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15 Jan 2024

This 25-Year-Old Arts Education Nonprofit Is Hosting A Swanky Gala

There are too many wonderful programs for young people in San Francisco to praise in just one sentence. 826 Valencia never ceases to provide, nor does the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and its ever-expanding roster of programming, and who can forget about Salted Roots (nee Brown Girl Surf) or

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11 Dec 2023

This San Franciscan Says Infinite Economic Growth Is a Lie

Sitting at the English pub the Pig & Whistle on Geary Boulevard, beanie-clad and iron-jawed Chad Baron described the inner workings of conservationist economics to a table of college students. He did it because no one in the group really knew what he meant when he said “degrowth,” a semi-complicated

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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26 Oct 2022

ArtHouseSF: A Nonprofit For Artists’ Housing and Venues

ArthouseSF starts with taking care of our creative community, but it offers a model that can be adapted for other nonprofit housing projects

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30 Sep 2022

The Crucible: Oakland’s Inspiring Art School

Anchored in West Oakland, The Crucible is a nonprofit industrial arts school that is known to specialize in welding, glass blowing, woodworking, and blacksmithing classes. First established in Berkeley in 1999, The Crucible moved to its current location 4 years later to Oakland in 2003, nearly 20 years ago. Within

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15 Dec 2021

Seeking Work in Silicon Valley? This Nonprofit Offers Free Training In Tech

In 2016, Larry Apke attended a ProMatch networking meeting for people seeking work in Silicon Valley. As he surveyed the crowded room, what he saw moved him immensely. “I was touched by two things,” recalled Apke. “First, many looked very shocked and confused. For many, it had been some time

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12 Oct 2021

Local Artists Illuminate Lake Merritt Gardens in Immersive Autumn Lights Festival

For a 10th year, The Gardens at Lake Merritt will transform into an outdoor immersive gallery of art and light. This year’s Autumn Lights Festival welcomes the public back to experience the beauty in person. People are invited to take an illuminated stroll through 7 acres of municipal gardens made

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24 Aug 2021

The Bay Bridged Indie Music Organization Calls it Quits

After 15 awesome years celebrating the Bay Area’s vibrant independent music scene, The Bay Bridged has announced that it will officially cease operations on Oct. 1. What started in 2006 as a small podcast determined to bridge the Bay Area to music from around the globe eventually ballooned into a

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14 Sep 2020

Believe New York Wants to Systematically Change NYC

Nicole Bulanchuk, Founder and Executive Director of Operations at Believe New York, is your average Brooklynite. She’s a native New Yorker, a Columbia Grad student, and she wants to help this city. Having volunteered and been employed by a number of nonprofits in NYC, she saw that there were still

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