Arts and Culture

What’s Cool On Hulu In May 2025
May is still Asian-American Pacific Heritage Month despite the Orange Domestic Terrorist’s efforts to wipe the celebration from public memory. While the better films and tv series on Hulu this month come from Japan and South Korea and don’t feature Asian-American talent, at least their existence shows that Asian pop

NPR and PBS Reframe the Conversation as Trump Cuts Funding
KQED Headquarters, San Francisco – A two-day festival of ideas, innovations, and conversations with some of America’s most impactful journalists and thinkers was interrupted Thursday, with a breaking news announcement that President Trump issued an executive order to cease all federal funding to NPR and PBS. The announcement came as

Best Bay Area Events 5/6-5/26
Come Out to Valencia LIVE! Valencia LIVE! is making Valencia St. jump to life every 2nd Thursday, starting May 8th. Three stages of LIVE music, a free clothing swap, artmaking, and more! Savor local food and delicious drinks! Shop with amazing small businesses and at the American Indian Cultural District IndigenizeSF

San Francisco’s Newest Night Market: Valencia LIVE!
See you in the streets for Valencia LIVE! A FREE, all-ages monthly neighborhood celebration spotlighting local businesses, live music, and art. 3 stages of live music curated by The Chapel, Blondies Bar & San Francisco Carnival! A free clothing swap, artmaking and more. Savor local food and delicious drinks! Shop with amazing small businesses

Lights, Strings, Beats & Soul, at an SF Cathedral
Mercury Soul held a unique concert at Grace Cathedral, combining classical music with electronic dance music, and featuring immersive visuals and dance performances.

Best Bay Area Events 4/29-5/19
It’s Been So Longby Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor Due to life events over the past (quite a few) years, I stopped following Giants baseball as closely as I had in previous years. Thankfully, last season, I attended my first game in seven years. I missed it there at

A Country Western Hoedown in Downtown SF!
By far, San Francisco’s most successful and consistently well-attended street party, Downtown First Thrusdays, is expanding its programming to SF’s (& California’s) first Entertainment Zone on Front Street, with boots, spurs, and a giant disco bison.

Misfit Cabaret’s Cinephilia Delivered a Cult Classic Fever Dream
Misfit Cabaret’s Cinephilia returned to San Francisco last Friday for the first time since its debut eight years ago and I was there for it. It was everything you’d imagine: a madcap homage to cult cinema and its gloriously strange and unhinged characters, including Alex DeLarge and his droogs from