Performer you should know

14 Mar 2022

The Sexy, Risqué, Rocky Horror Circus in SF

The Great Start theatre has been acting as a circus big top while Rock Horror Circus Show by The Vespertine Circus wows and entertains crowds. Expect to see is some of the sexiest circus performances around with teasing, dancing, silliness, heckling from the crowd and some danger as well. This

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10 Mar 2022

CounterPulse Within Reach of Building Purchase in TL

After 2 years of performance art venues getting kicked in the teeth, this story is a beam of light on a dark stage. CounterPulse is on the verge of owning its own building in the Tenderloin, after nearly 7 years of raising funds, the arts non-profit has accumulated $5.5 million

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empty comedy stage is lite up by blue neon
03 Mar 2022

Saving Comedy in the TL

Having a landlord threaten eviction is no laughing matter. The comedians and owners of The SetUp in the Tenderloin (the TL) have been in a silent battle with their new landlord for months with no end in sight. They have been working every angle to try and resolve the issue

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20 Jan 2022

Some Cool Art Shows Happening in San Francisco

Many of us have been starved from seeing art in the flesh these past years. (Yes it will have been fucking years (plural) this March since the first lockdown began). So you may be thinking of breaking out and going to look at the beautiful and creative things that our

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06 Jan 2022

The French Dispatch is an Art Nerd’s Dream

The French Dispatch is an art nerd’s dream, every type of fine art and artist was used in the making of this film, which moves and sounds like an international magazine, and if you’re a francophile, you are in for a treat. As one expects from Wes Anderson, the costumes,

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21 Dec 2021

Bill Callahan’s Three Night Residency at The Chapel

I got here last night and walked around. SF is a remarkably evocative and unchanging city. I’m sure if you live here it has changed a lot, but from my cursory grasp it feels just like when I lived here.

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16 Dec 2021

The SF Ballet is Back, and It’s Glorious  

There was a strong tingle of anticipation in the War Memorial Opera house on opening night. After two years without the pitter pater of ballerinas, without twirling tutus, and rippling Russian violins, The San Francisco Ballet was back performing live, and the excitement was palpable. 

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24 Nov 2021

Incredible NOLA Flavor at SFJazz Center: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Ben Jaffe (double bass, tuba, vocals) grew up surrounded by jazz musicians, he toured with Preservation Hall Jazz Band since his birth. His parents founded the band when they went to New Orleans in 1960 and met some incredible musicians at an art gallery having an underground jam session. This

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