The fog has turned decidedly balmier and the streetlights of Market Street have sprouted rainbows anew. Pride has returned to the City, and whereas the Sunday festivities receive the heaviest marketing, we here at BAS want to make sure that we keep you up to date on the best part

The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights local artists before they exhibit their work somewhere awesome, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place.  Meet the painter John Wentz. I came across John Wentz’s work at San Francisco’s largest Art Fair

image from localwiki.org I just received a note from Robert Brust at Dolores Park Works. Apparently the north end of Dolores Park, the side that’s been heavily under construction for some time now, will be opening on June 18th, just in time for our frigid SF summer. Tall Boy Terrace*

The United States is known to be a country of immigrants, many of which originally were broke ass Europeans. Perhaps due to the country’s comparatively recent existence, born and bred Americans will often claim their roots in the Old Country. If, like me, you feel the need to flee towards a

For those interested in the consumption of fine entrails, we present to you here within The Organ Trail, a weekly collection of macabre signposts pointing towards zones of high offal-saturation scattered throughout our little slice of peninsular heaven.

“I want to read more.” Who doesn’t? But for a million reasons, it just doesn’t happen. Reading is like exercise: when you’re out of practice, it can be hard to get started. There are so many distractions. As readers (or lapsed readers), we need support. We need a book club. What

Before you consider an MFA or a fellowship, take a second look at a time-honored alternative–mental illness. Not all mental illnesses inspire their sufferers, and not all mental patients make good art, but some disorders do have a strong correlation with creativity, and emotional turbulence is often what drives someone