This comes from former contributor Paulette Greenhouse: Lorenzo Jimenez was an amazing brother, son, and friend taken from us too soon. Family and friends remember him most for his beautiful smile, which was often followed up by his contagious laugh. He influenced me more than I ever realized, teaching me

So first off if you’re reading this, congratulations! You didn’t overdose or asphyxiate on your own vomit from partying this summer! That’s great and I’m sure your parents are proud. I hope you were right on the brink, though, and you got all the summering out of your system because look outside,

I’ve teamed up with the fine folks at Tricycle Records and Public Works to bring you a party of epic fucking proportions. Next Thursday, October 11th (10/11/12 for fucks sake!) we are throwing a Rock-n-Roll Carnival! And the best part is that the first 100 of you who buy tickets

Putting together two of the best things ever, The San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival is rocking the Mission all next weekend. Spanning three days, 6 venues and 100+ comedians, each ticket purchase comes with coupons for FREE burritos at Taquerias Pancho Villa and El Toro. Performers include friends of

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.

Joel Stein, the funny guy from Time Magazine is being hosted by Inforum. Here’s what they had to say: We’re hosting Joel Stein, the guy that writes the back column for TIME Magazine, at Swig Bar on October 8th. He’s wildly funny and inappropriate and we fully expect the night

My very dear and very talented friend Victoria Smith is having a photo show on Friday 9/28. Victoria has shot everyone from Coldplay to James Brown to Geographer to Gotye. Plus she even did the cover of my SF book as well as pics in my NY book. Basically, she’s