Arts and Culture

Even More Great Stuff On Netflix In October
Aaron Sorkin’s new film stands out as Netflix’s highlight during the second half of October. It recounts a notorious 1960s trial where the victims of high profile police brutality wind up being the ones put on trial. But there are other delights as well. In an unusual haunted house tale,

There’s a Presidential Debate Watch Party at the Drive-in!
To be totally honest, watching the last presidential debate was excruciating. I didn’t know I could hate Donald Trump any more than I already did, but he sure managed to make me do it. If you can stomach watching a toddler, masquerading as the President of the United States, yell

Johnny from State of Flux discusses his mission in The Mission
Photos by Derek Tobias at IG: Simmonstobias To hear the audio version of this interview with Johnny & Derek visit AusformMag.com, where you will find numerous interviews with some of the wonderful personalities that make the Bay Area such a unique and magical place. Johnny is an SF native who grew up in

We Wanna Give You an SF Coffee Passport!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Coffee Passport. There’s no better way to explore a place than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing, you get 31 cups of coffee at 31 excellent cafes for $35. It honestly doesn’t get much better than that, unless you get

This Service Will Deliver Screaming Clowns to Your Front Door
COVID has ruined everything this year, even San Francisco’s favorite holiday, Halloween. This time around there won’t be haunted houses, late night dance parties, or even trick-or-treating. Alas, this is a very sad year indeed. Luckily hometown hero Peaches Christ and her band of merry misfits couldn’t stand a world without

Cast of Dazed and Confused Reunite to Help Progressive Voter Initiatives in Texas
I was obsessed with Dazed and Confused as a teenager. It’s up there with The Goonies as one of the movies I’ve seen most in my life. Like if we put the movie on, I can probably recite every line. So you can see why I’m SO excited about this! Just

Heads of Hip-Hop is the Free Poster Collection You’ve Always Wanted
Jimmy Love began drawing his favorite hip-hop legends and making the posters free for the community to download and print.

New Company Seeks to Keep Oakland Shop Owners Alive
Every now and again a company comes along that actually looks like it will do good in our immediate communities. It’s a company that simply wants to help locally owned shops, sell their wares online, and it’s called ‘Keep Oakland Alive‘. With the pandemic on, our local shops are being