16 Dec 2022

Winter 2022 At the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive

The Winter Quarter film series at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (hereafter “BAMPFA”) may have already started.  Fortunately, while one such series draws to a close by early next week, the bulk of BAMPFA’s Winter Quarter offerings take place in the New Year.  So any harm that can

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08 Dec 2022

The Story Behind Anchor Brewing Company’s 2022 Christmas Ale Label

A nod to Mary Ellen Pleasant, the mother of civil rights in California, this year’s label features the Eucalyptus trees she planted outside of her manor on Bush & Octavia.

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13 Oct 2022

The November 2022 BAS Voter Guide

THE NOVEMBER 8th 2022 BAS VOTER GUIDE

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05 Oct 2022

San Francisco’s Best and Worst Rebrands

Chicago stubbornly calls their landmark skyscraper Sears Tower, rejecting the Willis name. In Kansas City where I grew up, it’ll always be Sandstone Amphitheater. No matter where you’re from, you no doubt know somewhere/something special that now goes by a shittier name. San Francisco has plenty.  For instance, in an

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29 Sep 2022

A Witch, That Makes Art, Out of Death

It’s not every day you get to meet a witch.  But when you’re at a 220-year-old Victorian Manor & Museum in Oakland, I suppose such things can happen.

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06 Sep 2022

7 Ways to Beat This Infernal Heat Wave

I tolerate the heat about as well as a hydrangea. Like many of you without air conditioning, I spent the last few days on my couch in my underwear with the blinds down, shades drawn, and a fan on full-blast aimed at my drooping tits. In Missouri where I grew

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22 Aug 2022

SF Zine Fest is Back and Has a New Venue!

Sunday, September 4, the San Francisco Zine Fest is back in person with a new venue and a slate of local artists, writers, zine-makers & comic creators (and it’s still free as ever)! After two years of SFZF going digital, City View at the Metreon will have over 100 tables

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19 Jul 2022

Why San Francisco Is The Best Place To Watch Movies.

This may be a strange way to start an article about the joy of watching movies, but I’m not a film buff. I’m big into music, videos games and books, but I tend to fidget when watching a feature film. Whenever someone would invite me to go to a movie

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