SF Bay Area
The Map of All 98 SF Monuments & What We Should Do With Them
San Francisco has 98 “monuments & memorials” across our fair city. You know, the statues, plaques, and mounds of bronze and stone on street corners, parks, and even parking lots? Many of these “monuments” were given to the city as gifts from wealthy white men and placed somewhere over 100
Five Myths About the Loma Prieta Earthquake
You know about Loma Prieta whether you’re from here or not. It’s the World Series earthquake, the quake of ’89, the One that Brought Down the Bridge. The mark it left on the consciousness and infrastructure of Northern California cuts through scientific and social communities alike. There’s a reason we
A High End Restaurant For Dogs Has Opened In The Mission…
Written By: Habibi Bridges Just when I thought that San Francisco couldn’t get any worse, I have now discovered a new low for this city. With some of the worst income disparity in the world combined with a severe homelessness problem, we also have another epidemic: rich dog people. I’ve
Mill Valley Film Festival Turns 45!
Readers may have missed seeing the 45th edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (hereafter “MVFF”) opening with “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” However, fall’s biggest and oldest film festival still runs through to October 16, 2022 at such core venues as the Smith Rafael Film Center, the CineArts
Get Drunk, Watch Cool Movies At Drunken Film Festival
The fifth annual festival is October 9th-14th, 2022. You betcha. Another free week of world-class short films in your favorite Oakland bars!
What Makes Hardly Strictly Bluegrass so Very San Francisco
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass came back in full force this past weekend. The free concert has been around since 2001. It celebrated 20 years virtually last year and this year came back with sunshine, playfulness, amazing music, and smiles all around. Beyond the stacked roster of talented acts that graced the
We Found a Secret Concert in Oakland
If you haven’t yet found yourself a secret concert by Sofar Sounds, you’re truly missing out. Unlike traditional music concerts, the venue’s location and artists playing are kept secret from concert-goers until just before the event. Because so much of the event is shrouded in secret, there’s some trust and