San Francisco

13 Nov 2017

Press Conference: SFPD Retaliates Against Whistleblowing Cop

This was sent out by SURJ Bay Area the other day and I figured I’d get the word out to those of you who didn’t already know about it. Dear SURJ Bay Area — This Wednesday, November 15th, Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community – Justice for Mario Woods

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13 Nov 2017

Folktales Retold at the Contemporary Jewish Museum Will Blow Your Mind

Classic Jewish folk tales are now on display at Contemporary Jewish Museum are new works created by 16 artists. In Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid  (storyteller), the artists perused the 2009 book Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales by Howard Schwartz and chose a tale from which to create a piece, or multiple pieces.

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13 Nov 2017

Watching Ta-Nehisi Coates Shadowbox With White Nonsense In San Francisco

Guest Post by Sayre Piotrkowski For most of the past month I have been reading We Were Eight Years In Power by my favorite author, Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book is something like a greatest hits collection culled from Coates’ work in the pages of the Atlantic magazine. Nine essays, eight

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10 Nov 2017

The Art of Finding a Roommate in San Francisco

This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the San Francisco Examiner. It’s that time again. The call goes out on Facebook, comments are made, friends are tagged, emails come tumbling in. There’s even a post on Craigslist … My roommates and I are searching for a new person

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10 Nov 2017

The S.F. Dispensaries Hooking Up The Veterans on Veterans Day

GOOD NEWS! THERE’S NOW A BROKE-ASS STUART CANNABIS CLUB WHERE YOU CAN GET AWESOME DEALS ON ALL YOUR CANNABIS NEEDS AND HAVE THEM DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR. USE THE CODE “BROKEASS” TO GET $20 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER. Many S.F. medical marijuana dispensaries are offering smoke-outs and hook-ups to U.S. veterans for

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10 Nov 2017

This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York

Rad Upcoming SF Events GOOD VIBES FEAT. NEF THE PHARAOH THU. 11/9 | 6:00PM @ THE DEPOT SFSU Tonee Hayes, better known by his stage name Nef the Pharaoh, is a 22-year-old rapper from Vallejo, California. Nef has cited Vallejo rappers like Mac Dre and E-40 as significant influences on

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09 Nov 2017

Cool, Cutty, Art Parties in SF this Weekend

There are dozens of studios, galleries, and art collectives all open and humming within walking distance of each other this weekend.  Checkout the map here.  There also happen to be a lot of art parties this Friday…all happening at once.  It’s what you call one of those ‘good problems’.  Check

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09 Nov 2017

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Celebrates Twenty Years This Weekend

Time flies when your having a good time and doing good work. This weekend the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival returns to the historic Roxie Cinema in celebration of films made by or about transgender and/or gender non-conforming people. “We started in 1997 by two friends of mine, Christopher Lee

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