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Arts & culture @sfexaminer.bsky.social Fmr: copy ed @axios.com, freelance ed @time.com, deputy digital ed @AFARmedia, dme @mashable.com. @NorthwesternU. All the best words. Fresh out of bubblegum.

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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We bombed everything." Saw this shattering Venice prizewinner today thanks to the folks at Mill Valley Film Festival. Two sold-out screenings are next week, but there will be standby lines app.mvff.com/film/naza
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JEWISH FILM INSTITUTE, with special remarks by Executive Director Lexi Leban
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
solid options missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
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San Francisco unveils two new names for Cesar Chavez Street
Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco could become either "Sí Se Puede" or "Las Campesinas" after sexual assault allegations.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jack White made everyone lock up their phone in a little pouch at his show at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last night and I honestly can’t think of an experience that wouldn’t benefit from this practice
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This weekend in SF: 🚨 new film fest alert 🚨 www.sfexaminer.com/culture/new-...
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New film fest at Roxie Theater showcases restored cinema
It celebrates the work of film archives worldwide with 14 screenings of films that span decades, borders and film genres.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🤔 missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
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Mayor Lurie gets 6 appointments to the Youth Commission. They all hail from private schools.
Mayor Lurie's six San Francisco Youth Commission appointees all attend private schools, the first such slate since 2016-17.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
... and the story www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-o...
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SF Opera musicians strike
Shortly before the curtain was scheduled to go up on Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” on Saturday night, the orchestra went on strike and opening night was canceled.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Big drama at SF Opera Saturday night — its orchestra went on strike shortly before the curtain was scheduled to go up on its season opener, Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra"
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“I think culturally women are drawn to nonviolence. Probably because we are the major victims of violence, we become the major movers of peace.” 🕊️ www.newyorker.com/culture/life...
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Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
Gloria Steinem writes about what she meant when she called herself a feminist.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem taught America that sexism is a symptom of a system that can be changed. 

From the fight for equal pay to abortion access and political representation, she showed that progress comes when people organize, build power and refuse to accept inequality as inevitable.

She staged protests, established domestic violence shelters, created a magazine owned and operated entirely by women and helped build a movement that fundamentally changed this country.

Her legacy is the millions of people she inspired to believe that a more just world was possible.

She lived in New York for 70 years. We were lucky to have her. We mourn her loss and will carry her work forward.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A possible connection between the gutting of USAID and Nepal's flood warning system seems like an underreported part of this story and if I were an editor on that beat I would assign it
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More I think about it, more I'm convinced Oscar nom for F1: The Movie was the first sign of the apocalypse
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
how about we ... don't?
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
love to see it
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
if rankine writes it i reads it
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
You know the headliners. Let our music expert hip you to the up-and-comers @sfoutsidelands.bsky.social www.sfexaminer.com/culture/must...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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...
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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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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"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
A farm worker in the grape vineyards hard at work holding up a phone showing it was 93° outside
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"The power of Thee Parkside was its ability to help people find where they fit in." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/thee...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Some communities’ memories are not based on solid structures that tell us how and what to remember." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/publ...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Joey Noodle
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"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-...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
legend 🎩
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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
Moonrise over the San Francisco skyline pictured from Yellow Bluff in Sausalito on Sunday, June 28
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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...
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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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Mike Finger @mikefinger.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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...
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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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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“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...
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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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The Verge @theverge.com · 22/05/2026
Boots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"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...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Chonkers out here making the national news www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
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Chonkers the ‘Food-Motivated’ Sea Lion Plops Into San Francisco
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"I feel like this city is so cinematic.” #sffilmfest www.sfexaminer.com/culture/oliv...
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Olivia Wilde on shooting "The Invite" in SF
"Of course, it was freezing, because that's what you guys do here."
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Premiering tonight at the Marina Theatre #sffilmfest www.sfexaminer.com/culture/tim-...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It has begun. Beware the 19th Avenue closure, San Francisco www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit...
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Traffic disruptions coming to west side SF residents
Caltrans will begin a 19th Avenue repaving project later this month.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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...
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The City's arts organizations need more support
City Hall is giving them uncertainty.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"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-...
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"It’s like being with a man in exile trying to find his way home." www.sfexaminer.com/culture/tim-... #sffilmfest
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is, candidly, the best bar in SF, and a tragedy for us all sfstandard.com/2026/04/21/f... via @sfstandard.com
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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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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Before the Oscar-winning film, the play was the thing. (RSC's "Hamnet" opening this week in SF) www.sfexaminer.com/culture/hamn...
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'Hamnet' gets RSC treatment in SF
Before the Oscar-winning film, the play was the thing.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Absolutely cracking times for Spurs fans #gospursgo www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...
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Victor Wembanyama’s playoff debut lives up to the Spurs’ legendary standards (Gift Article)
As Wembanyama stepped into the playoff spotlight, his character as a teammate and natural fit as the Spurs' standard bearer stood out.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Big day for the arts. Like many on Reddit, however, I too am disappointed he left out the “I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded sh*t to say to a motherf*cker before I popped a cap in his a**” part m.youtube.com/watch?v=cFfY...
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Pete Hegseth quotes fictional Bible verse from Pulp Fiction during sermon
YouTube video by The Independent
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Mark your calendars, folks: @sfballet.bsky.social is next season bringing back Akram Khan's "Dust," which is easily among the best pieces of theater I have ever seen 👏 www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-b...
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SF Ballet to blend legacy and invention in 94th season
A legendary choreographer will premiere new work.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Deadheads, it's your lucky day #gratefuldead www.sfexaminer.com/culture/pop-...
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Grateful Dead's vault recordings get new home
Play Dead app will offer listeners 30 years worth of the band's performances.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
SFSPCA 158th anniversary block party this Saturday, with live music and adoption stations. Get on over there, welcome home your new best friend www.sfexaminer.com/news/communi...
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SF SPCA's rings in 158th anniversary with look-alike contest
SF SPCA's rings in 158th anniversary with look-alike contest
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Sunset Dunes anniversary celebration has been postponed until April 26 www.sfexaminer.com/news/urban-d...
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'Ploverfest' to celebrate one year of Sunset Dunes
While the park celebrates its first birthday, opponents are still trying to turn it back into a highway.
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KSD @therealksd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Who will replace Rep. Pelosi in the House? Scott Wiener makes his case www.sfexaminer.com/news/politic...
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Fix, heal and rebuild: Wiener’s plan for Congress
The State Senator asks voters to look at his record when making a choice about who will be their next U.S. Representative.
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