El Rio

10 Feb 2020

Hooray! There’s a Valentine’s Day Drag Show to End Homelessness!

Can Valentines Day be redeemed?  I mean, come on, it’s the ultimate weapon in the Hallmark-Industrial-Complex’s box of patriarchal, conforming, consumerist tools. One of San Francisco’s premier nonprofits helping the homeless is hoping to do better on Valentines Day.  Community Forward SF, which provides support to the most vulnerable homeless

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22 Aug 2019

A Huge List Of Things To Do If You’re Not Going To Burning Man

Your friends’ Burning Man posts are already freaking relentless on Facebook, and you’re the sad sack who’s stuck at home. But don’t trip! There are plenty of Bay Area events if you’re not at Burning Man from August 25 – September 2, and it turns out San Francisco and Oakland

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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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31 Oct 2018

Love in the Time of Housing Crisis

San Francisco is a wonderful place to fall in love. Sure, Paris might be the “City of Love,” but anyone who calls it that has never walked up Columbus Avenue, arm in arm with their sweetheart, as Coit Tower winked at them from above.

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23 Aug 2018

A Huge List Of Things To Do If You’re Not Going To Burning Man 2018

Your friends’ Burning Man posts are already fricking relentless on Facebook, and you’re that sad-sack who’s not going. Well don’t trip! Turns out San Francisco and Oakland bars and stores are still open regular hours during Burning Man, and tons of wack events are scheduled in the Bay Area from

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24 Jun 2016

BAS Pride 2016: Friday Highlights – Trans March, Vivvy’s Drag, and Pound Puppy

Pride 2016 may be one of the most important in recent memory. Out of the tragedy of Orlando, a wave of solidarity has spread across the world and it has galvanized our community to respond with love, to speak out against our culture of violence, stand with our Latinx, Muslim,

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30 Jan 2016

Weekend at Bernie’s: The Bernie Sanders Dance Party Fundraiser

WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S – A Daytime Dance Party ☆100% of proceeds to Bernie Sanders for President 2016☆ At El Rio Sunday 1/31 2-8pm Hosted by 2015 SF Mayoral Candidate Broke-Ass Stuart MUSIC PROVIDED BY: ★ Motown on Mondays DJ’s ★ Smoked Out Soul LIVE ★ Marathon Edits (Bern Baby Bern)

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15 Sep 2015

Dance For Democracy at El Rio Sept 19th

  This Saturday join Broke-Ass Stuart and Tom Temprano at El Rio for an awesome dance party and fundraiser for democracy! Some of our favorite local bands like @heartwatchmusic, Terry Malts, @doubleduchess & @planetbooty will be taking the stage to help raise some funds for our campaigns and have a great

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18 Aug 2015

Mission United Por Vida: Hard French’s ¡Miercoles Gigante! @ El Río (8/19)

The power of one image has defined this entire summer on 24th Street and likely will for many to come, temporal as it may be. When Manuel Paul’s Por Vida was unveiled on June 13th, not only did it provide the perfect bookend to Amy Martínez,  Vero Majano and Kari

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