Arts and Culture

Gina Carano Finally Fired for Anti-masker & Holocaust Post
It is hard enough in Hollywood to be a vocal Trump supporter or a Christian, but when you add ‘Anti-masker’ and ‘Anti-Trans’ to the equation, you really do become a ‘rebel’ in your industry. Star Wars The Madalorian star Gina Carano, was officially fired by Disney, after yet another controversial

The Best Stuff Coming To Netflix & Hulu In February
Despite it being February, romance-themed and Black History Month-themed material is very sparse among these early February Netflix & Hulu suggestions. The closest might be the new “Into The Dark” installment, which turns romance into the stuff of horror. So here are suggestions for those who will take a pass

I Joined a Cult on Zoom So You Wouldn’t Have to
After a hypnotic two minutes spent waiting for the loading wheel on zoom, our host came into view. He was a diminutive man, dressed like Johnny Carson doing one of his Carnac the Magnificent bits, although he was sitting in what seemed to be the brightly-lit office of a mobile

COVID is Turning Peoples’ Side Hustles into Main Hustles
Alright y’all, listen up. I know I don’t need to spin you a yarn about the wildly high cost of living in San Francisco because that shit is famous. People who’ve never even been here are pointing and laughing at us for it, and it’s hard to say they’re wrong

The 2021 SF Independent Film Festival Looks Spectacular
For those who haven’t been film festival-ed out from checking out Sundance 2021 online, the 23rd edition of the San Francisco Independent Film Festival (affectionately called “Indie Fest” for short) starts up this week. From February 4-21, interested viewers can stream 80 films from around the world. The offerings include

Paid Artists in Residency Program Open at SF Kapwa Gardens
Filipina/o/x artists, perk up your ears because Balay Kreative has openings for artist in residency programs for different disciplines. Cash, studio space and making dope art are all on the table. SOMA’s newest garden is opening March 2021, and it’s going to be full art instillations (you can volunteer to

Painting Nature on San Francisco Walls : Lindsey Millikan
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Most San Franciscans will recognize her work in an instant. Her large scale murals are on major streets

Is Being Nostalgic for the Emo Era a Coping Mechanism for COVID?
“I’m not okay.” Those three words defined 2020 for nearly everyone on this planet. It’s no surprise that legendary emo punks My Chemical Romance’s “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” reentered the Billboard charts in 2020. It seems that during a time of unprecedented hysteria, death, denial, violence, delusion, and mayhem,