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Good Taste: Indulge in our favorite Restaurant Week deals

From $15 Colombian brunch at Creative Ideas Cafe to beautiful $90 Indian feast at Copra, here are 12 can't-miss picks.

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - October 16, 2026

At 87, the great Judy Collins sings farewell—but stays in the now

Singer-activist shares tales of Leonard Cohen, Chicago Seven ahead of Sunday farewell concert at Cal Performances.

Music Joshua Rotter - October 16, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Slumberland Records

Mike Schulman's powerhouse Oakland indie-pop record label has a sound as chill and comforting as a blanket of Bay Area fog.

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 16, 2026

Another bad Congressional ‘debate’ reflects the failures of local media and US politics

Nobody challenged the basic assumptions in Wiener's question, or his comments on AI money

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 15, 2026

Big Week

BIG WEEK: Market Street Arts Fest, BAS Day, Shipyard Open Studios, Paul Madonna…

Marke B. - October 15, 2026

Vampire Fest, Bearrison, Detroit Love, 'Women's Rebel Voices,' ReOrient Fest, Beatpig, 'Atonement,' more to do!

Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: ‘NAZA’ doc chillingly excoriates Israel’s killing machine

Dennis Harvey - October 15, 2026

Plus: Four-hour 'Musk' DOGE-walks the would-be tech emperor, and Elizabeth Holmes gets twisty in 'You Can See Everything'

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Dark fantasy and darker reality in powerful ‘The Brothers Size’

Charles Lewis III - October 15, 2026

Plus: 'Tis the season for 'Sqream' queens at Oasis, and Golden Thread's ReOrient Fest brings laughter and heartbreak

Culture

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Stuff by Luxe

Dorothy O'Donnell - October 15, 2026

No need to throw elbows to get to that Scandinavian living room set at the Bay Area's airy vintage consignment shop.

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Photos: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering commemorated Alcatraz reclamation

Protest Emma Garcia - October 14, 2026

Annual voyage and ceremony marks 55 years since the occupation of the island—and celebrates a resilient culture.

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Creative Collective

Best of the Bay Dorothy O'Donnell - October 14, 2026

Event production company stays looking on the bright side of the city's artistic future with events like Pier Party, the Diwali Festival, and Lower Polk Live!

Under the Stars: Telemakus blazes back on the future jazz path

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 14, 2026

Plus: Allah-Las at Psyched! Fest, Stones Throw 30, Crud, Naked Eyes, and the weirdest 'reunion' tour ever, courtesy Gnarls Barkley.

AI-backed PAC puts up $3 million to elect Wiener to Congress

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 13, 2026

These folks are not fools; they clearly think Wiener will be their best ally in Washington

DCCC chair won’t step down—and can utterly avoid accountability

News + Politics Tim Redmond - October 13, 2026

There appears to be no process to recall an elected member of a party central committee.

Screen Grabs: Green and UN film fests land at a raw moment for humanity

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 13, 2026

Plus: A feast of global vampire flicks, a revamped return of 'The Devils,' 'Deathgasm II: Goremaggedeon,' more movies

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Tarpey-Schwed LGBT Families Children’s Book Collection

Best of the Bay Lou Fancher - October 13, 2026

There's never been a better time to celebrate the history of queer stories for kiddos!

60 years of formidable bailaores: Theatre Flamenco’s milestone flourish

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - October 12, 2026

With all-star 'De Ayer a Hoy,' the groundbreaking troupe celebrates more than half a century of dancing to its own rhythm.

At Sui Generis, 20 years of fierce looks and immigrant vision

Culture Joshua Rotter - October 12, 2026

Miguel Lopez and Gabriel Yanez’s designer consignment boutique has become a dynamic cultural hub in a changing city.

Come to our big Triple Gala and save local journalism (the fun way)!

Featured Marke B. - October 12, 2026

Live entertainment, local bites, great cocktails, and tons of elbow-rubbing on October 27 at El Rio club.

School Board to consider plans that would increase inequality in student enrollment

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 11, 2026

'Neighborhood schools' are a great idea—unless you have radical economic inequality among neighborhoods. That's The Agenda for Oct. 11-18

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Golden State Valkyries

Best of the Bay John-Paul Shiver - October 11, 2026

Fresh WNBA expansion team hits the finals in their second season—and sparks a wellspring of Violet Pride from Ballhalla Stans.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘NAZA’ doc chillingly excoriates Israel’s killing machine

Plus: Four-hour 'Musk' DOGE-walks the would-be tech emperor, and Elizabeth Holmes gets twisty in 'You Can See Everything'

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - October 15, 2026

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest blows in with wild weddings, sand thieves, ghost schools

Bea Arthur really did do everything except porn

In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

Music

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Slumberland Records

Mike Schulman's powerhouse Oakland indie-pop record label has a sound as chill and comforting as a blanket of Bay Area fog.

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 16, 2026

Under the Stars: Telemakus blazes back on the future jazz path

Imperial Teen: ‘We refuse not to be hot’

Under the Stars: Fall at the Fillmore heats up with stellar sonic residencies

Art

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Creative Collective

Event production company stays looking on the bright side of the city's artistic future with events like Pier Party, the Diwali Festival, and Lower Polk Live!

Best of the Bay Dorothy O'Donnell - October 14, 2026

In ‘Character Development,’ personae made of monsters, makeup, and dark magic

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

Inspired by Maren Hassinger’s work, BAMPFA community bonds on paper

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Housing

SF is about to run out of affordable housing money—unless Props. I and C pass

Ten years of bond money is spent. The next bond isn't until 2034. Thousands of units will stall if the voters don't approve annual funding

Housing Tim Redmond - September 17, 2026

Why is SF encouraging a notorious landlord to build luxury housing in Lower Haight?

How cities are going to lose all control over housing development, soon

The Chron discovers, sort of, that Wiener’s housing bills are a con

Politics

Another bad Congressional ‘debate’ reflects the failures of local media and US politics

Nobody challenged the basic assumptions in Wiener's question, or his comments on AI money

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 15, 2026

School Board to consider plans that would increase inequality in student enrollment

District 8 supe race: The plot thickens

How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40

Opinion

OPINION: It’s all about male power

Lurie, Wiener, and Mandelman should be required to listen to anybody who would like to tell them how it feels to be deep-faked, mocked, and sexually harassed

Opinion Sasha Cuttler - October 9, 2026

Yes, groping can be sexual assault—even for gay men

A Luddite AI that self-destructs? Why not?

Why won’t the media call a lie a lie?

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Performance

Drama Masks: Dark fantasy and darker reality in powerful ‘The Brothers Size’

Plus: 'Tis the season for 'Sqream' queens at Oasis, and Golden Thread's ReOrient Fest brings laughter and heartbreak

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 15, 2026

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