Arts and Culture

The Pink World of Portia Munson at Bedford Gallery
Once you enter the pink world of Portia Munson at Bedford Gallery, you might get lost in it. “Her Room/Her World” is the artist’s first solo show on the West Coast, and consists of thousands of discarded pink objects. The great majority of these products were originally created for and marketed

Note to Tech Industry: Try Asking “Should We do This?”
The tech ideal of “move fast and break things” is cute until really important things, like access to housing, healthcare and a job, are broken.

Mezzanine Forced to Close, Replaced By Commercial Offices
In a sad and surprising turn of events, the largest, female-owned music venue in SF is being forced out by building owners and developers Colton Commercial & Partners Inc. The Mezzanine has been going strong in SF for the last 15 years, offering great programming by a rare and talented all-female booking staff

SF Reporter Finds ‘Poop Graffiti’, Interrogates London Breed
It’s been a tough week. Across the state, wildfires have devastated communities and displaced tens of thousands of Californians. In San Francisco, we’ve been breathing toxic, orange air and hearing terrible reports from the fire’s front lines, many times directly from friends and relatives brutally affected by the fire’s violence.

This Gender Bending Artist Is Re-Imagining The World’s Most Iconic Images
Yasumasa Morimura may be Japan’s most well-known appropriation artist. He’s reimagined some of the best-known images in the world. Morimura has painted himself into iconic pieces of art and superimposes himself into historical photographs. His aim has been to push racial, ethnic and gender boundaries in his conservative Japan and

Incredibly Weird Films to See this Holiday Season
GUEST POST BY PETER WONG If it’s entertainingly weird, it’s San Franciscan. This rule of thumb doesn’t mean the San Francisco holiday season doesn’t have its improvised ice rinks or its Starbucks Christmas Lattes. But in San Francisco and other simpatico places around the Bay Area, you can cinematically mark

How to Help Glide For Thanksgiving
San Francisco’s most uplifting Thanksgiving tradition is Glide serving more than 5,000 Turkey Day meals to people in need, and Glide is on a last-minute blitz to prepare the hundreds of turkeys and hams, 1,500 pounds of potatoes, 950 pounds of fresh vegetables, and 312 gallons of stuffing necessary to

Taylor Mac is the Magical Combination of Rocky Horror and Howard Zinn
I’m not exaggerating when I say that Taylor Mac’s shows last year were literally the best shows I’ve ever seen. That’s why I’m SO excited that his new show Holiday Sauce will be at the Curran in San Francisco from November 21st to December 1st! And the best part? BAS