There are fewer theatrical venues available.  Returning to the in-theater experience still proves a hard lift for way too many viewers.  And the 800-pound gorilla known in film festival circles as the San Francisco International Film Festival (hereafter “SFFILM”) has radically downsized in scale and scope this year. Should this

A Perusing Playlist by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor We’re trying another new thing! We now have weekly playlists where you can sample upcoming bands and comedians that are listed in our events newsletter. Here’s what I’m most excited about for the week of 4/9 and beyond…     Our Merch

Since the pandemic, a lot of rightwing pundits have compared San Francisco and Oakland to Gotham City, and these comparisons are meant to disparage the Bay Area. But what if we’re like Gotham in a good way? What if our streets are patrolled by actual superheroes? Not rich guys with

It’s pretty normal to hate on tech in the Bay Area. It’s actually cliche at this point. The hip kids hate A.I. now. It’s tech, but for people who want to circumstantially murder the working class so they don’t have to interact with the people that they’re displacing when they

The #sfdoomloop is a media dogpile that feels at times like a character assassination. The story going around is the city is dead or dying. With local politicians vying for tech and other profitable industries to (re)invest, it seems that way. Tech is never coming back, and these uninspired bids

We all love The Devil Wears Prada. Few of us get to actually live it. I process the weekly shipments at my bar. Every Thursday we get liquor by the case and boxes full of beer and fruits. I open each case and count every bottle into inventory, restock the

Way back in October we shared that SF’s much beloved antique mall, Stuff, was closing after 13 years. At the time, their landlord had increased their lease to $75,000 a month which is three times what they had been paying. An increase like that had been way too much for

By Bunny McFadden San Franciscans have a chance to check out some dope art from disabled artists for free at SFMOMA from April 6-October 6. The exhibition, titled Creative Growth: The House That Art Built, centers around 115 pieces of art procured from Creative Growth Art Center, an organization in Oakland