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Get Lost in Words at This San Francisco Literary Show
What started out as a cozy little get-together at Adobe Books in 2016 has grown into a many-headed beast of literary goodness, with journals, mixtapes, puzzles, prose, poems, and performances. And, strangely, we have the pandemic to thank for that.

The Most Important Nintendo Games to Play Before Tears of the Kingdom
Not everyone has felt the raw terror of Ocarina of Time’s water temple, nor felt the tremendous pressure of speedrunning Super Mario Bros. There’s a whole crop of Nintendo fans who will never play those golden oldies, mostly due to diving into titanic new titles including the ultra-hyped The Legend

Meet the Queer Surfers Keeping the Bay Area Inclusive
It’s been a rough winter for surfing in the NorCal region. Thanks to a deluge of atmospheric rivers and subsequent flooding, it’s been cold and sloppy offshore. But things are looking up as spring bounds into summer. And Queer Surf, a nonprofit founded in 2016 by former pro surfer Kyla

Why You’ve Got Walgreens’ San Francisco Narrative All Wrong
It’s never a great look to hold out hope for a mega-righteous “I told you so” moment, but when it comes to corporate wrong-doing, it’s alright to make an exception. The pharmacy is paying one of the largest sums of money ever recorded from a private company to a city

How Heklina Changed My Life…That B*tch
by Noemi Zeigler Bejeweled in rhinestones, pearls and poofy-shouldered silver minidress, Heklina lays belly down on a chair in front of a green screen, arms and legs extended, making believe she’s flying. A fan blows through her silver wig while her hot pink painted lips are mouthing along to my

Liarmouth: Aubrey Plaza in conversation with John Waters
San Franciscans packed the Sydney Goldstein Theatre last Tuesday May 9, 2023 for a taste of filth. John Waters’s new novel LIARMOUTH…a feel-bad romance was just released on paperback. To celebrate this event, the great people at City Arts & Lecture brought actor Aubrey Plaza for a conversation with the

Oakland Creates Tupac Shakur Way to Honor a Legend
Tupac Shakur Way is Oakland’s newest street. With a unanimous vote this past Tuesday, Oakland approved a commemorative plaque which will rename a stretch of McArthur after the late Shakur who passed away at just 25 years of age. The West Coast emcee claimed that Oakland was where he “learned