San Francisco

02 Jul 2019

Klay Thompson Uses Hilarious DiCaprio Vid to Tell Fans he’s ‘Not Leaving’

The NBA had a very busy start to its free agency market this week, dozens of big players swapped teams, changing the fates of various franchises overnight.  Kevin Durant left the Warriors to join Kyrie Irving (who left the Celtics) to team up in Brooklyn while longtime Warrior Andre Iguodala

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02 Jul 2019

Tattoo Artists, Three Film Festivals, And More

The S.F. Bay Area’s art cinema has some great alternatives to the typical Hollywood summer fare.  The next few weeks offer three different film festivals, several music films, anniversary celebrations, an incredible South Korean political thriller that might otherwise slip under your radar, and a couple of Broke-Ass screenings for

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01 Jul 2019

WTF is Happening at 500 Capp Street?

On June 27, the nonprofit arts organization 500 Capp Street Foundation‘s Board of Directors announced a series of controversial changes, which includes laying off its head curator Bob Linder.  The effort to “re-balance 500 Capp Street future exhibitions and public programs” is heavily misguided and local artist Alicia McCarthy has

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28 Jun 2019

Check Out SF’s Pop-Up Cultural History Museum

In the near future there will be a brand new museum in town called the San Francisco Cultural History Museum. Given the name, you can probably ascertain that it’s a museum dedicated the cultural history of San Francisco…Duh. While there’s no set date on when it will open its door,

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28 Jun 2019

SF Mime Troupe Celebrates 60 years with musical comedy “Treasure Island”

It says it right on the side of the giant truck that transports their self-contained outdoor theater set: “Not that kind of mime!” Far from being silent, the San Francisco Mime Troupe has presented musical comedies in the parks for 60 years, making them the longest running political comedy troupe

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28 Jun 2019

Can I Be Pro-Choice and Anti-Death Penalty at the Same Time?

Welcome our new weekly column, “Ask a Grown Up” in which you can ask and have your most burning questions answered by a supposed grown up. Welcome back, broke asses! It is remarkable to me that the year 2019 has become the year that the most serious attack on Roe

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27 Jun 2019

Openings, Closings, and other Artsy Happenings in July

The summer season is just getting started in the Bay Area, so get out of your house and check out these openings, closings, and other artsy events in July.  The Renegade Craft Fair and Stern Grove Festival (with Mitski, thanks Noisepop!) are also returning later this month, not to mention

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27 Jun 2019

Banned Bird Scooters Sneak Back into San Francisco

Bird, one of the e-scooter companies that were kicked of San Francisco last year for dumping thousands of scooters on SF streets without permission, are slowly sneaking back into the city.  Despite not having permission, they’ve started renting their scooters (by the month) to SF residents (instead of by the

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