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Traveling in America Means Confronting Its Shitty Past
BY DENA ROD What started as grief and loss over Iranians fighting for their freedom shifted into gratitude. I was a US citizen. That gave me an untold privilege that has always echoed throughout my entire life. When traveling to Iran became an impossibility rather than a high-stakes travel goal, I

Here’s Where to Start Surfing in NorCal Before The Apocalypse
As the world gets hotter and hotter each year, tides rising quick enough to make Kevin Costner’s Waterworld-ass head spin, it’s hard to see any silver linings. That’s because there aren’t any silver linings. Not sure Joan Didion could write a wry yet deeply insightful essay out of all the

What Does Anchor Brewing’s Closing Debacle Say About Us?
PHOTOS AND WORDS BY ANDY SAMWICK San Francisco does have the capability to embrace its history. Case in point, locals are up in arms over Anchor Brewing’s closing announcement on July 10th. They came out and lined up when they heard the brewery was liquidating. Anchor had made a decision

Eluterio Lopez’s Artistic Odyssey into City Scapes and Fashion
Eluterio Lopez is a visual artist and clothing designer based in San Francisco. Known for incorporating numerous eyes into their paintings and clothing designs, Eluterio’s work reflects the city’s energy and diverse population. Mountains of eyes are staring at you in Eluterio Lopez’s studio – one on top of another

San Francisco’s Diverse Fashion And City Style
Last week in San Francisco, I was sorting through my dozens and dozens of pictures** of street style and realized that’s it’s been a good long minute since I posted up all the great fashion I’ve been stumbling upon with no premise other than me infamously saying: “I love what

Farewell to Dead and Co.: Their Spirit Lives On in Local Musicians
Dead and Company played their final show at Oracle Park this past weekend, ending this incarnation of the Grateful Dead including musicians Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti. Missed the shows, don’t fret, it’s not the end of the music of the Grateful

43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Preview
Openly anti-Semitic comments and efforts by radical right-wingers to use the law to control women’s bodies may be the types of political developments that undercut belief in humanity’s capability for evolving towards the future of “Star Trek”’s Federation. Fortunately, the 43rd edition of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival (hereafter “SFJFF”)

Powerful Women’s World Cup Commercial Goes Viral
The Women’s World Cup began today in Australia and New Zealand, with the two host countries winning against their first opponents. The French National team has been making the headlines this week on top of an ingenious ad campaign in partnership with the France Men’s National Team, watch it below: