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San Francisco has always been known as a place for the odd, the abnormal, and the innovative. A city truly reborn through the arts of the World's Fair after the 1906 Earthquake, S.F. is a city where counter-culture arts bleed into business events, and where new entertainers are born.

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Another Planet Gets Closer to Approval for Extra Weekend of Polo Field Concerts, Free Downtown Concerts

A proposal for an extra weekend of Golden Gate Park concerts the weekend after Outside Lands, plus three free concerts in downtown SF, picked up steam with approval this week from a key Board of Supervisors committee.

SF Art Institute Could Be Saved as an Art School; Group Including Laurene Powell Jobs Looking to Buy It

A group of deep-pocketed investors and arts patrons is reportedly lining up a bid to buy the bankrupt and shuttered SF Art Institute, a group including Laurene Powell Jobs, and they’d be keeping the famed Diego Rivera mural right where it is.

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Berkeley Rapper Lyrics Born Now Has a Cooking Show, And He’ll Even Cook for You Next Week

Callin’ out to all area crew: Berkeley-based hip-hop legend Lyrics Born has started an online cooking show, and you can even sample his food at a pop-up next week at a Maui fire benefit in Oakland.

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SF’s Ultra-Charming Piano Festival, Flower Piano, Returns to Golden Gate Park Starting Friday

The annual parade of 12 pianos is descending back to Golden Gate Park’s SF Botanical Garden, as Flower Piano strikes a major chord with all-day outdoor piano concerts from Friday through Tuesday, and even the robot muppet is performing this year.

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Actress-Turned-Duchess Meghan Markle Seen as a Scab Seated Next to Strike Villain and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos

While Meghan Markle may not need her union anymore or her residuals from the streaming of 'Suits,' it maybe wasn't a great look for her to be seated next to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos at the Beyonce show Monday in Los Angeles.

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'Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical' Begins Its Exuberantly Nostalgic Pre-Broadway Run at A.C.T.

"And you can bet your last money, it's all gonna be a stone gas, honey," said 'Soul Train' creator and host Don Cornelius — and you can bet this musical about the iconic show is going on to Broadway glory.

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Japanese Arcade Complex With East Bay Locations Headed For Stonestown Mall

Bowling, karaoke and arcade chain Round1, which is basically the Japanese version of Dave & Buster's, is taking over a space formerly occupied by Nordstrom at the Stonestown Galleria.

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SF Movie Theater Owners Fear Writers' and Actors' Strikes Could Wreck the Rest of Their 2023

Movie theater operators are projecting a debilitating post-Barbenheimer hangover, as the twin strikes by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA threaten to erase upcoming blockbusters and Oscar-season prestige films from the 2023 film release calendar.

People Finally Leave Burning Man, But Reportedly Also Leave Behind Trash and Even Their Vehicles

The gray seas finally parted for the 70,000 revelers to leave Burning Man Monday afternoon, though the traffic jam to get out lasted up to eight hours, and law enforcement officials complain that people abandoned their possessions and even vehicles in the desert.

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The Stud Owners Confirm Reopening at New Location on Folsom Street

Legendary SoMa nightclub The Stud is indeed reopening a few blocks from where it lived until 2020, and the drag shows are set to begin again maybe by early next year.

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The Burning Man Webcast is Now Live, Will Broadcast Saturday Night’s Burn

This year’s scaled-back, three-day Burning Man webcast is now live and running, and you can tune in to watch the spectacular Burn happen live on Saturday night, should you so desire.

The Head and The Heart Presents a Two-Day Curated Festival In Downtown Napa

Following the announcement of this year's Down in the Valley music festival, anticipation is building among indie-folk fans as they prepare to descend on the stunning vineyards of Napa, California for a weekend of unforgettable musical experiences.

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Burning Man Has Gotten Richer, Queerer, Slightly Less White

The annual Black Rock City Census data is out for 2022, and it paints a picture of the desert festival getting marginally more diverse than it was a decade ago, and a fair bit less traditionally heterosexual.

The 1975 Rocks California: Unmissable Shows In San Jose and Sacramento

Coming up this September, British rock sensations The 1975 are coming to California, and it's a homecoming you won't want to miss. With their evocative lyrics intersecting seamlessly with a plethora of musical styles, there are few bands with such a transformative yet definitive sonic identity.

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Welp, Time to Add Carlos Santana to the Anti-Trans Celebrity List After Bizarre Onstage Rant

Get ready for guitarist Carlos Santana to be the latest right-wing hero, as video just surfaced of him launching into a completely unprovoked transphobic rant at a late July Santana show in Atlantic City.

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Civic Center Carnival Kicks Off With Funnel Cakes and a 100-Foot Super Slide

San Francisco's latest effort at temporarily activating the plaza in front of City Hall, a four-day, county-fair-style carnival, begins at 2:30 p.m. Thursday and runs through the weekend.

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Rufus Wainwright, Rickie Lee Jones, and Soul Legend Irma Thomas Added to Hardly Strictly Lineup

A little less than half of the complete Hardly Strictly Bluegrass lineup for 2023 has been revealed, and this year is shaping up to be a stellar year for the free music festival in Golden Gate Park.

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Cirque du Soleil's ‘Corteo’ Flies High at the Chase Center, Starting Wednesday Night

The legendary Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil returns to SF for the first time since the pandemic hit, with an eight-show run of “Corteo” that will transform the Chase Center in ways you’ve never seen it, starting this week.

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Previews Have Arrived for This Year's Peaches Christ Terror Vault, Cult-Themed ‘The Initiation’

Another immersive Peaches Christ Halloween Terror Vault attraction is set to emerge from the grave for 2023, and this year’s version is a cult-themed screamer called ‘The Initiation,' the trailer and details of which have recently dropped.

Tropical Storm Hilary Hits Burning Man, Gates Closed Until at Least Noon on Tuesday

Don’t bother leaving for Burning Man today if you have an early-arrival pass, because Black Rock City is largely underwater, and the flooding has forced the temporary closure of the event’s front gate until 12 noon Tuesday at the earliest.

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Dolores Park Truffle Man Truffles Finally Selling Legally on SF Dispensary Shelves

After a six-year wait, the legal version of the old-school, Dolores Park Truffle Man’s weed-infused ‘Truffies’ have at long last arrived on SF dispensary shelves. Here’s where to find them.

Widespread Panic Returns For a 3-Day Musical Bonanza In Napa

Fans of Widespread Panic, the renowned rock band that has been together for an astonishing 30 years, are in for an epic treat this August as the band will perform a special 3-day concert event at the Oxbow RiverStage in Napa.

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'We Love SF' Campaign Launches to Counter Negative Narratives About the City

A small-scale campaign that seems to be part PR and part event promotion, dubbed WeLoveSF, is seeking to upend the "doom loop" and drug-crime narratives that have dominated media coverage about San Francisco all of this year.

Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket @ The Greek in Berkeley

On August 18, 2023, at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, fans of alternative music will bear witness to a great moment as beloved bands Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket take the stage together in Berkeley for a night of unforgettable live performances.

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You Can Now Buy a Coit Tower-Shaped Sex Toy, Known as the ‘Coitus Tower’

What self-satisfying San Franciscan wouldn’t want this masturbatory aid called the Coitus Tower? It of course pays homage to the SF’s Coit Tower that was ‘erected’ in 1933.