the diggers

04 Jun 2021

People in San Francisco Work Too Much. It Wasn’t Always This Way.

In 2010, when I moved into my current home and at least ten years after San Francisco had sold its soul to the devil, there were two old-time commercial tenants on my block. One was an awesome gallery in an old stable building, the other was a metal-working shop of

Ernst Schoen-Rene 0
20 Apr 2015

A Guide to Alternative Communities Started in San Francisco

Some people run away to join the circus. Others run away to San Francisco. Those of us who live here know it’s actually the same thing.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
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

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
14 Jun 2013

[ freespace ] – A Badass Temporary Community Center in a 14,000 sq ft Warehouse

The other week my buddy Morgan Fitzgibbons invited me to drop by [ freespace ] to check it out. I really had no idea what it was gonna be, so I was incredibly surprised and pleased to find a space, where I used to party my face off, being used

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