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24 Apr 2025

A Country Western Hoedown in Downtown SF!

By far, San Francisco’s most successful and consistently well-attended street party, Downtown First Thrusdays, is expanding its programming to SF’s (& California’s) first Entertainment Zone on Front Street, with boots, spurs, and a giant disco bison.

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24 Apr 2025

Misfit Cabaret’s Cinephilia Delivered a Cult Classic Fever Dream

Misfit Cabaret’s Cinephilia returned to San Francisco last Friday for the first time since its debut eight years ago and I was there for it. It was everything you’d imagine: a madcap homage to cult cinema and its gloriously strange and unhinged characters, including Alex DeLarge and his droogs from

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22 Apr 2025

Best Bay Area Events 4/22-5/12

Runnin’ Down A Dream by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor This upcoming Sunday will be my late co-worker Mark Pape‘s birthday. In our last text exchange, on his birthday a couple years ago, he told me “…enjoy my birthday!” So, in honor of Pape, I will wear rock the sweatpants,

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22 Apr 2025

We Wanna Send You to see Joan Crawford Superstar at Theater 33!

We Wanna Send You to See Joan Crawford Superstar at Theater 33 Enter to win a pair of tickets to a night of your choice to see Joan Crawford Superstar at Theater 33. “Jam-packed 80 minutes…exciting theater!” – Coast to Coast Reviews A fast-paced new play about the “best flapper”

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17 Apr 2025

How Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Uplifted Spirits at Zellerbach Hall

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s triple bill of “Home,” “Minus 16,” and “Revelations” was a vibrant, energetic performance that celebrated blackness and the black experience, despite the political climate and the loss of the company’s early grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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17 Apr 2025

SF Philharmonic’s Thrilling Final Concert of the Season!

On April 26th, Dvořák’s New World Symphony, Barber’s soaring Violin Concerto, & Danse Bacchanale from Saint-Saëens’s Samson and Delilah

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15 Apr 2025

Best Bay Area Events 4/15-5/5

Solar Powerby Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor Do you know how exiting this week is? Just in one day you can see Hunky Jesuses, Foxy Marys, a big wheel race, and/or screen The Big Lebowski with The Dude, himself. April has been shaping up to be an exciting month. Also, this week my brother’s

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15 Apr 2025

Freaky Tales Is Worth a Watch, But It Isn’t Perfect.

DON’T WORRY, NO MAJOR SPOILERS Have you ever wondered what a movie would be like if Quentin Tarantino was from Oakland and didn’t spend his time moaning the ‘N-word’ while on the precipice of cumming on some poor girl’s feet who was only there to further her career and maybe

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