond - March 22, 2026

Race for Congress takes shape—even as Wiener ducks community groups he doesn’t like

Plan to ‘streamline’ commissions faces widespread opposition at supes hearing

At Game Developers Conference, game-workers keep unionization hopes alive

Opinion

The US war economy and the ‘threat of peace’

In 1957, I.F. Stone suggested that global peace would kill the military industrial complex. That's even more true today.

Humor Joel Schechter - March 23, 2026

United Nations, won’t you come on home?

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

Optional vaccines? CDC chair’s bizarre views would turn US into deadly experiment

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Performance

Drama Masks: A dance of secrets—and the music of chance

SF Ballet's beautiful 'Don Quixote' comes with questions, '||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||' sounds great. Plus: A pre-Giuliani 'Macbeth'?

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - March 24, 2026

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