Arts and Culture

Mixing Diasporas: Drag Cabaret in SF’s Chinatown
The fact that there was a drag show happening in the space was a historic event in itself.

I Didn’t Realize That Sonoma County was Hella Gay
Did you know that Sonoma County is home to one of the highest per capita populations of LGBTQIA+ peoples in the country? I sure didn’t!

Top 5 Things San Franciscans Never Do…But Should
It’s pretty easy to get into a routine. You get outta work (virtually or literally), and you head to the same watering hole or food joint. Afterwards, maybe, you hit up the concert or music show of the talent du jour that was on some friend’s spotify. You take random

What I Learned From Traveling Cross Country on Amtrak
Prologue A few days ago I took a cross country train excursion from New York City to Norman, Oklahoma. The events leading up to the trip are varied, and frankly, none of your business. But for transparency sake two main points forced me to do this: my mother’s rapidly declining

The Most Obscure Secret Library in San Francisco: The Whybrary
In The Mission, situated on the corner of 14th Street at Woodward, you may see a small pink neon “why?” sign hung in the window of an unassuming apartment building. Like a bat signal, the “why?” sign is a not-so-subtle sign to say you’ve reached the library. To enter into

San Francisco’s ‘Bucket Man’ has Died at Age 64
Whether you recognize the name “Bucket Man’ or not, you’ll definitely recognize what he sounded like. For decades Larry “The Bucket Man” Hunt played drums, buckets, pots, and frying pans downtown San Francisco, usually near the Powell Street Bart entrances, you know, where the Westfield Centre, Bart station, and the

Six the Musical Sizzles, Pops, & Inspires Young ‘Queens’
Six the Musical, based on the six wives of Henry VIII has come to The Orpheum Theatre and these queens are ready to dazzle. Six composers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Original Score and the impassioned San Francisco crowd was full of anticipation.

Why Cities Are Usually Better Than The Suburbs
There are two kinds of beauty in the world: the beauty of humanity and the beauty of nature. The world’s population centers often act as melting pots, not only of races and ethnicities, but also of ideas. In well-developed cities, specific neighborhoods can easily become hubs for certain segments of a population