San Franciscans celebrated David Bowie’s legacy at the 14th annual Bowie Bash, which featured drag, burlesque, and puppetry. A night of live music, dance, and inclusivity.

BY CHRIS LEBOA  There is life in Downtown Oakland on a Friday night. Corvettes drive slow. Jerk salmon is sold. Metalheads in leather jackets wait for a show at the Fox. Walking down Broadway there is that corner spot that used to be called Slug Bar but now it’s now

BY SAYRE PIOTRKOWSKI, NICO SIMONIAN & Others Our inaugural Favorite Albums of the Year article is here! Every year we publish a Favorite Songs of the Year article and playlist, like this year’s We’re Patterns in Repeat. This year, our contributors submitted their favorite album(s) of 2024 and wrote a little

By Sayre Piotrkowski and Nico Simonian Our official playlist, “We’re Patterns in Repeat,” is HERE! It is that time of year again! 2024 is the sixth year running that BAS has convened a group of the most passionate music nerds in our midst to compile a list of the year’s

Lily Diamond Vickers is a Sonoma Valley native who has become a local celebrity, radiating positive energy and radiating a love for making people smile and feel good, which enhances her talent as a performer.

By Kellie Hanna Nutcracker Nightmare Fantasy is a provocative holiday experience you won’t want to miss. Told through seductive aerial, pole, modern dance, and roller skating, the story is a reimagining of the familiar Nutcracker Ballet plot. It’s got elements of circus and burlesque, and it’s more kinky than wholesome,

By Cole Hersey In fashion today there seems to be an obsession with the vintage 90s look, or at least something close to it. Big graphic t-shirts are in along with baggy pants. Styles come back because enough time has passed for us to forget all the horrible aspects of that

SantaCon, a holiday event started by the Cacophony Society, began in 1994 as a way to mock the commercialization of Christmas, but has since grown to involve hundreds of thousands of people worldwide…for better or worse.