The Community Music Center (CMC), a nonprofit music school that has served San Francisco for over 100 years, is announcing its 28th season of the Shenson Faculty Concert Series. The series aims to celebrate the immense and wide-ranging talent of the CMC faculty through free concerts at Sha’ar Zahav in

The circumambulation of Mt. Tam. A backyard pilgrimage and hang-out for the Beats since 1956. A student of Zen Buddhism, Snyder had heard of a ceremonial walking practice in Kyoto and around India’s holy Mt. Kailash.

Without question TONS of great queer cinema exists: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Birdcage, Moonlight, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Milk, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Out, Brokeback Mountain, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fire Island, etc. There are also so many great queer characters that

I’m pretty sure the first time I heard about San Francisco’s wild parrots was in the kitchen of 1907 Golden Gate. This must’ve been 2004, and I was asking the illustrious P Segal about quirky things to include in my zine, Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco.

By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor Summer is officially here and that means more chances to get out to rad events! There’s more free shit this week, plus some awesome concerts and shows. I hope you’re all ready for how dope this week is gonna be!! Here’s what I’m most excited about

Written by Arianna Hayes Having been a resident of Nagoya for about seven years, I was asked to write about the differences between The Bay Area and Japan. I’m sure you’re expecting to hear about how Japan supersedes America in all forms, and how anime is amazing. I mean, the

The movement to tax the rich has gotten a surprising new ally: the rich. Well, not all rich people, but a growing number of multimillionaires and billionaires are arguing that taxing them is actually good for society.  Who would have thought?  The group is called the Patriotic Millionaires and was