Arts and Culture

03 Mar 2020

The Most Bizarre and Fabulous Polling Places in San Francisco

You do not get to choose your polling place in San Francisco, it gets chosen for you. But some people are assigned a very strange and eccentric polling place! With the California Primary vote underway, here are the wildest polling places in San Francisco that are not schools, garages, or

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03 Mar 2020

We wanna send you plus one to see Saint Motel!

Thanks in part to those one-of-a-kind live shows—and to their critically acclaimed, independently released 2012 full-length debut Voyeur—Saint Motel steadily built up a devoted underground following throughout their early years. Releasing the My Type EP in summer 2014, the band saw their fan base grow exponentially as the title track became a top

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03 Mar 2020

MEET IYABO: THE SINGER WHO RAPS WHEN SHE FEELS LIKE IT

Need new music for your morning commute?  Meet Iyabo, an up-and-coming singer whose sultry sound blends soul, rap, and alternative RnB.  This former church choir singer lives and works in New York, and she recently dropped her first music video for “OLUMO ROCK.”  Iyabo’s music explores her experience as a

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03 Mar 2020

We wanna send you and a friend to see Thundercat! FLASH GIVEAWAY!

Thundercat is the alter ego of virtuosic bassist / singer Stephen Bruner. Adopting the moniker in reference to the cartoon much loved since his childhood and an extension of his own wide-eyed, vibrant, often superhuman approach to his craft, he is a mercurial talent and GRAMMY Award winner. Highly respected

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28 Feb 2020

The 3rd Annual Burlesque Extravaganza is a Safe Space for Sex and Creativity

There may soon be a glitter and rhinestone shortage in San Francisco. Why? For the third year in a row, over 30 local burlesque performers will convene for the annual Burlesque Extravaganza at EXIT Theatre. It’s all going down March 18-21. As a frequent patron and performer at EXIT Theatre,

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27 Feb 2020

Some Art Openings, Shows, & Festivals In SF

In the next four months,  the 2020 Census will be open and the results will determine the allocation of federal funding and political representation for the next decade of our community—from affordable housing and transportation to education and arts funding.

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27 Feb 2020

Public Art Gallery Wants Your Work on its Walls

an art show that places the public as both exhibitors and audience members. Exhibiting (hopefully!) 415 pieces, the curation of the art show will be crowdsourced from those living/working/loving in San Francisco

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27 Feb 2020

Satirical BART Ads Appear, Warn of Trump Re-Election

This week, some art activists papered BART cars with a satiracal ‘frontpage’, titled Trump Re-Elected by One Vote.  The unsanctioned ‘articles’ from the ‘Washington Toast‘, warn that a low voter turnout will lead to a Trump re-election, and perhaps the ‘death of Democracy’. On the bottom right corner of the

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