Arts and Culture

26 Jan 2018

Fiction: Sci-Fi set in SF After the Apocalypse, Part 2

Carlos Zephyrson (Or How Rock and Roll Survived The Apocalypse) Chapter Two Zephyros Returns (Click here to start at Chapter One)   The doc leaves me alone in that cold-ass room in that damn ridiculous dress. Strange lights are hummin’ in the ceiling and the faucet’s drippin’. I hear people

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23 Jan 2018

Harry Potter Written in a Scottish Brogue is Fantastic

Somethings in life are objectively delightful.  “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stane (Scots Language Edition)” is one of those things.  Writer and poet Mathew Fitt has ‘Traslatit” the book “intae Scots” as he puts it, and if you’ve ever heard a Scottish brogue in your life, reading some of Harry

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22 Jan 2018

We wanna send you and your bae to see Kimbra on Valentine’s Day.

  To be fair, it’s the day before Valentine’s Day. Kimbra’s The Golden Echo album is a vivid, vivacious, and ambitious arc of pop and funk that conveys an array of questions and insights. It’s an album both of youthful exuberance and mature introspection, from the opening track, the joyful “Teen Heat,” to

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21 Jan 2018

The Best Signs from the Bay Area Women’s Marches

Yesterday was superb. Around the world millions of women and their allies took to the streets to show Donnie and his fuckboys their utter hatred and disgust for his regime. In Bay Area cities, hundreds of thousands took part in the Women’s March and of course brought their fantastic signs.

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19 Jan 2018

Weiss for Mayor/Vote 1-2-3 for Equity Campaign Launch Event

This press release came across my desk so I figured I’d share it with you all. Amy is just one of the eight people running for Mayor of San Francisco in this 2018 special election. This races will be fascinating.   Join Mayoral candidate Amy Farah Weiss on January 28th

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18 Jan 2018

SF General Hospital Has New Sirron Murals

The Pediatric Emergency Department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital got some new murals by an SF muralist and local favorite Sirron Norris.  Norri’s style is unmistakable, just ask anyone who lives in the mission or NOPA sabout ‘those murals with the blue bears or bunnies.” As described by the

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18 Jan 2018

SFCentric History: 9 Lesser-Known Vintage Songs About San Francisco

San Francisco is an old, iron safe filled with gold, glory, disaster, and secrets. SFCentric History is a column, by SF writer V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi, that digs in the vaults of local history and shares the sensational people, places, and things that rocked San Francisco. Sure, we all know “I

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17 Jan 2018

Dan Savage: Awesome or Assh*le?

Dr. Drew reboot and Santorum joke pioneer Dan Savage arouses all manner of opinions on the love-hate continuum. As Savage brings his amateur porn roadshow back to San Francisco and Berkeley for the next three weeks, we asked a cross-section of sex-positive Bay Area authors, podcasters, and relationship coaches whether

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