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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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Trans trailblazer Sean Dorsey: ‘When shit gets hard, we choose to show up for each other’

His legendary dance company's 22nd annual home season offers 'a balm for this moment in America.'
Dance Joshua Rotter -
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At the Warfield, Baroque pop avatar Oklou emerged a star

Classically trained French multi-instrumentalist carves her own path with polyphonic, Internet-fluent allure.
Music Daniel Bromfield -
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Lurie wants to undermine mandate for big institutions to tell neighborhoods what they are doing

Colleges and universities would no longer file Institutional Master Plans in many parts of town
City Hall Tim Redmond -
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Bay Area Dance Week celebrates leaps and bounds of local scene

'Let’s just have fun and enjoy being in our bodies in a joyful space,' says co-director Dudley Flores, whose 'One Dance' kicks things off.
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The Agenda

SF backs away from harm reduction and Housing First

Tim Redmond -
Plus: Fighting back against budget cuts to job training, affordability, and public health. That's The Agenda for April 19-26.
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Art

Karyn Gabriel’s ceramic sculptures ask, ‘Is beauty important?’

Mary Corbin -
Drawn to the mantra of repetition and the stillness of nature, the Marin artist lets each work 'percolate on its own timeline.'
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Music

How ‘absurd grunge Cinderella’ Melissa Auf der Maur embraced her wild ’90s

Joshua Rotter -
Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist's intense memoir 'Even the Good Girls Will Cry' peels back rock icon mythos
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Music

Under the Stars: Irreversible Entanglements channel peace vibrations

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: DJ Platurn goes shopping, Earth Tongue jams and slithers, another winner from Bar Part Time, more music
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The best and worst of CA housing policy, on display at UCLA conference

Housing Tim Redmond -
Some rational discussion based on facts, and some Yimby presentations with no facts
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Hundreds rally against health care cuts

Labor Serena Finney -
Layoffs and service reductions will harm the city's most vulnerable residents
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Live Shots: Lamb of God took the Masonic ‘Into Oblivion’

Music D.A. Mission -
Virginia heavy metal legends' full-throttle show transformed venue onto vortex of cathartic aggression.
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Drama Masks: Of tyrannical kings and dancing kilts

Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
SF Ballet's 'La Sylphyde' goads us to run to the woods; NCTC's 'how to make an American son' picks at the myth of meritocracy
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Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

Movies Dennis Harvey -
Bracing 'Steal This Story, Please!' Plus: Soderbergh's intelligent 'The Christophers,' biting 'Continental '25,' spectral 'Dry Leaf'
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What the new Chakrabarti poll really shows

News + Politics Tim Redmond -
The real question is not just percentage—it's who votes
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Alvin Ailey’s annual Berkeley run brought further ‘Revelations’

Dance Lou Fancher -
Revered African American dance company set sail for 'Jazz Island,' tackled a table-top 'Embrace,' and renewed a stone classic.
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Puff: Flying high for 420 with a full week of Space Walk fest

Puff Dan Karkoska -
Clone Fest, Cutie Pipes, the Herb Somm, dub dancing, Brownie Mary doc, and mind-blowing strains. Plus: You need this fast food bong.
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A decade in, the Back Room still holds space for intimate musical encounters

Music Joshua Rotter -
Berkeley mainstay hosts 10-day concert series marking 10 years of diverse, all-ages, BYOB, communal gigs.
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Record Store Day 2026 brings a ‘1983’ treat

Music John-Paul Shiver -
Annual brick-and-mortar booster re-releases Flying Lotus vinyl classic (among many others) to tempt you inside on April 18.
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Rich people are lying to seniors about the billionaire tax; does the news media care?

The Agenda Tim Redmond -
Plus: Protecting civilian control of the cops, and is SF 'a liberal oligarchy?' That's The Agenda for April 12-19
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Why is the City Attorney’s Office ‘investigating’ a leaked document? It’s unprecedented and alarming

City Hall Tim Redmond -
It's hard to see the focus on Sup. Fielder's Office as anything except a political vendetta, and the Chron should be ashamed to be part of it.
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