San Francisco

70 Artists Face Displacement In The Mission
Studio 17, one of our city’s largest art collectives may disappear this year. Redlick Building owner failed to renew the lease which expires June 2015. “We are stuck in limbo and our situation as working artists in this city is dire,” said Robert Donald, visual artist and the master

Do You Know About The Cutty Bang, SF’s Homegrown Liquor Store Cocktail?
There’re a bunch of bodegas in SF that take airplane bottles of booze, mixers, and a cup with ice, wrap them together with a rubber band, and sell them. Cutty Bang is the most famous, but there’re all different kinds.

Fun Free Events Happening in the NOW! Festival
From April 19th to 25th, the Panhandle is going to be full of awesome and free events! NOW!? What in God’s name is that? It’s a community festival that’s put on by the community. It’s a week of events to get out in the streets, meet our neighbors, and spread a little

Check Out Funcheap’s $5 Comedy Night “Comedians with Criminal Records”
This is all just cut and past from SF Funcheap because I’m too busy to be clever. It does sound pretty awesome: San Francisco’s funniest degenerates pay their debts to society with a night of comedy and behind-the-scenes stories of their crimes and how they got caught. Set in the heart

Nametag Day In SF: Making The World a Friendlier Place
Saturday, June 6th from 11am-5pm – A city-wide event called Nametag Day will get people in SF to come out of their shells and get to know the people around them – specifically they’ll be handing out nametags at various locations around town like Dolores Park, the Castro and Hayes Valley. In the words

So Who Makes More, Taxi or Lyft/Uber Drivers?
Ok, let’s talk about the money… There is a common misconception that being an Uber/Lyft driver is more profitable than traditional taxi driving. The media likes to publicize reports, usually supplied by Uber and Lyft, that taxis are on the brink of becoming obsolete as these new app-based ride services continue to grow in popularity and take a larger

Ask a Grown Up: What the Hell is Social Security, Anyways?
Welcome back Broke-Asses! Hang onto your hookahs, this week’s column will seem TL;DR, but these 1,500 words are critically important to your future well being (and, ability to afford a private nurse to change your poopy Depends™ far in the future). That’s right! We’re segueing from talking about faking boyfriends

Spray Turns a Ballpark of Giants Fans into a Community of Baseball Neighbors
Oh hell yes. It’s finally baseball season and the San Francisco Giants, the champions of the goddamned world (or at least of the US and one city in Canada) are playing at AT&T Park. You’ve been waiting for this since October when you celebrated their championess by jumping over unnecessary fires on Valencia Street. You are a FAN!