SF Bay Area

Could Bilal Mahmood Help Alleviate The Tenderloin?
For ages, residents of San Francisco’s wealthier, “family-oriented” districts have depended on the Tenderloin to quarantine the homeless. The Tenderloin is by far the highest-density neighborhood in the city, shared predominantly by low-income families of color. Indeed the TL is home to over 4,000 children as of 2023. They are

Sunday Fundays, FREE Weekly Dances, Games, Workouts & More in Union Square
Union Square in San Francisco is offering 200 days of free family-friendly programming, including live music, fitness, and arts and crafts lessons, all summer long and into the fall.

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

How Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Uplifted Spirits at Zellerbach Hall
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s triple bill of “Home,” “Minus 16,” and “Revelations” was a vibrant, energetic performance that celebrated blackness and the black experience, despite the political climate and the loss of the company’s early grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

SF Philharmonic’s Thrilling Final Concert of the Season!
On April 26th, Dvořák’s New World Symphony, Barber’s soaring Violin Concerto, & Danse Bacchanale from Saint-Saëens’s Samson and Delilah

Hacked Crosswalks Play Deepfake Voices of Bay Area Tech Billionaires In Silicon Valley
The Bay Area has become synonymous with tech, and while San Francisco takes the brunt of the blame, America’s most purposefully mischaracterized city is made up of many different realities. However, the suburbs to the south that make up the heart of Silicon Valley are completely and unapologetically dominated by

Freaky Tales Is Worth a Watch, But It Isn’t Perfect.
DON’T WORRY, NO MAJOR SPOILERS Have you ever wondered what a movie would be like if Quentin Tarantino was from Oakland and didn’t spend his time moaning the ‘N-word’ while on the precipice of cumming on some poor girl’s feet who was only there to further her career and maybe