San Francisco is going through a bit of a PR crisis right now. The city is regularly assaulted with a slew of bad press – from Whole Foods closures to Fentanyl deaths, San Francisco can’t seem to catch a break. And while I’ve built a bit of a following criticizing

When I was little, I didn’t spend a lot of time at Lake Merritt. I would play with friends in my part of Oakland and rarely venture outside of it. Lake Merritt felt far away. In reality, it was only 3 miles away, but I seldom went. I was always

BY TOUTA BAHER I wanted to write about an Indian and Pakistani restaurant in the Tenderloin, but had a hard time deciding which one to focus on. There are so many delicious options within two blocks, but I decided to talk about Shalimar Restaurant, the place that inspired me to

  There’s a new reason to go downtown to participate in San Francisco’s “hope loop.” Kearny Street Workshop (KSW), the country’s longest-standing organization for AAPI artists, debuted a new exhibition in the San Francisco Public Library’s main branch in Civic Center. The exhibition is called Dreaming People’s History and will

By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor If you, like me, were emo in the early 2000s, OUR TIME HAS COME. Emo Prom is here! Time to bust out the eyeliner and fingerless gloves! Plus lots of ways to celebrate your mom (or a mother figure) and show them how much

BY CASEY BENNETT  Happy endings aren’t all that they are cracked up to be. What’s so good about characters riding off into the sunset and living “happily ever after”? Boring.   What is not boring is Happy Endings, the monthly reading series, held the second Tuesday of every month at The

On Tuesday, a sweet video of a robot puppet rollin’ through SF hit Youtube and instantly captured everyone’s hearts. The adorable plush plays her keyboard to Vanessa’s Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” while visiting some of SF’s iconic spots like The Painted Ladies, Dolores Park, Balmy Alley, The Golden Gate Bridge