Arts and Culture

We wanna send you and your friend to see La Luz!
La Luz is a band in Seattle, WA, started in the summer of 2012 by Shana Cleveland (guitar), Marian Li Pino (drums), Lena Simon (bass), and Alice Sandahl (keyboard). Everyone sings. Songs by Shana and La Luz. Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Swedish American Hall | Tickets can be purchased

We wanna send you on a SF Ghost Hunting Tour on Halloween Night!
Celebrate Halloween at San Francisco’s premiere haunted walking tour, the San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour. Founded in 1998 by local raconteur and paranormal investigator Jim Fassbinder, this decades-old tradition combines San Francisco’s rich haunted history with storytelling, insider gossip, and a magic twist provided by San Francisco Ghost Hunt’s current owner-operator,

Best Dates for Plant Nerds in the East Bay
Since we live in California, we have TWO prime planting seasons – Spring (duh) and the second right after the first rain in the Fall…which is now! This means that every nursery is booming with autumnal cuteness – and it’s the best time for you to ask out that cute plant nerd you know and adore.

Artist Trains SF 5th Graders in Legal Street Art
It’s not everyday elementary school kids get a lesson in how to make and decorate their neighborhood with their own art, but this week in San Francisco the mean streets of The Richmond got ‘sign bombed’ with locally made art, and I personally hope this leads to more SF kids creating and

New Development Threatens Archimedes Banya & Hunters Point
I was just sent the following information about a new development that is supposed to be going into Hunters Point. Archimedes Banya is a Russian bathhouse that has been around since 1970 but who serves all members of the community.

The Broke Ass Drag Show Is Coming To NYC
Broke-Ass Stuart loves drag queens and drag queens love Broke-Ass Stuart, so it was only a matter of time before we joined forces on a glitter covered stage. For the better part of 2018 we’ve been profiling the best drag queens in New York City. From the edgiest queens in

Your Spirituality is Bullsh*t
A few years ago I was invited to a dinner party in San Francisco by a guy I’d known growing up in San Diego. I hadn’t seen him in years, but the last time we’d hung out, he was completely wrapped up in the party promoting/bottle service scene in SD. During the time in between he’d apparently left that life to find greater purpose and follow a more spiritual path.

Get a “Viva la Tamale Lady” shirt
As you read the other week, my friend Virginia Ramos, aka The Tamale Lady, passed away recently. She was an incredible part of the community and saved many many many of us from ourselves on late drunk nights. She was giver of good advice and even better hugs. In honor