After fatal fire, Planning Commission votes for developer's second chance
Plus: Newsom's brutal attack on the unhoused, the 'Acid Queen' finally gets her due, Jane Remover's 'blind rage.'
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FRINGE, THE INDIE MUSIC DANCE PARTY, IS HONORING ROBYN THIS SATURDAY!
Still dancing on your own? Fringe, the indie music video dance party, is every third Saturday with DJs Blondie K, Starr Noir & subOctave at Madrone Art Bar! Get free Fringe swag, Robyn heads—and LED cat ears while they last (arrive early!) Indie rock, indie pop, indie sleaze, '00s indie hits, alternative rock, blog haus, electro pop—plus a tribute to three decades of ROBYN this month!
STARDELLA RETURNS TO THE GREAT NORTHERN, MAY 17
The ultimate disco-flavored dance party is back, this time with beloved SF DJs David Harness and CarrieOn Disco! The DAD DJs hold down the loft upstairs, while a sea of lovelies loses its collective wig on the main floor.
A pathetic display of political cowardice at the SF Planning Commission
By Tim Redmond
Four commissioners vote to approve a terrible displacement monster that hardly anyone thinks is a good idea.
Dance on the edge of familiarity with Yameng Lee Thorp
By Mary Corbin
Finally, an artist who is not afraid to declare their love for Monet.
‘The Pacific Circuit’ chronicles tech vs. global democracy—without ever leaving Oakland
By Caitlin Donohue
Alexis Madrigal finds hope in The Town's generations of anti-imperialist activism.
AXIS Dance Company and Dr. Catie Cuan on the high-tech art of ‘choreorobotics’
By Aimee Ts'ao
Will it take a dancer to improve our relationship with machines?
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WELCOME TO SF DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, MAY 29-JUNE 8
Get ready for 11 days of great new non-fiction films from around the world playing at the Roxie and Vogue theaters and also on demand online! As 48hills' Dennis Harvey put it in 2024, "DocFest does feature serious inquiries into weighty subjects like the war in Gaza, the US opioid epidemic, international refugee waves, and more. But it also spotlights plenty of what’s still fun in life."
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