Ice it: 7 'Heated Rivalry' raves
Plus: Affordable housers vs. market-rate developers, choirs vs. bondage on BIG WEEK, South Bay artist paints everyday immigrant life.
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Today's headlines:
Party Radar: ‘Heated Rivalry’ rave rivalry heats up
By Marke B.
Forget the Super Bowl: SF gets seven parties dedicated to HBO's hot gay hockey hunk hit in a month.
Supes approve affordable senior housing project—but discussion raises larger issue
By Tim Redmond
Nonprofit housers are good neighbors. Speculators are not. But Wiener's law treats both the same way.
BIG WEEK: Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Bondage Ball, CODEX Book Fair, magnolia blooms galore
By Caitlin Donohue
Plus: GZA and Phunky Nomads, Reparations' Afro-Latine celebration, 'Send Help', fun booze-free bevs.
Meghna Sharma paints the loneliness and joy of immigrant experience
By Mary Corbin
South Bay artist's work seeks to challenge your perception of mundanity.
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