Alex Mak - Managing Editor

ARTISTS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS AT OPEN STUDIOS WKND 2
Whose ready for some f@*king art? I know we are! San Francisco 40th annual Open Studios Weekend 2 will go off October 24 to 25 ALL over the city. You can’t throw a rock in San Francisco this weekend without hitting an open art studio: Fort Mason Center for the Arts, Marina, Pacific Heights,

The Best Halloween Parties in San Francisco 2015
The best parties with the best music, costumes, art, performances, and of course the best SF freaks that our city has to offer. Halloween is on a Saturday this year, the whole weekend is going to be nuts

Local Literary Superstars in Bookstores
Jesse Prado once said: ‘Hosting a blog is like being Batman. No one cares.’ You could probably say the same thing about being a creative writer. Like, we all think we’re pretty amazing (seriously, we all think we’re hot shit) and we all think we are doing a vital service

All Over Coffee By Paul Madonna
The Eviction Series
Chapter 8
Someone nudged me and I woke up. I was standing in line at a cafe and had apparently been spacing out. I can’t tell you for how long I’d been there, and really, I don’t even remember coming in

Artists You Shouldn’t Miss At Open Studios Wknd 1
San Francisco’s 40th annual Open Studios kicks off this weekend! Hundreds of SF local artists will opening up their work space to hangout with you for the next 4 weekends. Here are the artists you should definitely not miss

All Over Coffee : By Paul Madonna
The Eviction Series
Chapter 7
I decided to try Oakland. There was a house I was willing to consider listed for 850k—which seemed like a lot of money, especially for having to leave the city, but I needed to feel I was exploring all my options.

SF Mayoral Debate Results Are In
Candidate Stuart Schuffman, “We need to get the money out of politics. This corporate money is ruling our city. We need to start thinking about our communities and the best sustainable ways of keeping them together.”

Circus Automatic : Performers You Should Know
I was at an underground circus performance, off of a dimly lit street somewhere in the Excelsior District of San Francisco. I was there to interview a woman who specializes in shooting a bow and arrow with her feet. Inka Siefker, the world renowned archer and world record holder is