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SF Playhouse’s ‘M. Butterfly’ turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity

Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.

Arts + Culture Emily Wilson - February 11, 2026

Under the Stars: lovetempo’s debut makes our disco heart beat faster

Plus: Valentine's Day won't suck with Mae Powell and Dinner Date, and a crispy Takuya Kuroda repress.

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 11, 2026

‘Pride in Panels’ fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance

Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.

Art Marke B. - February 11, 2026

Supes side with AT&T on massive cell phone tower in Diamond Heights

Mandelman says the city has no choice and AT&T could sue; neighbors say that's no way to make policy decisions

Business + Tech Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

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What To Do

BIG WEEK: Lover’s Lane, Exploratorium sexytime, Problematic Bae, ‘Always Be My Maybe’…

Caitlin Donohue - February 10, 2026

Plus: 15th annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Pow-Wow, Horse Meat Disco, Rhondavous, Belmont eats, Martha Graham's 100th, more to do.

Campaign Trail

Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie

Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

Congressional candidate insists that Mahmood is a "progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'

Education

Watch: Teachers rally outside City Hall as strike launches

Andrew Brobst - February 10, 2026

Union organizers rejected Mayor Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.

News + Politics

How about ‘Pretti Good Hospital?’

Serena Finney - February 9, 2026

A move to replace Mark Zuckerberg with the people who died fighting ICE

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Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Arts + Culture Dennis Harvey - February 9, 2026

Plus: New People and Castro Theatre are back to their celluloid nature, 'Pillion' is both graphic and graceful.

Win tickets to Tara Yummy, Fleetmac Wood, Juliana Barwick + Mary Lattimore

Music Marke B. - February 9, 2026

Go see a sweet show on us. Here's how to enter.

Protests, puppets, and a big Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX

Protest 48 Hills - February 9, 2026

Marchers decried ICE outside the stadium, while the Puerto Rican superstar represented the power of culture within.

A soft touch: Victoria Veedell looks to capture ‘the feeling of it’

Art Mary Corbin - February 9, 2026

Pac Heights painter explores 'fleeting shifts of light that transform a landscape for just a breath of time.'

When, oh when, we SF finally take action to get rid of PG&E?

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 8, 2026

Plus: An illegal $40 million giveaway, fighting ICE—and will the supes stand up to AT&T? That's The Agenda for Feb. 8-15

A little perspective on the teacher strike

Labor Tim Redmond - February 8, 2026

SF has plenty of money to pay cops. What about teachers?

The Super Bowl, labor, and economic inequality

Labor Dave Meggyesy - February 7, 2026

I played in the NFL for 7 years. If we could change the profit system in something as quintessentially American as professional football, we can change it anywhere.

‘Sex trafficking’ stings—or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl?

Opinion megan hobza - February 7, 2026

The Super Bowl trafficking panic doesn’t reduce exploitation—it legitimizes policing that harms sex workers and immigrants

Puff: Honoring Wayne Justmann, SF’s original stoner

Culture Dan Karkoska - February 7, 2026

He worked the door at Dennis Peron's buyer's club, witnessed legalization firsthand—and treasured cannabis community.

Live Shots: Trish Toledo’s retro soul took Brick & Mortar for a ride

Music D.A. Mission - February 6, 2026

Singer's sweet SoCal sounds cruised back to a different era.

Supes move forward $40 million tax break for luxury hotel—while key records remain secret

Development Tim Redmond - February 5, 2026

The city has a report showing a 'demonstrated funding gap.' The law says that has to be public. It's not

Good Taste: The powerhouse SF chef amusing bouches in LA

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - February 5, 2026

Glamorous Monsieur Dior by Dominique Crenn offers pastry paradise starring uni, truffle, crab.

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Movies

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Plus: New People and Castro Theatre are back to their celluloid nature, 'Pillion' is both graphic and graceful.

Arts + Culture Dennis Harvey - February 9, 2026

Swinging ’60s icon Twiggy: ‘It happened so fast, and I was so young’

Indiefest giveaway: Score free tickets to new Dennis Peron doc ‘Join the Club’

Screen Grabs: Showings so rare it’s like glimpsing a snow leopard

Music

Under the Stars: lovetempo’s debut makes our disco heart beat faster

Plus: Valentine's Day won't suck with Mae Powell and Dinner Date, and a crispy Takuya Kuroda repress.

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 11, 2026

Protests, puppets, and a big Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX

Live Shots: Trish Toledo’s retro soul took Brick & Mortar for a ride

Under the Stars: Pardon us while we gush over R.E. Seraphin’s baroque pop cool

Art

‘Pride in Panels’ fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance

Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.

Art Marke B. - February 11, 2026

Between worlds with Sky Hopinka’s visual poetry

Meghna Sharma paints the loneliness and joy of immigrant experience

His suburban idylls teem with the ‘uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional’

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Housing

Supes approve affordable senior housing project—but discussion raises larger issue

Nonprofit housers are good neighbors. Speculators are not. But Wiener's law treats both the same way

Housing Tim Redmond - February 4, 2026

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

A small piece of land in SF for unhoused people to build their own future …

Politics

Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie

Congressional candidate insists that Mahmood is a "progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - February 10, 2026

When, oh when, we SF finally take action to get rid of PG&E?

A little perspective on the teacher strike

The Super Bowl, labor, and economic inequality

Opinion

‘Sex trafficking’ stings—or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl?

The Super Bowl trafficking panic doesn’t reduce exploitation—it legitimizes policing that harms sex workers and immigrants

Opinion megan hobza - February 7, 2026

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

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

People do not need to ask permission to belong

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Performance

SF Playhouse’s ‘M. Butterfly’ turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity

Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.

Arts + Culture Emily Wilson - February 11, 2026

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