Solo? Sprung? V-Day plans for all💗
Plus: Supes side with AT&T vs. Diamond Heights neighbors, striking teachers rally outside City Hall, Chakrabarti's progressive cred in question, free concert tickets!
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SF INDIEFEST HITS SCREENS FEB. 5-15
"As ever, the San Francisco Independent Film Festival—a formal name I’ve never heard anyone call it by—celebrates the offbeat, DIY and fun among feature-length, short, narrative and non-fiction cinema. There’s a spirit to IndieFest that’s not unlike days of yore when you picked the most outlandish-looking box off the video store shelf for a night’s home viewing with friends." — Dennis Harvey, 48Hills
Today's headlines:
BIG WEEK: Lover’s Lane, Exploratorium sexytime, Problematic Bae, and ‘Always Be My Maybe’
By Caitlin Donohue
Plus: 15th annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Pow-Wow, Rhondavous, Belmont eats, Martha Graham's 100th, more.
Supes side with AT&T on massive cell phone tower in Diamond Heights
By Tim Redmond
Mandelman says the city has no choice and AT&T could sue; neighbors say that's no way to make policy decisions.
Watch: Teachers rally outside City Hall as strike launches
By Andrew Brobst
Union organizers rejected Mayor Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.
Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie
By Tim Redmond
Congressional candidate insists that Mahmood is a "progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'
In Case You Missed It:
Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to
A soft touch: Victoria Veedell looks to capture ‘the feeling of it’
WIN TICKETS TO TARA YUMMY, FLEETMAC WOOD, JULIANA BARWICK + MARY LATTIMORE
48 Hills is teaming up with some of SF’s best music venues—Regency Ballroom, The Warfield, Great American Music Hall, Brick & Mortar, Monarch, the Midway, Public Works, and more—to get you to some shows throughout the season. This week: some EDM revival and metalcore legends.
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