This comes from former contributor Paulette Greenhouse: Lorenzo Jimenez was an amazing brother, son, and friend taken from us too soon. Family and friends remember him most for his beautiful smile, which was often followed up by his contagious laugh. He influenced me more than I ever realized, teaching me

So first off if you’re reading this, congratulations! You didn’t overdose or asphyxiate on your own vomit from partying this summer! That’s great and I’m sure your parents are proud. I hope you were right on the brink, though, and you got all the summering out of your system because look outside,

My Facebook and Twitter feeds are constantly flooded with updates about going to the gym. Part of me feels like being a smart-ass and asking, “If you don’t post about going to the gym, did it not happen?” Personally, while these people are advertising to the world that they’re sweating

Looking for something scary to do during the holiday season? You can head down to the Brooklyn Lyceum and check out what the creative team behind Ugly Rhino’s has in store for the season of Halloween. Expanding on last year’s Warehouse of Horrors, the Ugly Rhino’s crew is putting together

FREE book readings all over the Mission district this Saturday! For 3 hours this Saturday, October 13, the Mission will be like Burning Man and Coachella COMBINED for books. Published Bay Area authors will be reading a bookstores, galleries, bars and everywhere else you can imagine (even the police station?

Kind of. Halloween is just around the corner and if you’re like me, there are many reasons not to buy one of those pre-packaged slutty halloween costumes for “women.” Not least of them being the insane price points – seriously, $75 for a couple swatches of fabric that make you

Central to both Capitalism and Darwinism is the idea of diversification. For instance, the Panda has stubbornly refused to widen the scope of its sustainatory purview beyond bamboo, and all that’s standing between it and oblivion is the obsession humanity has with all things round, fuzzy and disgustingly cute. The

Today (that’s Wednesday – get with it), the Union Square Greenmarket will host an additional event called New Green City. Brought to you by the non-profit GrowNYC, the all-day “FREE event full of action and dialogue” will feature various workshops on sustainability, urban farming, bike sharing, recycling, and even solar