Oakland’s Gray Loft Gallery is a gem of the Jingletown art scene and their Summer Salon proves it. The show is closing on Saturday, August 26th and I highly recommend the trip to see it. 12 Bay Area Artists make up the show. Utilizing a wide range of mediums and

We visited the much anticipated and much delayed second half of Looking Forward:10 Years of Photography at Pier 24 recently.  The first half of this show launched in 2019. This visual odyssey took us on a view of photographs of urban life layered over decades as well as carefully composed

San Francisco gained a new Drag King of the year at Oasis on August 6th. LOTUS BOY beat out some very tough competition at the 27th annual Drag King Contest. Beloved MCs Sister Roma and Fudgie Frottage led us through a diverse and entertaining Drag King experience. VERA!, Trixie Carr,

Imagine being granted a wish to be whisked away on a highly entertaining, magic carpet ride. The hit Broadway musical Disney’s Aladdin has arrived at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. The show is based on the 1992 animated film and I found myself immediately immersed in this fantastically choreographed

Did you know a living sculpture resides at 500 Capp Street in the Mission? From 1974 until 2004 conceptual artist David Ireland called this address home. In this show curated by Lian Ladia, we have a chance to explore the works of this legendary artist. Ireland is known internationally for

It’s safe to say that I love Persian food. I love the olives, the lamb and that crunchy rice stuff. It is also safe to say I do not know a lot about Persian food. Luckily, I know two incredible humans who deep dive into the world of Persian Cuisine

I’m pretty sure that when all is said and done the human race is going to leave a geologic layer of plastics. It didn’t have to be this way. Bay Area resident Ned Clarke (known affectionately as BottleNed) has made trash his life’s passion. He has been trekking to the

Did you know that the San Francisco Bay Area is a labyrinth metropolis? It seems like no matter where you go you will run into one of these self contained paths eventually. The act of walking the twisting turns into the center and back out again can be a meditative