🎆Year of the 🔥🐴 gallops in🎊
Plus: SF Beer Week lays out city-style sips, BIG WEEK has the details on arts and culture to-dos, Martha Graham Dance Company at 100 years.
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Today's headlines:
BIG WEEK: Lunar New Year, Emory Douglas, Catherine O’Hara drag, and Bernie vs AI
By Caitlin Donohue
Plus: Circlesongs, Joe Claussell, SF Beer Week, Hwa Mi Won, Japanese American WWII film fest, more.
City by the pint: Our toast-worthy guide to SF Beer Week
By Adrian Spinelli
Soup dumplings and a hazy IPA, ad hoc taproom disc golf, bus routes to brews—hop lovers, clear your calendars.
Live Shots: In Chinatown, Year of the Fire Horse comes in with a bang
By Kevin Kelleher and Emily Trinh
Unsanctioned Lunar New Year's Eve celebration was lit (and this time no Waymos were harmed).
Century-old Martha Graham Dance Company proves the future of the art is in good hands
By Lou Fancher
Elegant, forceful reimaginings of legendary choreography hit their mark.
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GRAB A FREE PASS TO SEE NEW MOVIE 'MIDWINTER BREAK'
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