Arts and Culture

THIS WEEK’S TOP EVENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO + NEW YORK
Rad Upcoming SF Events SF Symphony THU 7/23 7:30PM @ San Francisco Symphony All the best music from the James Bond movies w/ Grammy award winning singer Sheena Easton. Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Skyfall and a lot more. Check out our review of the Symphony here, and get

This is How You Start a Mayoral Campaign
This is how you start a mayoral campaign…or at least how we started mine. As you probably know by now, I’m running for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. I made this announcement on the front page of the San Francisco Examiner. The plan was then for

Summer Art Sale and Open House @Red Brick Studios in The Mission
Sharing is caring, and supporting local artists is even better… Via Red Brick Studios: “On Friday evening July 24th, Red Brick Studio will host an open house and summer studio sale at 3265 17th Street 3rd Floor from 5pm to 9pm. Come celebrate with over eighteen ceramic artists who work

All Over Coffee : Intimate Drawings of San Francisco
Paul Madonna is an artist in San Francisco. His drawings and words make us think about locations in a different way, a way that is both startling and familiar at the same time. His works are printed in our newspaper, they are sold in our bookstores, and they lay on our coffee tables. His

50 Mason Social Club Unexpectedly Shutting Down This Sunday
This on the heels of the news that Virachoca is shutting down does not bode well for quirky underground live music in San Francisco.

San Francisco’s Mayor’s Race Needs to be More than Just a “Cakewalk”
Since I have a big, loud, obnoxious voice in The Bay Area, I figured I’d lend it to my fellow mayoral candidates who also want to see Ed Lee dethroned. Not everyone has the millions of dollars that Lee has or the reach that I do, so it’s only fair to help give them a boost. Our first one up is Amy Farah Weiss.

The 7 Best Rock and Roll Bars of Oakland
We give you this list, the very best of the bars sporting the hardest rock and roll attitude and aesthetic in the 510.
Guest Post By Kit Friday

10 Iconic Foods Invented or Perfected in New York
My best friend came to visit a few weeks ago and he had never been to New York City. I panicked as to how to fit in a full experience in just a few days. Then I realized the best way to submerge yourself in any new place is through