This summertime’s planning needs to include space to check out the summer quarter’s programming at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (hereafter BAMPFA).  Why not pay tribute to the man who helped shape both the Pacific Film Archive and the Telluride Film Festival?  How about enjoying the balm of

Born as an early 90’s baby, I’d say I’m a true millennial. My generation was the one who, unfortunately, was raised with the baby boomers notion that life would be a breeze if you just checked off the boxes. Get a degree, a good job, find a partner (preferably one

By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor Pride month is finally here! Time to celebrate what makes you YOU, and do it proudly! So many great places to show your PRIDE and this is just the beginning!! Here’s what I’m most excited about for the week of 5/30..   This Week’s Giveaway We

The month of June is here, which means it’s time for the return of the S.F. Documentary Film Festival (hereafter “S.F. DocFest”).  This festival, now in its 22nd year. Is an offshoot of the well-respected San Francisco Independent Film Festival.  This year’s S.F. DocFest is a hybrid event running June

Fifty-odd years ago, Michael Lang, Artie Kornfeld, Joel Rosenman, and John P. Roberts put on what has come to be arguably the best-known music festival of all time: the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Advertised as three days of peace and music, the event attracted some 400,000 attendees (twice the

It’s been a dismal time to read about our beloved Paris of the West in the news these days. As it has in the past — notably in the 1980s in the grips of local political assassinations and the HIV crisis — San Francisco is the ire of national outlets

“Wrestling is my protest art. We are all going through things that feel as insurmountable as getting up from a flying elbow drop or gutwrench power bomb. If I get up, you can get up too. Our victory is in our resilience.” – Rosie Fingers (she/her)

Dear Broke-Ass Reader, This writer’s digest of the upcoming month’s offerings on Netflix and Hulu has been interrupted by the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) strike. This interruption will continue until the strike is resolved, hopefully in the WGA’s favor.   To understand why this action was taken, this nice summation