Arts and Culture

19 Mar 2020

How We Can Save Local Businesses in the Bay During this Epidemic

A collective of small and medium sized business owners, along with performers, artists, service workers, journalists and event marketers have banded together and started a petition to ask local government to take action in order to save hundreds of local businesses during this pandemic.  If we want our cities to

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13 Mar 2020

How to Support Artists, Performers, and Service Industry Folks During Coronavirus

Let’s get real: the American system of “Fuck you, I got mine!” has been proven to be woefully unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic. What a surprise! This plague is laying bare the fact that not having Universal Healthcare or other social safety nets is terrible for society. If we had Universal

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12 Mar 2020

Coronavirus Conference Gets Canceled Because of Coronavirus

The Council on Foreign Relations has canceled a roundtable called “Doing Business Under Coronavirus” scheduled for Friday in New York due to the spread of the very same disease.   Yes, the conference on ‘how to do businesses’, during a pandemic, was cancelled because of said, pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO)

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09 Mar 2020

Love is NOT Blind (According to Science)

by Laurie Riihimaki It’s no big shocker that the modern dating world totally blows. Over the past decade, social media and dating apps have become a necessary evil in the pursuit of love. And singles are feeling more desperate than ever as they swipe left on Tinder, scroll down Facebook

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06 Mar 2020

Fans of Pink Floyd and Circus, To Unite in SF

It’s hard to believe this hasn’t happened before in San Francisco of all places, but someone has finally done it: this April 2020, you can watch an intricately choreographed circus show set to Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” That’s right, on April 3-5 2020 at Dance Mission Theatre,

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05 Mar 2020

Murderers’ Row of SF Comics Performing at “Troubled Comedy” Launch

After 9 years, weekly Mission-area comedy show “Troubled Comedy ” will move to The Valencia Room on March 10th. Local favorites Jim McVeigh (SF Punchline) and Alexandria Love (SF Sketchfest, SXSW) will host Troubled Comedy every week Tuesday at 8pm starting with a kickoff/housewarming show on March 10 featuring a

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05 Mar 2020

SF Sells Heart for record $3 Million, To Fund Public Health Programs

The heart sculptures you’ve seen around town, at Union Square, South of Market, or along Market St, are not just public art pieces, each heart represents thousands, if not millions of dollars raised to support health programs in San Francisco. Everyday on the streets of SF we are reminded that

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