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Vol. IIINo. 184
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Culture · May 2026 · 609 stories

Bay Area Indies Film Festival Returns in 2026

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Details on the 2026 Bay Area Indies Film Festival are still coming into focus — dates, venues, and ticketing haven't…

May 30, 2026

Oakland Art Murmur Turns 20 — The Gallery Crawl That Built a Scene Comes Back Bigger

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Details are still firming up, but Oakland Art Murmur's 20th anniversary celebration is scheduled for 2026, returning to…

May 30, 2026

Native Intertribal Dance and Food Fest Returns to Tunnel Tops

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At Tunnel Tops in the Presidio, the Native Intertribal Dance and Food Fest brings together dancers, drummers, and…

PresidioMay 30, 2026

The Fruit Trees Growing in Plain Sight

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At a house on the west side of Oakland, a cherimoya hangs heavy off a branch that extends past the fence line — pale…

May 30, 2026

Kirby Cove Is Still Out There, Past the Toll Plaza and the Locked Gate

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Past the last San Francisco streetlight, past the toll plaza and the vista-point pullout where tourists aim their…

May 30, 2026

Jovino Santos Neto Brings Brazilian Jazz to Oakland — and It's Free

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The Jovino Santos Neto Trio plays a Brazilian jazz night in Oakland — check SFFuncheap for the confirmed date, time…

May 30, 2026

Ira Sandler, Who Built 1015 Folsom Into a Room the City Danced In, Has Died

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On the stretch of Folsom between 6th and 7th, the building at 1015 has stood for decades as one of those addresses you…

SoMaMay 30, 2026

Two Free Museums, Every Saturday: de Young and Legion of Honor Are Open to Bay Area Residents at No Cost

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Every Saturday, Bay Area residents get free admission to both the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of…

Golden Gate ParkMay 29, 2026

Monday Mornings in the Headlands, for the Freshly Unemployed

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At the Sausalito trailhead on a recent Monday at 10:30 a.m., while most of the Bay Area was opening laptops or joining…

May 29, 2026

Held Over Is Closing. Everything's $9.

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On the 1500 block of Haight, the racks at Held Over were stripped nearly bare by Saturday afternoon, the wooden hangers…

Haight-AshburyMay 29, 2026

The Backrooms Film Is Set in San Jose and the Director Is From Here

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The Oldest View, the feature-length Backrooms film from YouTube filmmaker Kane Parsons, is set in San Jose and Santa…

May 29, 2026

What the Library Will Lend You Now, Besides Books

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At the Visitacion Valley branch on Leland Avenue, a circular saw checked out last Thursday and came back Friday…

Visitacion ValleyMay 29, 2026

Bay Lights Is Back on the Bridge — Here's What the Installation Actually Looked Like

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The Bay Lights — Leo Villareal's 25,000-LED light sculpture running the full western span of the Bay Bridge — has a…

EmbarcaderoMay 29, 2026

Two Shows, Every Weekend: SF's Rotating Experimental Theater Double Feature

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Fridays and Saturdays, two shows worth knowing about are running regular weekends at SF venues.

Haight-AshburyMay 29, 2026

Guild Theatre Turns 100 With a Season Worth Leaving the Couch For

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The Guild Theatre at 949 Market Street is marking its centennial with what the venue is billing as a stacked…

TenderloinMay 29, 2026

The Old Main Library Still Has Something to Say

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On Larkin Street, between the fountain plaza and the pale dome of City Hall, the Asian Art Museum occupies a building…

Civic CenterMay 29, 2026

HellaSecret Desi Comedy Night Has Two Shows and Free Tickets

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Two shows — 7pm and 9pm — make up HellaSecret's Desi Comedy Night in SF, with free tickets available through SFFuncheap…

May 29, 2026

Mark Ashworth's Abstract Work Comes to Pacifica — With Live Music

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Free and open to the public, Mark Ashworth's abstract art exhibit runs at a Pacifica venue alongside live music — check…

May 29, 2026

The Tenderloin's Smallest Parks Are Also Its Most Stubborn

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On a city lot between two apartment buildings on Leavenworth, someone has left a coffee cup on the edge of a planter…

TenderloinMay 29, 2026

On Ross Alley, a Wall Says Something

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Somewhere in the grid of Chinatown — past the barbecue shops on Stockton, past the herbalists with their paper bags and…

ChinatownMay 29, 2026

Graphic Arts Workshop Opens the Flat Files: Artist Proof Sale This Weekend

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The Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco is holding an Artist Proof Sale — a chance to buy original prints, proofs…

TenderloinMay 29, 2026

16th & Mission Open Mic: No Amplification, No Cover, No Excuses

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Weekly at 16th & Mission BART plaza, this open mic runs on the honor system — there's no PA, no stage, no host with a…

MissionMay 29, 2026

The Cliff House Held the Edge of the City. The Photos Prove It.

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At the western lip of the Richmond, where Point Lobos Avenue dead-ends into salt air and the Pacific does whatever it…

RichmondMay 28, 2026

Grace Cathedral Debuts a Sound Sculpture Built From Its Own Bells and Pipes

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Grace Cathedral is hosting the world premiere of Silent Bells & Organ Pipes, a site-specific sound sculpture that uses…

Nob HillMay 28, 2026