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27 Feb 2017

Seven Movies, Shows, and Docs That Will Get You Woke

GUEST POST BY MARCARILL GALNERMAI Blackish Yes, it’s hilarious. The show finds the humor in pain. Essentially, it’s about a modern day black family raising their children in a multi-generational home. Includes Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Larry Fishburne and Daveed Diggs (who played Lafayette in Hamilton). Reason to watch: Approaches every

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27 Feb 2017

Rehumanizing Homelessness, One Story at a Time

Guest post by Arjanna van der Plas What did you experience the last time you encountered a homeless person? I often ask this question to my friends, and to be fair, it’s not their favorite conversation topic. Most of them report experiencing a mix of sadness, anger, guilt and fear. Rather

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26 Feb 2017

La La Land Wins…wait…nevermind. Moonlight wins best picture!

I never watch awards shows. Never. My spouse and my in-laws watch that shit on the reg. But, I have never invested any time or effort into watching awards shows because if the award ain’t going to me, what’s the point? This year I had a special interest in the

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25 Feb 2017

Bay of the Living Dead: SF Ballet Keeps Frankenstein Monster On His Toes

Welcome to Bay of the Living Dead, a twice a month column about the horror genre. Sadly, San Francisco Ballet’s thrilling production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein comes and goes all too quickly. The show, which opened last weekend, closes this weekend. If you hurry, you can still see Frankenstein at the War Memorial Opera House

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24 Feb 2017

Weird & Wonderful: Manarchy – The All Male Extreme Burlesque Show

Holy smokes! Here we are with Weird & Wonderful w/ Broke-Ass Stuart ep. 6! Can you believe we’ve already done 6 episodes? I’m sure you’ve already listened to the first 5 and you’re just drooling for this one. Well luckily for you, this one is absolutely worthy of drooling over.

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Noise Pop Smorgasbord
24 Feb 2017

The Noise Pop Smorgasbord has Nearly Everything You’ve Ever Wanted

Well it’s that time of year again. The Noise Pop Festival is celebrating its 25th year (holy smokes!) and because of that they’ve added one last really cool FREE event to the lineup, the Sunday Smorgasbord. And even to my cranky jaded self it sounds pretty fucking cool. Here’s the rundown

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24 Feb 2017

Books from Banned Countries Part 2: Iraq

This is part of our Books from Banned Countries series. You can see them all here. Some places have attained an almost mythical space within their communities. When the community is made of up of avid readers, specifically ones of Arabic literature, al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad is a popular hangout. Quite by chance,

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23 Feb 2017

Landlord Forces Mural Removed From Rhea’s in the Mission

Animated show Bob’s Burgers was created in the Mission. Artist Sirron Norris was the show’s lead illustrator and now his work is being wiped off the very street that inspired the show.

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