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The Uptown is Closing After 39 Years in the Mission
The hits keep coming this year with the news that beloved neighborhood bar, Uptown, is closing. Mission Local broke the news yesterday giving us all an heartbreak we didn’t see coming. At this point, should we be able to see these things coming? According to the breaking story, “Uptown, the

Jennifer Locke’s Unconventional Journey Into Performance Art & Beyond
Imagine an art opening where people are holding wine and chatting. Suddenly, a figure dressed head to toe in white interrupts the crowd who move to the side to let her through. She is sweating and her face is red. Her teeth are gritted as she pushes and pulls a

Inside The Whimsical World of ‘Defense Mechanisms’
The Bay Area’s “Chairman of the Hoard,” sculptor Nemo Gould, has a solo show opening this weekend titled “Defense Mechanisms” in Oakland. The whimsy within each sculpture is rivaled only by the deep meaning behind many of his pieces, as well as the exhibition’s ability to highlight Nemo’s sculptural expertise.

How Rosamunde Sausage Grill led me to love, pain, and cocaine
A love letter to San Francisco Sausage & Beer.

Coffy, Art, & Open Studios All Over San Francisco
I’ve volunteered extensively with ArtSpan for several years. I was the Co-chair of the Open Studios Committee for a bit and even helped develop the Mentor Team, where artists who have experience with open studios offer up their knowledge to people just getting into the game.

A Beloved Bodega Cat Gets a Memorial in the Tenderloin
By John C Sulak For the last 11 years Mish Mish, the beloved Bodega cat, was a familiar feline friend to many who lived in the Lower Nob Hill and Tenderloin neighborhoods. His home was inside the Mid City Market at 866 Geary, and any time the store was open

SFFILM’s Doc Stories 2023: #MeToo, Soccer, and More
Want to groove to the music of Little Richard and Jon Batiste? How about pumping your fist in the air as the predecessors of Brandi Chastain and Megan Rapinoe score goals? Or why not get your mind blown by the art of Germany’s greatest living contemporary artist? All these experiences