The Superfair Is Back at Fort Mason with Frameline Films and a Harp-Playing Mermaid
Join us for a four-day art fair at Fort Mason Pier 2 where you buy directly from the artists, no galleries in between....
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Upcoming parties you shouldn't miss, and dispatches from the best parties on this side of the Bay Area.
The Year of the Fire Horse Came to Davies Symphony Hall
Between the caviar service, the fashion, a sold-out Davies Hall, and an erhu master who closed his world-premiere set with James Bond and Queen, SF Symphony's Lunar New Year gala was the most San Francisco thing you could do on the last Saturday of February....
SF Ballet finally went clubbing. It's called 'The Blake Works'
If you walked into the War Memorial Opera House expecting ballet to stay quiet and pretty and out of the conversation, you weren't paying attention to this art form....
SF Ballet will no longer perform at Kennedy Center
The board voted to pull out of its scheduled May run of Mere Mortals at the Kennedy Center. Staff confirmed the decision to The Bold Italic at tonight's opening of The Blake Works...
A Fashionably Late Review of the SF Symphony's 2025 Opening Night
When the musicians walked out from both wings of the hall, the audience gave them a long, boisterous, cheering ovation. It had the energy of a home team returning to the field....
Finding our resonance at the Grace Cathedral Gala
Looking down the long rows of tables, Grace Cathedral cathedral was awash in the vibrant, shifting colors of the Year of Resonance....
How to party like it’s the Met Gala in San Francisco
People tell me all the time how drab San Francisco is, as they might put it: no one dresses up, and where are the good parties? Glamour does exist in ye olde city of denim, hoodies, and Crocs — you just have to look a little harder....
How I would have staged the 'GQ Bowl' with Thom Browne
Browne staged easily the most star-studded event debuting his Fall 2026 RTW collection. Noted celebrities included Queen Latifah, who needs no introduction, and François Arnaud of recent "Heated Rivalry" fame....
SF Ballet gala keeps topping itself, and we keep showing up
It’s honestly hard to pinpoint how SF Ballet does this so often, but they’ve ranked in the city’s top soirées every time I’ve gone....
I came to Outside Lands tired. I left with a better soundtrack
Friday started loud and stayed loud, courtesy of Destroy Boys and Mannequin Pussy. My neck is still mad, but my inner teen feels vindicated....
Forgive me, Father, for I have served a look
San Francisco’s holiest night of hedonism landed at Grace Cathedral on March 4th. Yes, I came to fundraise — no, I did not skip the photobooth....
Ocean Beach goes full crop circle at this massive sand art gathering
For one afternoon, Ocean Beach became a gallery for raked masterpieces in San Francisco — then the waves took it all away....