Jackie Mendez is a vocalist & musician based in Los Angeles, California.  She grew up listening to a wide range of music, but it wasn’t until her introduction to Ska and Punk, mainly the British 2Tone ska revival music of the late 1970’s where Jackie took the next step and

  Does anyone remember Bryan Callen playing Harry Goldenblatt’s (Charlotte’s second husband) friend from Portland in Sex and the City? “It was jackrabbit sex. You know, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.” “Are straight men still allowed to do that?” Born on January 26 in New York, Bryan Callen

The Bloody Mary Festival is a celebration of the beloved brunch cocktail and the largest event of its kind. Each Festival brings together the most innovative and crafty bloody mary mixes, curated by a team of Bloody Mary aficionados and made by local bars and restaurants. Attendees have the opportunity

Hamilton’s very own Tony Award winning ‘breakneck rapper’ & all around incredible performer Daveed Diggs will be part of Arts & Ideas at the JCCSF. Also Hollywood legend Jeff Bridges is coming to play, and CNN’s W. Kamau Bell will arrive to broadcast his show live.  NPR’s bad-ass correspondent Nina Totenberg will be there (she

Kentucky-born cellist and composer Ben Sollee likes to keep moving. He kicked off 2014 with the release of his score for the documentary film Maidentrip. In March, he performed at Carnegie Hall as part of a tribute to Paul Simon. And you may have caught Sollee on the road supporting

Fog City Summer Part 1 a San Francisco Romance Excerpt from a Novel by Genie Cartier   The first time he had seen her, she had been crying on a doorstep, but he hadn’t remembered it was the same girl until much later. It was the second time he saw

Lateefah Simon is ready to change up her BART commute, and has a plan to bring transportation justice – the idea that public transportation should be accessible, affordable, accountable, and world-class in the Bay. The creator of San Francisco’s first reentry services department, and the youngest woman to win the MacArthur

  Outrage over another minority role going to a white actor has begun after photos leaked from the new Fox Searchlight production of Lewis & Clark: Making America Great For the First Time starring Orlando Bloom as “Lewis” and Katy Perry as his Native American guide and confidant “Pocahontas “. Hollywood has taken