Arts and Culture

Neighbors Install Homicidal Robots, Rusty Bear Traps to Deter Homeless
Inspired by the placement of two dozen boulders along both sides of Clinton Park, a quiet side street in the Mission, residents of nearby Landers Street have banded together to deter the presence of homeless encampments by placing a series of killer robots and rusty bear traps at irregular intervals.

Hooray! The 2019 San Francisco Wine Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Wine Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in.

Cap d’Agde- The World’s Completely Naked City
by Kate Brunotts Nudists, rejoice! Cap d’Agde, oftentimes coined “the naked city”, is more than welcoming of tourists – In fact, they rely on it. The naturist community builds a great deal of their infrastructure from tourism, and it is such a part of everyday life that many of the

The High Priest of the Church of 8 Wheels : David Miles Jr.
David Miles Jr. has been rollerskating in Golden Gate Park since the seventies. He teaches rollerskate dancing every Sunday and runs the Church of 8 Wheels.

A Eulogy for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
by Kattoo King Here lies the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The one cultural event equally beloved by fashionistas and straight boys with limited access to internet porn. This time last year, everything felt different. Interns were frantically gluing Swarovski crystals to G-strings, and models were switching to a liquid diet.

Tom Loughlin’s Signal Repurposes 22 Tons of Bay Bridge Steel Into Public Art
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge near Seattle was a late-1930s public works project that became a notorious engineering disaster. Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” the bridge began vibrating shortly after the roadbed was installed. It opened to vehicular traffic anyway, but the vibrations continued as the area’s natural winds matched the bridge’s own

Chasing Patti Smith Through the Haight, & through History
There she was, just within reach, the famous punk rocker poet, the shamaness beaming raw mystic power, the one, and only Patti Smith. There she was, right on Haight Street hovering in the San Francisco sunshine her presence breaking through the fog, still amongst the ragged street kids all refusing

8 Adult Birthday Party Ideas, Because Grown-Ups Need Fun Too
Let’s be honest: parties become a lot more fun once you hit age 21. Sure, you could celebrate your birthday by ordering pizza and a cake, but where’s the originality in that? Adulting is hard. Waking up for work on the daily drains the best of us at times. And