This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

The mayor's anti-crime agenda has a cost—and the indigent clients of the :Public Defender's Office shouldn't be paying it ...

The president might even commend Newsom’s approval of further drilling in the state. In September 2025, Newsom signed a bill ...

Endzeit takes Pier 29, Tiny Criossanterie pops up, Fuzz leaves the garage, Josh Kornbluth returns, more to do!

A hectic Super Bowl LX week in the Bay Area is approaching. If you need to eat something besides pizza dip, Good Taste has ...

SAT/24 at BATS Bayfront Theatre: Smoke Show with Jodie Sweetin with Sara Benincasa, Michael Hitchcock, and M.K. Paulsen, with ...

Elmer Bischoff' at new Nelson Duni Gallery is the largest showing of the Figurative Movement legend's work in 20 years.

Upzoning might make SF affordable—in 100 years. Or we could address economic inequality, the real cause of the problem ...

Randall Park's odd jobs, Thomas Lennon's Smiths obsessions, Jodie Sweetin's 'Full House' roots teased out at fest.

Will AI take over companies? Would a recession be good for artists? And which three companies give us hope for local ...

All of a sudden, the mayor who wanted nothing more than to lock up drug users and attract tech companies has discovered ...

Flipping the food pyramid and banning SNAP for 'junk food' don't address class, race, and other social determinants of health ...