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Skydog Sanctuary@skydogsanctuary.bsky.social · 5d agoThe B.L.M. tells the public that slaughter is off the table for #wildhorses, but they’re doing it in plain sight by using a third party. There are simple steps they could take to end this, but they are turning a blind eye. Important article by Dave Philipps. nyti.ms/3TX5b8N
The city's last nonprofit arts college is closing. An infusion of tech cash means it won't disappear completely. Be careful what you wish for, writes columnist Max Blue www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-s...
SF’s last nonprofit arts college succumbs to Big Tech takeover
Careful what you wish for, writes arts columnist Max Blue. It just might be disaster capitalism at work.
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You know the headliners. Let our music expert hip you to the up-and-comers @sfoutsidelands.bsky.social www.sfexaminer.com/culture/must...
Five unsung but essential bands at Outside Lands
Everyone knows the headliners. Get to know Bad Nerves, Yard Act, The Story So Far, Momma and Wunderhorse.
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Won best first feature at SF Jewish Film Fest, will screen again Aug. 2 at Landmark’s Piedmont Theatre --> www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-j...
SF Jewish Film Fest doc examines fall of ‘Singing Rabbi’
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's music is deeply embedded in Jewish spiritual life. A new documentary grapples with his legacy of both darkness and light
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"Gabriel" shared this photo with us from the grape harvesting Arvin CA. "It's 11:30 am and it's already 93°. It is even hotter under the grapevines as the air barely moves. The high today is supposed to reach 102°. #WeFeedYou
"The power of Thee Parkside was its ability to help people find where they fit in." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/thee...
Thee Parkside closes, and San Francisco loses a piece of itself
More than just a music venue, it was the place where outsiders found community and all were welcome
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"Some communities’ memories are not based on solid structures that tell us how and what to remember." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/publ...
City project reimagines its monuments and memorials
For columnist Max Blue, Shaping Legacy exemplifies public art done right, maintaining its most important principle — an emphasis on the public
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A film that asks us "to not be afraid of admitting that this man left a legacy of enormous spiritual gift — as well as enormous destruction." "The Darkest Light" premieres at the SF Jewish Film Fest this Sunday www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-j...
SF Jewish Film Fest doc examines fall of ‘Singing Rabbi’
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's music is deeply embedded in Jewish spiritual life. A new documentary grapples with his legacy of both darkness and light
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"At its core, the documentary poses a question the country has grappled with for much of its history: Who belongs here?" Bay Area screenings start July 31 at the Roxie in SF: www.sfexaminer.com/culture/why-...
Why everyone should know the name Luis Valdez
A Sundance award-winning documentary is giving the father of Chicano theater the recognition he deserves.
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What city's prettier than our city? Moonrise over the San Francisco skyline pictured from Yellow Bluff in Sausalito on Sunday, photographed by the incomparable Craig Lee for @sfexaminer.bsky.social
It's official — the USMNT will be at Levi's Stadium on July 1. ⚽Your friendly San Francisco pubs have been preparing for this moment for months: www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-p...
SF pubs prepare for the World Cup
“Every day is a potential Super Bowl for six weeks” — and The City's pubs are ready.
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This will make the story better. When it’s Victor Wembanyama’s turn to celebrate like Jalen Brunson did Saturday, this will be the flashback scene, the agony to avenge. “I can’t tell you what the lesson is,” Wemby said. He will show us soon enough. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
Why Spurs are in control of what they take from NBA Finals heartbreak vs. Knicks
The details of these NBA Finals, and of the 94-90 Game 5 New York Knicks victory that closed a series of comebacks and cold truths, will provide both a purpose and a pathway.
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In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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The bands, notably, are homegrown — arising from and in response to the changing nature of The City itself. And they are making quintessentially San Francisco music. www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-p...
The young punks trying to save SF's soul
"I think it'd be, like, a damn shame for that to just disappear,” said Cody Azumi, the 25-year-old singer/bassist in the local punk band Surprise Privilege.
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“I want the 2020s to be remembered not just like, oh, they did punk again for a little bit, [but] damn, dude, punk is f---ing back, like they’re doing crazy f---ing sh-t … San Francisco punk is back alive and this is where the most exciting things are happening.” www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-p...
The young punks trying to save SF's soul
"I think it'd be, like, a damn shame for that to just disappear,” said Cody Azumi, the 25-year-old singer/bassist in the local punk band Surprise Privilege.
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Boots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters
Boots Riley wants you to wake up and smell the class struggle
I Love Boosters is telling a story about the power of working class solidarity.
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"About Face: Disrupting Ballet,” follows two dancers as they work to remove racist stereotypes from ballet and premieres May 9 at CAAMFest @caamedia.bsky.social www.sfexaminer.com/culture/abou...
New doc spotlights removal of stereotypes in ballet
“About Face: Disrupting Ballet,” follows two dancers as they raise awareness and seek more authentic depictions of Asian people in dance productions.
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Chonkers out here making the national news www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
Chonkers the ‘Food-Motivated’ Sea Lion Plops Into San Francisco
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It has begun. Beware the 19th Avenue closure, San Francisco www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit...
Traffic disruptions coming to west side SF residents
Caltrans will begin a 19th Avenue repaving project later this month.
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City Hall's streamlining includes merging SF's major public arts organizations. It's causing more uncertainty in already tough times www.sfexaminer.com/culture/stat...
The City's arts organizations need more support
City Hall is giving them uncertainty.
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"At its core, the documentary poses a question the country has grappled with for much of its history: Who belongs here?" Screening next week in San Rafael: "American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/why-...
Why everyone should know the name Luis Valdez
A Sundance award-winning documentary is giving the father of Chicano theater the recognition he deserves.
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"It’s like being with a man in exile trying to find his way home." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/tim-... #sffilmfest
SF Film Fest: "Figaro Up, Figaro Down"
"Extraordinary" doc about an elite opera singer's addiction struggle in The City premieres April 27.
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This is, candidly, the best bar in SF, and a tragedy for us all sfstandard.com/2026/04/21/f... via @sfstandard.com
Japantown is about to cut the mic on this popular karaoke bar
Festa claims that the Kinokinuya Building declined to renew its lease, which expires at the end of the year.
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