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Culture · May 2026 · 609 stories

Outsider Film Night: Underground Cinema for People Who Keep Showing Up

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Outsider Film Night returns with another screening of work that doesn't fit the multiplex mold — experimental, lo-fi…

May 28, 2026

At Tunnel Tops, the Dumpster Is Three Feet Away

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On the grass at Tunnel Tops Park, somewhere between the swing sets and the overlook where the bay opens up wide and…

PresidioMay 28, 2026

SF Quinceañera Scene: Celebrating 15 in the City

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Quinceañeras — the traditional Latin American celebration marking a girl's 15th birthday — are a fixture of SF's…

MissionMay 28, 2026

Sentro Filipino Opens Its Walls to 'Holding Queer Space'

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Inside the gallery at Sentro Filipino, the show is called 'Holding Queer Space' — a title that does some of the…

SoMaMay 28, 2026

The Library Waits; The Piroshki Doesn't

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On 24th Street, two clocks are running at different speeds.

Mission DistrictMay 28, 2026

A Scholarship Keeps One Name on Potrero Hill

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On the blocks around Potrero Hill where Davion Davis grew up, his cousin Jaylen Woullard was one of those people who…

Potrero HillMay 28, 2026

At Marshall Beach, the Trail Still Runs Under the Bridge

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Below the west anchorage of the Golden Gate, where the cliffs drop steeply through cypress and ice plant to a thin…

PresidioMay 28, 2026

After the Rain, the Park Belongs to the Coyotes

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On the western edge of Golden Gate Park, where the path behind the buffalo paddock turns soft and muddy after a storm…

Golden Gate ParkMay 28, 2026

Cal Academy Workers Launch Union Drive, Cite Pay and Working Conditions

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Workers at the California Academy of Sciences have organized under the banner Cal Academy Workers United and are…

Inner SunsetMay 28, 2026

The Pickleball Courts Are Full. The Connections Are Not.

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At Dolores Park on a recent Saturday afternoon, a guy in a Scuderia Ferrari cap was setting up a portable net near the…

MissionMay 28, 2026

Someone Is Trying to Find Her People, and She's Starting With a Spreadsheet and a Subreddit

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On a recent Tuesday evening, somewhere in the overlap between a Reddit post and a city of 870,000 people, a woman put…

May 28, 2026

The Bay Area Starter Pack, Annotated

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Somewhere on 101 South, a white Tesla is doing 72 in the left lane, being tailgated by a Prius doing 71 in the left…

May 28, 2026

What Sacramento Street Looked Like Before the Earthquake Took It

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On Sacramento Street in 1898, the storefronts ran tight and continuous — awnings layered over awnings, hand-lettered…

ChinatownMay 27, 2026

At 19th and Irving, a Man With a Sign

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At the corner of 19th and Irving on a Wednesday afternoon, a man was standing on the sidewalk holding a placard, and…

Inner SunsetMay 27, 2026

Dispatches From the City of Awe: Free Literary Reading at the Main Library

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At the SF Main Library, local writers gather for Dispatches From the City of Awe, a free literary reading series…

Civic CenterMay 27, 2026

Alo Is Coming. The Yoga Pants Are Already Here.

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Somewhere in San Francisco — the permit application doesn't say exactly where yet — a landlord is about to sign a lease…

May 27, 2026

Twenty Years on the Wall, Gone Overnight

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Sometime Tuesday night, someone reached up and pulled down a banner that had hung at Maggie McGarry's Irish Pub on…

North BeachMay 27, 2026

The Fillmore Block Where a Mural Used to Tell You Where You Were

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On the exterior wall where the Harlem of the West mural once ran — vibrant enough that people would slow their cars on…

FillmoreMay 27, 2026

Four Comedy and Theater Nights Worth Leaving the Couch For

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The Ritual runs in the Mission on select nights — $5 off with code FUNCHEAP at checkout, making it one of the cheaper…

MissionMay 27, 2026

What Ocean Beach Looked Like Before Playland Showed Up

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At the far western edge of the city, where the Great Highway dead-ends into sand and the fog rolls in off the Pacific…

Outer SunsetMay 26, 2026

The Confessional: SF's Improv Show Built on Audience Secrets

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Check the SFFuncheap listing for current showtimes and the venue address — The Confessional runs regularly in SF and…

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Free Talk on MLK Jr.'s Early Years Comes to SF This Weekend

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A free public talk built around Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.

Civic CenterMay 26, 2026

The Academy's Other Exhibit: An $8M Mansion and a Board of Forty-Five

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On the corner of Music Concourse Drive, inside Golden Gate Park, the California Academy of Sciences still opens its…

Golden Gate ParkMay 26, 2026

Where to Actually Meet People on a Weeknight in SF

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The Castro on any given Thursday is still the most reliable answer to this question.

The CastroMay 26, 2026