Culture
Guitar wizard
From Red Rocks to Golden Gate Park, a longtime Grateful Dead fan reflects on Bob Weir’s legacy
Happy January 6, Ariel Pink
The LA musician was widely condemned for attending Trump’s pre-riot rally five years ago. This week, he’s playing the Chapel
The Bay Area’s best music critics pick the best songs of 2025
A selection of hits from a fabulous group of local writers and editors
Print is forever
As AI rises, the Bay Area is awash in a full-on print revival, from magazines to books to this website’s own quarterly paper
Memories of overdevelopment
Rebecca Solnit and Susan Schwartzenberg’s ‘Hollow City’ at 25
It’s a wonderful life
In ‘The Game,’ David Fincher turned San Francisco into a trap for a man who thinks he owns the place
Hand in hand
In the Panhandle, an 18-year-old is building muscles and community through arm wrestling
Todd Haynes on ‘Carol,’ a decade later
On Saturday, the indie director comes to the Toni Rembe Theatre to honor his sweetest film (and the sweetest celebration of the film)
Tech holiday parties are getting smaller
Holiday parties used to feature Greek gods and Gatsby themes. Now they’re lucky to have a magician or inflatable shark
