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Music

Under the Stars: Gauging the Bay Area spring music hype

John-Paul Shiver - April 19, 2024

Free Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SF Symphony at the Movies, Brijean's return help patch tragedies like the A's leaving

Business + Tech

New conservative DCCC members will face vote on critical labor issues

Tim Redmond - April 18, 2024

Will the 'moderate' majority elected with tech money support bills that regulate AI, robotaxis, and robotrucks?

Stage Review

Revisiting the violent time when drag was illegal in ‘The Pride of Lions’

Charles Lewis III - April 19, 2024

Risking it all in the 1920s to perform onstage and live authentically in Theatre Rhino's latest, by Roger Mason.

Housing

SF could get federal funding for 4,000 affordable housing units—maybe

Savannah Dewberry - April 18, 2024

So far, the Breed Administration has not taken advantage of a program that will close in September.

Hot topics

Nightlife

Watch: Our Stud sneak peek parted the sequined curtains on new location

48 Hills - April 18, 2024

Drinks, drag, dancing and more at the legendary queer bar's new location ahead of the 4/20 grand opening.

News + Politics

SF once again fails women who report sexual assault

Tim Redmond - April 17, 2024

Ronen asks: Why have the cops done nothing since 2021 on allegations by three women that they were assaulted by Jon Jacobo?

Music

Master of samples Carl Stone returns, accompanied by car-long ‘Hurdy Grande’

Daniel Bromfield - April 17, 2024

The 71-year-old musical pioneer inaugurates the West Oakland Sound Series with experimental gusto.

Music

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

Joshua Rotter - April 17, 2024

'I can say proudly that love has healed me,' says star who weathered instant fame and disastrous downfall.

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Good Taste: Local chefs serve kitchen game on social media

Food & Drink Tamara Palmer - April 16, 2024

Victoriano Lopez and Kathy Fang share go-to cooking techniques when they’re off the clock. Watch and learn!

Gaza protesters on Golden Gate Bridge jailed on felony charges

Protest Tim Redmond - April 16, 2024

Unusual CHP tactic guaranteed that 26 people spend at least one night behind bars.

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 16, 2024

The German-language film fest keeps broadening its borders. Plus: Ken Loach's finale 'Old Oak' and 'Dig! XX'

Federal official tells SF to fix ongoing problems at ‘uninhabitable’ Plaza East public housing

Housing Cydney Hayes - April 15, 2024

But despite successful organizing campaign, repairs haven't started.

Watch: Legendary DJ Paulette gives us juicy nightlife history on Music Book Club

Music Book Club Tamara Palmer - April 15, 2024

'Welcome to the Club' details more than 30 years of UK house music history and her own fascinating story.

Hilarious performances whisk you up a shaky ’39 Steps’

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - April 15, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse lampoons a ripe Hitchcock—but you may want to binge your noir beforehand.

For actor John-Andrew Morrison, ‘A Strange Loop’ is a brilliant, emotional rollercoaster

Onstage Lou Fancher - April 15, 2024

The Tony nominee returns to Michael R. Jackson's lauded play at ACT—and brings a deep connection to his mother.

Big Treasure Island developers seek $115 million city bailout

Development Steve Stallone - April 14, 2024

Deal would tie up all of SF's borrowing authority for three years—and could cost the taxpayers millions.

The city’s budget battle comes into clear view ….

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 14, 2024

.... Plus broken elevators in SROs, a mess in the city's housing voucher program—and where did Breed's 'Dreamkeeper' money go? That's The Agenda for April 14-21

Wildly inaccurate story leads to death threats for activist, 48hills writer

Media Tim Redmond - April 14, 2024

Lisa Gray Garcia, who writes as Tiny, gets attacked after New York Post does a sensational story about her work with UCLA medical students.

Live Shots: Alkaline Trio brought three decades of punk energy to Masonic

Music D.A. Mission - April 12, 2024

The Chicago outfit left no "Stupid Kid" behind as they whipped an adoring crowd into a frenzy.

Wiener tries to fundraise—for himself—from Peskin mayoral campaign announcement

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - April 11, 2024

Plus: Will the right-wing candidates really do an anti-Peskin RCV strategy?

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Movies

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

'I can say proudly that love has healed me,' says star who weathered instant fame and disastrous downfall.

Music Joshua Rotter - April 17, 2024

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Among Silent Film Fest’s gems: A movie shown for the first time in 101 years

Oh the (budget) horrors! Unnamed Film Fest gave us Frogman, Flesh Games, more frights

Music

Under the Stars: Gauging the Bay Area spring music hype

Free Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, SF Symphony at the Movies, Brijean's return help patch tragedies like the A's leaving

Music John-Paul Shiver - April 19, 2024

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?

Watch: Legendary DJ Paulette gives us juicy nightlife history on Music Book Club

Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.

Art Lou Fancher - April 10, 2024

Life burbles with inside jokes in Rebecca Ness’s jumbo paintings

Sticking to it: The packing tape art of Pablo Manga

Shanti Charan jokes to fight recidivism for people in Bay Area jails

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Housing

SF could get federal funding for 4,000 affordable housing units—maybe

So far, the Breed Administration has not taken advantage of a program that will close in September.

Housing Savannah Dewberry - April 18, 2024

Citizens advisory committee presses Navy for answers on Hunters Point Shipyard

The Yimbys think they rule—but there are some serious signs to the contrary

SF prepares to evict people living in vehicles on Bernal Hill

Politics

The city’s budget battle comes into clear view ….

.... Plus broken elevators in SROs, a mess in the city's housing voucher program—and where did Breed's 'Dreamkeeper' money go? That's The Agenda for April 14-21

The Agenda Tim Redmond - April 14, 2024