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16th & Mission Gets an Open Mic Night — Minus the Mic
PublishedSomewhere in the grand tradition of San Francisco's DIY spirit — the same city that gave you poetry slams in North…
Thursday Nights Just Got Better: White Rabbit's Inner Circle Keeps the Midweek Party Alive
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time around here talking about what's going wrong in San Francisco — the budget disasters, the…
The National Queer Arts Festival Returns — Here's What to Know
PublishedThe National Queer Arts Festival is back in San Francisco, and love it or not, it's one of those cultural institutions…
The Ancient Queen Behind One Sculptor's Modern Vision
PublishedThere's something quietly radical about an artist who looks past the endless churn of contemporary trends and finds…
Another SF Institution Loses Its Leader After Slashing Staff
PublishedScott Sampson, the head of the California Academy of Sciences, has resigned — and the timing tells you everything you…
When San Francisco Actually Looked Like a City Worth Fighting For
PublishedSometimes you need to look backward to understand just how far we've drifted.
SF's Underground Comedy Scene Is Thriving — And It's Free
PublishedWhile San Francisco's city government continues to spend millions on "activating" downtown with consultant-designed…
Mark Twain Was Right: A Survival Guide to SF's Coldest Season (Summer)
PublishedEvery year, thousands of transplants arrive in San Francisco expecting sunshine, flip-flops, and rooftop cocktails from…
A Love Letter to Bay Area Architecture, One Old Photo at a Time
PublishedHere's something that doesn't involve a budget scandal, a transit meltdown, or a supervisors' meeting that makes you…
When Striped Bass Ran Beneath the Golden Gate
PublishedThere's a photograph floating around from the 1930s that should make every San Franciscan stop scrolling for a second…
The Castro, Captured in Chalk: When Art Reminds Us What We're Fighting to Keep
PublishedThere's something quietly powerful about seeing a San Francisco neighborhood rendered in pastel — soft, warm, almost…
Seven Hours of Hitler: Because San Francisco Film Culture Has Never Heard of 'Less Is More'
PublishedSan Francisco's art-house film scene is bringing back Hitler, A Film From Germany, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's legendary —…
Your Solo Summer in the Bay Area: A Case for Getting Off the Couch
PublishedSummer's here, and if you're a twentysomething grinding through a degree or a desk job in the Bay Area, there's a…
Welcome to San Francisco, Where Eye Contact Is a Felony
PublishedIf you've ever moved to San Francisco from literally anywhere else in America and felt like you'd accidentally become…
Beach Raves at Point Lobos: Spontaneous Fun or Another Permitting Gray Zone?
PublishedIf you happened to be wandering near Point Lobos on a recent Friday evening, you might have stumbled into something…
San Francisco's Streets Were Built for Skateboarding — A New Doc Proves It
PublishedSay what you will about San Francisco's crumbling infrastructure, but skateboarders have always seen the city's hills…
The Gold-Rimmed Bunny Prius: San Francisco's Most Honest Car
PublishedSomewhere on the streets of San Francisco, there is a Prius rolling around with gold rims and bunny girl decals…
The Free Market Is Alive and Well — One Nail Polish Bottle at a Time
PublishedSomewhere in San Francisco right now, a bottle of Mooncat nail polish in "Mermaid Bait" — an icy green that apparently…
The Antisocial Run Club SF Didn't Know It Needed
PublishedSan Francisco's run club scene has a problem — and no, it's not the hills.
140 Years Ago, SF's Chinese Laundry Owners Won a Civil Rights Victory Worth Remembering
PublishedSan Francisco is marking the 140th anniversary of one of the most consequential — and most overlooked — civil rights…
The Tower of Jewels: When San Francisco Built Things Worth Remembering
PublishedIn 1915, San Francisco did something extraordinary.
Golden Gate Park's Bird Nests Are Tiny Time Capsules — And They're Free to Appreciate
PublishedHere's something that costs the city exactly zero dollars and delivers genuine wonder: bird nests in Golden Gate Park…
Your Tax-Funded Library Is Hosting Poetry Nights — And Honestly, We're Not Mad About It
PublishedLook, we spend a lot of time around here calling out government waste — and we'll keep doing that, thank you very much.
The Golden Gate Bridge: 90 Years of Making Everything Else in SF Look Mediocre
PublishedA recently resurfaced photo of a worker standing on the unfinished Golden Gate Bridge in 1935 — no harness, no safety…