Arts and Culture

05 May 2016

Has San Francisco Lost Interest in People?

under that shiny, glittering surface there is something innately human percolating. Purpose-driven organizations and individuals, art collectives and community initiatives are swimming against the tide of one-clicks and easy information and placing significance on being in the room, face to face, having meaningful conversations.

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04 May 2016

How Obama and Larry Wilmore Taught America About Racism

In case you missed it, and really why wouldn’t you have, last weekend was the final White House correspondents’ dinner of Obama’s presidency. To celebrate the event, top-ranked white noise television channel C-Span broadcast the dinner live. Much to literally everyone’s surprise the dinner accidentally turned into something both entertaining

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04 May 2016

#HellaSingle: SF’s Only Comedy Show/Dating Mixer

Broke-Ass Stuart and #HellaFunny Presents…#HellaSingle: Are you tired of swiping right? Bumble making you humble? On an unsuccessful Hinge binge? Or tired of your dating life not Happn’n (get it!?)? Well, come to #HellaSingle! SF’s only comedy show and dating mixer for singles ready to mingle! Come laugh at world

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04 May 2016

We wanna send you to see Louisiana band Givers!

“From Southern gospel to Dixieland jazz and Delta blues, Louisiana’s rich musical heritage is packed with dozens of different styles and genres. It’s no surprise, then, that psychedelic indie-rockers Givers (who all hail from Lafayette, LA) display a similar patchwork of diverse influences—from exotic Afrobeat percussion to pounding rhythm and

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03 May 2016

10 Times Ted Cruz Looked Like He Just Sharted

Ted Cruz is a perfect example of what’s wrong with America. Why is Ted Cruz awful? Well here are some reasons, and here are some reasons, and here are some more reasons. It appears he’s always been awful though since his college roommate still hates him. The one thing I

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03 May 2016

We’ve got the hookup on your chance to see Aesop Rock @ The Fillmore!

Aesop Rock probably hates that we all still love “Daylight.” But, as this was my introduction to what would become a nearly 15-year obsession with the tall one who lurks through the streets of San Francisco (I have spotted him several times, once inside Upper Playground circa 2004), I give

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03 May 2016

Stern Grove Lineup Is Up!

San Francisco (CA) – It’s been a rough year for music, but thank Bowie that Stern Grove is our rock. Hooking us up with incredible, free shows, for the last 79 years.  It’s going to be just another year of FREE summer concerts with world class musicians in a BYB amphitheatre surrounded

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02 May 2016

What San Francisco Failed to Learn From the First Dot-Com Catastrophe

“Why Does A Tomato Need A Website?” Or, What the City of San Francisco failed to learn, and refuses to learn, from the first dot-com catastrophe. by Eric Friedmann The one giant pillar upon which the city of San Francisco is built is galloping, naked, unapologetic greed. We all know

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