The park itself sits on a promenade built on the former bulkhead built by the Navy. From that vantage point, you can see the ramps used to slide seaplanes into the water.

After 2 years of performance art venues getting kicked in the teeth, this story is a beam of light on a dark stage. CounterPulse is on the verge of owning its own building in the Tenderloin, after nearly 7 years of raising funds, the arts non-profit has accumulated $5.5 million

By far the most popular posts this week on Facebook in Russia are anti-war.  The majority of the top 25 posts across Russian Facebook are by a Russian language media company stationed in Prague, Czech Republic called Current Time TV.  The #1 most engaged with post across Russia is a

For more than a year, San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing has wrestled with a growing number of vacancies. Despite having more than 1,600 homeless people on the waitlist for these units, 888 sit empty. By the department’s own estimation, at least 400 of those people have been waiting for more than a year — far beyond its own goal of 45 days.

There is surrealism and a dark edge, to the art this duo makes.  Their subjects often appear as mythical characters, suspended, grasping, transforming, even murdering at times.  Ransom and Mitchell blend several mediums and techniques, from encaustic painting to digital art and photography, with a dose of the ‘dark arts’ mixed in too.  The results are modern, gothic, potions that often feel both ‘movie quality’ and horror ready.  Starting with real-life subjects, their portraiture is then gradually transformed into the paranormal, fantastical, creations you’ll enjoy below.

Not all Russians support Putin’s attack on neighboring Ukraine.  Dozens of Russian TV personalities, artists and celebrities came out against the war this week, and now some of Russia’s finest academics and scientists published and signed a letter online condemning the attack on Ukraine and demanding an immediate ‘halt to

Projection artist Alan Marling along with nonprofit Justice Murals have teamed up to project Ukrainian art onto the side of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco this evening (February 22nd) in the wake of Russia’s threat to invade sovereign Ukrainian territory. Justice Murals contacted Ukrainian art center Arsenal

Matt Gonzalez isn’t just a former president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, he’s also been the Chief Attorney in San Francisco’s Public Defenders Office, and more recently he has defended construction contractors in disputes with the city in private practice. In 2003 Gonzalez narrowly lost a mayoral race to