Castro

08 Nov 2024

Books Not Bans is Sending Banned Books Where They’re Needed Most

Books Not Bans, a local organization, is making a nationwide impact by sending books, including queer and banned titles, to places where people don’t have access to them, and is planning a book giveaway party in Birmingham, Alabama.

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12 Sep 2024

How Joel Hernandez’s Sculptures Capture SF’s Spirit

Conchas, avocados, burritos, and beer, all with a curious mustachioed face peeking out, greet visitors to artist Joel Hernadez’s online shop. A San Francisco artist, Hernandez is a master of papier-mâché sculpture who has found acceptance and inspiration from The City. His upcoming show, which opens November 1 at Mag

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10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

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05 Sep 2023

Legendary LGBTQ Bar, the Stud, Reopening In San Francisco

San Francisco can be a heartbreaking place to be a business or a patron, but it’s not all doom and gloom; sometimes your favorite businesses come back to life, and in the case of the Stud, that is exactly what is happening.  During the Pandemic, the Stud lost its location

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28 Dec 2022

What I Learned at an Active Shooter Workshop

“No guarantees,” said Deputy Chief Ken Craig throughout the evening. “You won’t know how you’re going to respond until it happens.” The ominous disclaimer hushed the room as one by one, we placed ourselves at the center of a worst-case scenario. What would you do if, on a night out

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27 Dec 2022

Le Marais Bakery in the Castro Robbed and Vandalized

One of San Francisco’s best French bakeries was broken into and vandalized on Monday evening. Even their industrial safe was stolen! As a result of this, they are calling upon local and state leaders to step up and fix San Francisco’s property crime issues. According to their Instagram post: “They took

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19 Jul 2022

Why San Francisco Is The Best Place To Watch Movies.

This may be a strange way to start an article about the joy of watching movies, but I’m not a film buff. I’m big into music, videos games and books, but I tend to fidget when watching a feature film. Whenever someone would invite me to go to a movie

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05 Jan 2022

SF Castro’s “Hope for the World Cure” Mural Severely Defaced

“The Hope for the World Cure” mural in the San Francisco Castro district was defaced with a broad stretch of lettered graffiti in late December 2021.  The mural, located at the corner of Market and 16th street, was unveiled in 1998 to honor the lives of those lost to the

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28 Apr 2021

Castro Theatre Will Start Showing Movies Again In June

There’s a huge bit of news buried deep in the San Francisco Chronicle’s report today on independent movie theaters reopening. After the article discusses the scheduled reopening of the Balboa Theater, and the upcoming additional reopenings of the Roxie, the Presidio Theatre, and the Vogue, the Chron drops a bombshell

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