Alex Mak - Managing Editor
Kristin Farr : Artist You Should Know
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists before they exhibit their work somewhere awesome, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Meet artist and journalist Kristin Farr, and see her work at First Amendment Gallery on 4/20/18. Free admission
A Great City Program Replaces Vandalism with Street Art
You know what is a proven and effective graffiti deterrent? Street art. You can spend millions of dollars on anti-graffiti task forces and cleanup crews, but if you really want taggers to leave a wall alone, your best bet is to pay a local artist a few thousand bucks to paint
Black Queer Protesters Call London Breed Anti-Black and Racist
There was a very ‘San Franciscan’ Mayoral debate on Monday night at the historic Castro Theater. By that we mean a queer candidate who was not invited to the debate stormed the stage and demanded to be heard (and she was subsequently given a microphone and allowed speak) and then a group
The Death of Stalin May be Banned in Russia but it’s Playin’ in Frisco
It’s not every day you see a comedy about one of the worst mass murderers in human history. The film made international headlines after the Russian government banned it, (which of course is a godsend to a film’s promotional team), once it came out the film was banned, interest to
Brain Study Shows Conservatives are more Fearful than Liberals
By Harvey Rifkin “Fear” and “Ignorance” are supportive bedfellows. According to researchers at “University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in
The Death of Stalin May be Banned in Russia but its Playin in Frisco
It’s not every day you see a comedy about one of the worst mass murderers in human history. The film made international headlines after the Russian government banned it, (which of course is a godsend to a film’s promotional team), once it came out the film was banned, interest to
Where to Eat and Drink in Temescal, Oakland
Ah Temescal, arguably the best neighborhood in Oakland to eat and drink in for well over a hundred years. From the 1890’s to the 1960’s Temescal was known as the East Bay’s Little Italy. Italian delis, gardens, restaurants, and even an opera house once dominated 51st St. In the 1940’s a