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19 Feb 2024

SF’s Historic Clay Theatre Sold As Future Remains Uncertain

BY KATHERINE SPERBER After four years of closure, San Francisco’s historic Clay Theatre has sold. The beloved movie house has been a neighborhood staple and hub for SF film enthusiasts for over a century. The Chronicle’s Laura Waxman reports that little is known of the new owners, just what has

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14 Mar 2023

5 San Francisco Places Crucial to Drag Legend Doris Fish

If ever there was a time for Australian legend Doris Fish and her circle’s story to be told, it is now.

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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19 Jul 2022

Why San Francisco Is The Best Place To Watch Movies.

This may be a strange way to start an article about the joy of watching movies, but I’m not a film buff. I’m big into music, videos games and books, but I tend to fidget when watching a feature film. Whenever someone would invite me to go to a movie

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18 Oct 2021

Questlove Coming To The Castro Theatre For ‘Summer of Soul’

The summer’s smash hit streaming documentary concert film Summer of Soul was beloved by everyone who saw it — but only people who have Hulu saw it. We all get our chance to finally see the acclaimed concert documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, when director and drummer of

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28 Apr 2021

Castro Theatre Will Start Showing Movies Again In June

There’s a huge bit of news buried deep in the San Francisco Chronicle’s report today on independent movie theaters reopening. After the article discusses the scheduled reopening of the Balboa Theater, and the upcoming additional reopenings of the Roxie, the Presidio Theatre, and the Vogue, the Chron drops a bombshell

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30 Apr 2019

The Cheapest & Best Movie Theaters in SF

We have some beautiful old theaters in San Francisco, and we have some beautiful movie deals too. We went through the trouble of going to all the SF Movie theater’s and writing down their ticket prices for you

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25 Oct 2018

Bay Of The Living Dead: Halloween Horrors Around Town

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a regular column about the horror genre. Greetings, great pumpkins! Halloween is once again upon us and there are plenty of goings-on around town to wet your horrific appetite. If classic horror films are your cup of tea, then head over to the big,

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27 Oct 2017

Classic Horrors on the Big Screen For Halloween

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a regular column about the horror genre. And a special greeting to Great Pumpkins everywhere! Here’s a few classic horrors playing on the big screen for this Halloween season. Dracula (1931) screened with the Philip Glass score performed by Kronos Quartet. Tuesday October 31 @8pm, Paramount

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