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Plans Submitted for Another SF Skyline-Altering Skyscraper
Who would like another shiny skyscraper offsetting San Francisco’s skyline? Apparently, project developer Crescent Heights does. The Florida-based company’s plans for a 65-story skyscraper feel like another ploy to fleece profit from San Francisco. If built to specs, 10 South Van Ness would be the city’s fifth-tallest building. Here’s
Bearing Witness: Grieving Palestine Together at Día De Los Muertos Exhibit
Grief is a shadow and art is the communal fire that makes it move. It’s easier to digest the suffering when it’s shared. That’s why we’re recommending the upcoming SOMArts Día De Los Muertos exhibit Bearing Witness, which focuses on Palestine this year. Below are our interviews with co-curators Rio
Catch Sex-Positive Performance Abbey’s Box While You Can
San Francisco is largely a sex-positive town, but the weekend drama over a Folsom Street Fair attendee’s discomfort with genitals shows that we’ve got some growing to do. To quote a hilarious tweet on the matter, “maybe don’t go to the circus if you’re afraid of clowns.” But on the
After 50 Years New College Artists Remain Creative in Oakland
Once, when I was a young, bright-eyed MFA student, a professor told the class to “look to the left of you. Look to the right of you. You should know that only one in five of you will still be making art in five years time. As the years go on, it will be even less.” In
The KQED & Noise Pop Festival Looks Awesome
When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited. KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street
Kayaking in Point Reyes was Bioluminescence Magic
Last Friday on a moonless night, Liz Willhelm and Dallas Smith, owners of Point Reyes Adventure Co. made my dream to see bioluminescence on Tomales Bay come true. Combining their love of adventure, fifteen years of guiding kayaking tours, and delicious food, these two curated a unique experience. I was
San Francisco Amazon Warehouse Workers Unite, Join Teamsters
More than a hundred Amazon employees at San Francisco warehouse #DCK6 formed a Union this morning, represented by the Teamsters. Underpaid warehouse workers fed up with unsafe conditions demanded that Amazon recognize the coalition in a “March on the Boss” early today. The worker-led initiative echoes many similar movements happening
