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Excavating the Truth of Anton LaVey’s Devilish Life
The Church of Satan founder created a headline-grabbing persona. A new book by Doug Brod dispels its myths.
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Angrybaby: 'Back to Life'
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Brad Pitt and George Clooney Are Perfectly Cast as Two Old Pros in ‘Wolfs’
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San Jose Gets a Guatemalan Food Truck
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San Francisco Rallies Around Queer Artist Diego Gómez After Tenderloin Attack
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Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith Discuss New Book in Newly Reopened Theater
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Rightnowish’s Grand Finale: Words of Wisdom from Timothy B.
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Building a Native Arts and Culture Space From the Ground Up
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Artist and curator Marcel Pardo Ariza poses for a photo at the archives of San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society.
‘All The Nights We Got to Dance’ is a Tribute to Queer Nightlife in SF
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Revisit Halloween in 1970s San Francisco With This Photo Book
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A man in a horned headdress, moustache and goatee poses before a pentagram, holding a sword that bifurcates his unsmiling face.

Excavating the Truth of Anton LaVey’s Devilish Life

The Church of Satan founder created a headline-grabbing persona. A new book by Doug Brod dispels its myths.
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Two handsome white men wearing dark clothing stand with guns poised staring into the distance.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney Are Perfectly Cast as Two Old Pros in ‘Wolfs’

Pitt and Clooney play competing Hollywood ‘fixers’ in this low-key Apple TV+ film.
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A plate of garnachas (shredded beef topped tortilla chips), decorated with a Guatemalan toothpick flag.

San Jose Gets a Guatemalan Food Truck

Shaddai serves an expansive menu of hard-to-find traditional dishes like garnachas and chow mein tostadas.
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San Francisco Rallies Around Queer Artist Diego Gómez After Tenderloin Attack

The muralist and drag performer was recently released from SF General's neurological ICU.
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Patti Smith and Lynn Goldsmith Discuss New Book in Newly Reopened Theater

The poet laureate of 1970s NYC punk and prolific photographer-to-the-stars appear in conversation.
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A colorful mixed-media portrait of two Latinas, one younger, one older.

‘Prodigal Daughter’ Beautifully Illuminates One Woman’s Road Less Traveled

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