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Paid Artists in Residency Program Open at SF Kapwa Gardens
Filipina/o/x artists, perk up your ears because Balay Kreative has openings for artist in residency programs for different disciplines. Cash, studio space and making dope art are all on the table. SOMA’s newest garden is opening March 2021, and it’s going to be full art instillations (you can volunteer to

Painting Nature on San Francisco Walls : Lindsey Millikan
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Most San Franciscans will recognize her work in an instant. Her large scale murals are on major streets

Man Can’t Remember Bitcoin Password; Finds he has $42 in Vapor Room Loyalty Points
A San Francisco man who couldn’t remember the password to his old bitcoin wallet containing millions, came upon another stark realization that instantly turned his day around.

Oakland Coliseum Becomes Mass Vaccination Site, Sorry A’s!
Remember when you used to drive to the Coliseum for Raiders games & a raucous tailgating scene? Now you’re gonna go there for a corona virus vaccine. The Federal Government (thanks to Biden’s team) is setting up a mass vaccination station where The Black Hole used to be in Oakland.

How To Tip During a Pandemic
Here we are heading into a full year of living during a pandemic and there are still so many situations we don’t quite know how to navigate. Things are ever-evolving when it comes to dealing with Covid and each day presents a new challenge. Just when we finally get used

Is Being Nostalgic for the Emo Era a Coping Mechanism for COVID?
“I’m not okay.” Those three words defined 2020 for nearly everyone on this planet. It’s no surprise that legendary emo punks My Chemical Romance’s “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” reentered the Billboard charts in 2020. It seems that during a time of unprecedented hysteria, death, denial, violence, delusion, and mayhem,

When Anarchist Punks Become Nazis
Racist punks are supposed to look a certain way. They wear boots and braces. They shave their heads. They live in other cities. In other scenes. In other decades. Except sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they’re in your band. In the aftermath of the capitol insurrection, concerned citizens have started identifying

The 10 Kinds of People You See on Dating Apps During COVID
Humanity has endured many historic events that have perpetually changed the way we live our lives. September 11th. The fall of the Berlin Wall. TikTok. But throughout it all, one thing has prevailed: the desire to get it on. Despite a national pandemic preventing people from their usual mating ritual