A school for clairvoyants that knows your powers 🔮
Plus: Lurie's bewildering billionaire agenda, big screams-on-screens action, Sweet Pussy Pauline returns, more
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Today's headlines:
This school for clairvoyants knows just how to affirm your powers
By Joshua Rotter
'It's like Hogwarts, only better because it's real,' says director Rani August of the Berkeley Psychic Institute.
The bewildering incoherence of Mayor Lurie’s billionaire agenda
By Calvin Welch
It's going to deeply damage San Francisco. Here's how we can fight back
‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action
By Dennis Harvey
Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.
Halloween parties giveaway! Win tix to Dusk to Dawn and Club Darc
Two giant parties hit this weekend—get those Elizabeth Holmes/Nathan Fielder costumes ready, we've got the hookup.
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FRAMELINE FALL SHOWCASE IS STACKED WITH FILM GEMS
Whether you’re into gay yearning, inspired animation, or exquisite coming-of-age stories, the Frameline Fall Showcase has something you’ll love — and something else you’ll love to discover. Join Frameline on select dates in October and November to experience the season’s best queer cinema, featuring talent like Andrew Scott, Abbi Jacobson, and more. Tickets available at frameline.org.
SQREAM: THE '90S SLASHER PARODY MUSICAL RETURNS!
Do you like scary movie drag parodies? OASIS introduces SQREAM, a drag horror parody set to your favorite hit songs of the 1990s. It's a super queer whodunnit spanning the entire OASIS nightclub, and it's as campy, sexy and gory as your millennial adolescence. They're ready to slay... are you?
