Alex Mak - Managing Editor
Tim Burton’s Batman at The SF Symphony
Nobody does the Joker like Jack Nicholson, and nobody does a movie soundtrack quite like Prince with Grammy Award-winning musical scores by composer Danny Elfman. When the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra plays the film’s scores live it brings the entire experience to life and creates an intoxicating and brilliant atmosphere. If
The Obama Portraits Break Tradition, And It’s About Time
Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled yesterday in front of a crowd at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Like many good portraits, the occasion was packed with symbolism. For starters, they chose Abraham Lincoln’s birthday to unveil the paintings. Now, 153 years after the abolition of slavery in the
The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally
Where to Pick-Up Tech Bros in San Francisco
If you haven’t heard, San Fran is a total hotbed for tech dating, if your’re looking to find tech bros then look no further! This listicle has all the hangouts in San Francisco you’ll need
Mission Mural Unveiling “Corazon de Campesinos”
Artist Alberto Ybarra is a native San Franciscan and an artist you should know. You may recognize his work from the illustration series he did depicting a changing Mission neighborhood: See more of Old Mission Vs. New Mission series here. Now Ybarra has collaborated with The Mission Community Market on a new outdoor mural on
Housing for SF Artists
Yo, if you’re an artist (of any kind) living in the bay or looking to move here, there’s s free seminar today on how to get affordable housing and free financial services in San Francisco. It is possible!! And thank the SF Arts Commission for providing the funding and MEDA for the
The Reason There Are Honey Bears All Over the SOMA
You may have noticed walking to work this week that there are hundreds of honey bears hung on lampposts throughout the SOMA district of San Francisco. What are they doing there? They’re a mixture of guerrilla marketing, street art, and social subversion. The artist and his gang of conspirators didn’t
Harry Potter Written in a Scottish Brogue is Fantastic
Somethings in life are objectively delightful. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stane (Scots Language Edition)” is one of those things. Writer and poet Mathew Fitt has ‘Traslatit” the book “intae Scots” as he puts it, and if you’ve ever heard a Scottish brogue in your life, reading some of Harry
SF General Hospital Has New Sirron Murals
The Pediatric Emergency Department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital got some new murals by an SF muralist and local favorite Sirron Norris. Norri’s style is unmistakable, just ask anyone who lives in the mission or NOPA sabout ‘those murals with the blue bears or bunnies.” As described by the