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Drama Masks: Feel good this plot is not

Plus: 'How Shakespeare Saved My Life' fumbles in tale of a young man's love for The Bard and hip-hop.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - February 4, 2026

United Nations, won’t you come on home?

The U.N. was founded in SF. Thanks to Trump, it's nearly bankrupt in New York. Why can't SF give it space and bring it back?

Opinion Joel Schechter - February 3, 2026

BIG WEEK: Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Bondage Ball, CODEX Book Fair, magnolia blooms galore

Plus: GZA and Phunky Nomads, Reparations' Afro-Latine celebration, 'Send Help', fun booze-free bevs

What To Do Caitlin Donohue - February 4, 2026

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

Plus: 'Pretty in Pink' makes a great V-Day soundtrack and SF Bay Popfest is determined to rock, even as local venues bid adieu.

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 3, 2026

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Music

Alexi Kenney packs nocturnal energy, psychedelic fantasy into SoundBox

Marke B. - February 3, 2026

Daring violinist curates SF Symphony's immersive music series' 'Dream Awake' program.

Contest

See a show for free at Lost Church this February

Marke B. - February 3, 2026

Magic, music, laughs: Catch something unique at the independent North Beach venue. But act fast.

Housing

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

Zelda Bronstein - February 2, 2026

The Washington Post, of all places, runs a story on a new study debunking the idea that more market-rate housing will bring down prices

The Agenda

Hardly anyone opposes low-income senior housing, but there’s an appeal anyway

Tim Redmond - February 2, 2026

Bernal Heights project will go before the supes—but why?

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Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British’s big cinematic ideas

Movies Dennis Harvey - February 2, 2026

Bay-centric docs on The Residents and Dennis Peron, plus past and present blockbuster epics.

Live Shots: Edwardian Ball’s 25th anniversary sang the body electric

Culture Jon Bauer and Patty Riek - February 2, 2026

Burlesque, bustles, and resplendently bare live acts adorned the Regency Ballroom.

Rainbow Families Action fights for local trans kids with protests, board resolution

Healthcare Marke B. - February 2, 2026

Facing federal ban on gender-affirming care, parents of trans kids join with labor and Sup. Chan to stand up to attacks.

Lurie wants to give away $40 million in public money for a private hotel—but it may not be legal

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 1, 2026

Plus: Is somebody really, seriously, organizing a "March for Billionaires?" If it's a hoax, it's a good one. That's The Agenda for Feb. 1-8

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

Movies Joshua Rotter - February 1, 2026

The model-actor became a cultural phenomenon; new doc at Mostly British fest fills in her complexity.

HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.

Opinion Bruce Mirken - February 1, 2026

With his influential lies about the cause of AIDS, the quack left a trail of death and doubt that continues to this day.

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

Contest Marke B. - February 1, 2026

We've got 10 pairs of tickets to new movie chronicling the beloved queer cannabis pioneer. Here's how to win!

BART cuts deal with Uber—without approval of the elected board

Transportation Tim Redmond - January 29, 2026

Private car company that wants to destroy public transit now gets a free ride on the BART app

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

Healthcare Bruce Mirken - January 29, 2026

Vaccine panel head Kirk Milhoan says 'science is what I observe' and questions polio shot, among others.

BIG WEEK: Edwardian Ball, PIVOT Festival, Miss Kittin, a Harvey Milk sandwich….

Big Week Marke B. - January 29, 2026

ESG, Girl Tones, Emo Night, No-ICEd cookies, 'Tabi Tabi Po,' Friends of Perfection, more to do—get out there!

Drama Masks: New looks at ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘Eugene Onegin’

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - January 28, 2026

Stripped down at ACT and revamped at SF Ballet, two very familiar tales take January's big stages.

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - January 28, 2026

Robert Beavers and Rob Nilsson, seen again. Plus: Jodie Foster as splendid grump, Paris Hilton as Paris Hilton, and, er, 'Melania.'

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Movies

Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British’s big cinematic ideas

Bay-centric docs on The Residents and Dennis Peron, plus past and present blockbuster epics.

Movies Dennis Harvey - February 2, 2026

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

Screen Grabs: Ann Lee won’t take any of your crap

Music

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

Plus: 'Pretty in Pink' makes a great V-Day soundtrack and SF Bay Popfest is determined to rock, even as local venues bid adieu.

Music John-Paul Shiver - February 3, 2026

See a show for free at Lost Church this February

Don’t fear the Zappa: Richmond fusion quartet Pateka swings wild and hit

Live Shots: ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ summons Irish ghosts to SF Mint

Art

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

Jonathan Crow's paintings mix Edward Hopper with David Lynch—when he can take a break from being a dad.

Art Mary Corbin - January 23, 2026

Alejandro Cartagena’s viral ‘Carpool’ photos strike deep community chords

Ashima Yadava’s art documents South Asian survivors—and rebukes hypocritical politics

Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith’s art is empowerment writ large

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Housing

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

The Washington Post, of all places, runs a story on a new study debunking the idea that more market-rate housing will bring down prices

Housing Zelda Bronstein - February 2, 2026

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 …

Lurie ignored tenant groups when drafting his Muni parcel-tax proposal—and that’s a problem

Politics

Hardly anyone opposes low-income senior housing, but there’s an appeal anyway

Bernal Heights project will go before the supes—but why?

The Agenda Tim Redmond - February 2, 2026

Lurie wants to give away $40 million in public money for a private hotel—but it may not be legal

Supes move forward a term-limits bill that’s a ‘solution in search of a problem’

A very dubious term-limits bill that could easily be amended ….

Opinion

United Nations, won’t you come on home?

The U.N. was founded in SF. Thanks to Trump, it's nearly bankrupt in New York. Why can't SF give it space and bring it back?

Opinion Joel Schechter - February 3, 2026

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

People do not need to ask permission to belong

Why the Public Defender’s Office can’t take all the felony cases the Superior Court is forcing on us

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