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San Francisco Transgender Film Fest: Going Strong Since 1997
“Pinch me! It feels miraculous!” says Shawna Virago, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. The festival has been around since 1997, and is still going strong 24 years later. The festival returns with its latest offering of short films, and will stream online from Nov. 11-14. And

Lagwagon Blazing at Bottom of the Hill
It was so cool to see them at a small and storied venue like Bottom of the Hill instead of a major festival ’cause nothing compares to watching a punk rock concert indoors with a great sound system.

AJJ’s Heartfelt Punk had GAMH Feeling Alive
The Great American Music Hall is one of the most beautiful concert venues in San Francisco, the historic building has hosted all sorts of performances from burlesque to jazz concerts and comedy shows. It’s a classic SF venue and a great place for shows! I arrived in the middle of

Norm Macdonald’s Greatest Talk Show Appearances
What Letterman, Conan, & Myers had to say about Norm, the greatest deadpan comedian of all time.

A Night at the SF Opera, It’s Back and It’s Wonderful
San Franciscans love a good costume party. In fact dressing up, having a couple cocktails and doing something artsy is a San Francisco tradition as old as the gold rush. It warmed my cold, foggy heart when I saw our Opera House’s doors open again. Inside the gowns flowed, the

The Jazz Mobile Meets People Where They Are With Free Live Music
I was walking down Divisadero, back to work at Josey Baker where I shuttle bread to and fro. It’s a good job for someone who wants to keep their head down and to themselves. You see, I’ve been pretty overwhelmed with the existential weight of all the God-awful crap around

Rock the Week Ahead: Concerts, Parties, and Music Galore
Every Tuesday our subscribers get this awesome roundup in their inboxes. You should sign up right here to make sure you never miss a thing. Ah, the glory of live music and shows! Haven’t you missed it? Waiting in line for hours, fighting for a good view of the stage,

Acrobats and Circus Take Over Beach Blanket Babylon Venue!
The treasured San Francisco mainstay ‘BBB‘ may be gone, but some high flying, death defying, crique de soleil designing, clowns, acrobats and artists have moved in, giving Club Fugazi a new lease on life and on stage. The ‘7 Fingers’ arts collective who how inhabit Babylon, and are led by