Arts and Culture

Folsom Street Fair Music Lineup Announced
Folsom Street Events’ annual Folsom Street Fair presents a consistently exciting line-up of musicians and DJs. The nonprofit event producers have stepped up to showcase some of the most stellar music from synth pop and electronica to indie and house. Folsom Street Fair presents a tour de force of live acts that will appeal to its queer audience, pairing alternative music with alternative sexualities. This year’s main stage headliners are Ladyhawke and Missing Persons

San Francisco is Slowly Shifting Away From Being Our Neverland
We always refer to San Francisco as Neverland. But as more and more Peters and Wendys and Lost Boys and Tinker Bells are pushed out of the city, I wonder if we can continue with this fantasy.

Notes from The Campaign Trail
It’s been a little while since I last updated you on the campaign trail. I know you probably see the semi-clever “please donate” things I post ever coupled days (now that I mention it, please donate), but I haven’t had a chance to fill you in on the nitty gritty

This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Rad Upcoming SF Events Drink Steam with Ricky Watts THU. 08/20 | 6:00PM @ ZEITGEIST Bay Area native Ricky Watts has a unique style of colorful and abstract patterns weaving intricately together. See the art come to life before your eyes in an intimate live-painting session. ADMISSION: FREE REVOLUTIONS: DJ George

Meet Andrea Garcia: Creator of Fancy Made
Souls of San Francisco: Andrea Garcia Hey there, I’m Dijon, creator of Souls of San Francisco. Some of you may be familiar with the project already. For those that aren’t, it’s a storytelling project in the city featuring photographs and short interviews with SF’s finest. Recently while walking the streets of

San Francisco’s Ant-Man
Here at BAS love the eccentric, the creative, the different…the people who spice up our city up and give it the character and diversity that people from all around the world have come to love. Meet the local artist you probably already recognize, this ain’t some Marvel comic book character Ant-Man, this is the

McDonald’s Rips Off San Francisco Artists
McDonald’s blatantly ripped off our friends’ work for commercial gain. And we are calling them out on it

We Spoke to Parents Who Bring Their Children To Burning Man
Does going to Burning Man as a child change the person you become, and does it do so for better or for worse? We asked several parents who bring their children to Burning Man why they do it, and what their experiences were