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There’s no pop star quite like Kacey Musgraves. The country icon smashed through genre boundaries on her Grammy-winning 2018 album “Golden Hour,” entrancing audiences who’d otherwise look past most Nashville songwriter types. In the process, she’s built an arena-sized following that’s likely to pack out San Francisco’s Chase Center come September. On Thursday, Musgraves announced a world tour in support of her new album “Deeper Well,” which is scheduled to be released on March 15. The 44-date to…
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The Mayor of Flavortown’s next big campaign stop has been canceled. Guy Fieri — Santa Rosa resident, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host and donkey sauce empresario — announced earlier this year that he was launching his first music festival. The event, dubbed Flavortown Fest, was to take place in Fieri’s birthplace of Columbus, Ohio, on the first weekend of June. Unfortunately for Fieri fans, the festival will no longer take place. Over the past few decades, Fieri has had a unique trajectory wit…
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Kanye West has always embraced spectacle, leaning into the role of the largest voice in the room. Over the years, that voice has shifted from bravado over his hip-hop production chops to unapologetic racist and antisemitic rants. The rooms have changed from bedroom studios to stadiums. And the live shows have gone from artistic triumphs to glorified lip-syncing parties. In this era of Kanye — he’s now legally known as Ye — he’s leaned into “listening experiences”; the latest one was announced th…
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In the first five seconds of the trailer for “The Idea of You,” Anne Hathaway lays poolside in the arms of British actor Nicholas Galitzine. Someone off screen asks the story of how they met. “We met at… Coachella,” says Hathaway, perhaps inadvertently channeling the classic Frank Ocean lyric. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, “The Idea of You” may very well be the first film where the Indio music festival gets such prominent billing (no disrespect to “Insecure” or “A Star…
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It’s no secret that downtown San Francisco has fallen on hard times in the wake of the pandemic, but a new event series aims to remind San Franciscans there’s still plenty of life left in the heart of the city. A public meeting on Tuesday with neighborhood business owners and community benefit district representatives marked the announcement of what’s tentatively titled Downtown First Thursdays, a free monthly event series spearheaded by Into the Streets (the event production company behind Bhan…
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Harvey Milk Plaza, at the corner of Castro and Market streets in San Francisco, is one of the neighborhood’s most important landmarks. Paying homage to the pioneering LGBTQ politician, it’s an important transit hub and a welcome to the area, with its huge rainbow flag flying in the city’s foggy breezes. But it may look very different soon. According to Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza executive director Brian Springfield, there have been proposals to upgrade the site for decades, dating back to 2000…
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This year at the Marin County Fair, attendees can expect some love-making, heart-breaking, soul-shaking loveeeee. The five-day fair in San Rafael begins July 3, with a headlining performance from the 1990s R&B legends behind the classic dance-floor slayer “Don’t Let Go (Love)”: En Vogue. The group was formed in Oakland in 1989 after a talent search by local new jack swing pioneers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, who produced and co-wrote the first Tony! Toni! Toné! album and were behind dollar…
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Bay Area movie fans get treated to a wealth of film festivals, but one predated them all: the San Francisco International Film Festival. Founded in 1957, the late April event claims to be the longest-running film festival in the Americas. There have been some significant changes this year — the programming is truncated from 11 days to five and most screenings will take place in the Marina and Presidio — but the schedule still features standouts that will appeal to both casual filmgoers and hardc…
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Bargain Northern California cannabis delivery company Smoakland is on a hiring spree. The Bay Area company is hiring for some traditional roles, including delivery driver, sales associate and director of operations. But it’s also hiring for a job that’s seemingly every cannabis fan’s dream. Smoakland is looking to hire a “Content Creator / Cannabis Tester / Blunt Roller” to sample pot products and to “roll, test, and perfect the art of blunt rolling,” according to a post on Indeed. The listing s…
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People will give you a lot of advice when it comes to attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Arrive early to discover a new favorite band, wear copious amounts of sunscreen, and please, please double-check that you have your camping pass. But the advice that I most wish I heeded on my first trip to the festival was among the most obvious: With over 125,000 people converging on the festival grounds in Indio every day, you should absolutely figure out the best time to head home. I…
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