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Low Light Darkroom Wants to Be San Francisco’s Hub for DIY Photography

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Susan Weil Graces SF With Seven Decades of Dazzling Art

Fried pork, rice, plantains and pikliz (pickled cabbage and carrots) on a dark blue plate.

The Best Deals of Oakland and Berkeley Restaurant Weeks

A young white woman in a wedding dress looks up expectantly, three "mean girls" types stand in a smarmy fashion, and a topless glistening white man gazes out from behind a corner.

Told In One-Minute Chunks, Micro Dramas Are Soap Operas Designed to Fit in Your Hand

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Ticket Alert: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Davies Symphony Hall

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A Ride on the ‘Arty Bus’ with Oakland Painter Sloane Gross

A slender Black man in a yellow suit points to the right while young contestants in colorful clothes stand against a blue wall

Don’t Change the Channel on ACT’s Witty, Potent ‘Nobody Loves You’

‘Eephus’ Is the Best Baseball Movie Since ‘Moneyball’

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A Tiny Takeout Window Sells Some of the Tastiest Pies in San Jose

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Steven Soderbergh’s Sleek Spy Thriller ‘Black Bag’ Crackles