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I Want the World to be Better Than it is Right Now
I want to walk through our thoroughfares en masse, in unison, in celebration of something — anything — instead of in protest. I want to hold hands with a stranger while we do this, just because it feels right.

Who Won the E-40 vs. Too $hort Verzuz Battle?
By JC Carlston I was minding my own business on a Monday morning, cycling through my typical covid routine of firing up the coffee and eating the rest of whatever food showed up at my door the night before. That’s when I saw it front and center, live on the

The Paintings of Karen Pence
Karen Pence, the wife of soon to be ex-vice president Mike Pence, is a painter. Back in 2016 she told the Indy Star, that she studied art at Butler, where she majored in teaching and minored in art. “I thought, gosh, ‘I’d like to learn more about art.’ I pulled it out

Mission Cheese to Close After 10 Years of Serving SF
Sadly, another delicious San Francisco eatery has announced it will close forever, at the end of December. If you would to taste their delectable American made cheeses again, you should order from them sometime in the next two weeks.

4 Ways To Actually Help Your Struggling Local Restaurant
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to decimate our country, small businesses and restaurants are taking the brunt of the devastation. Well, other than the 300,000 lives lost to the virus. Over 110,000 restaurants have closed either permanently or long-term since the health crisis began and with indoor dining shutting down

McConnell is a Monster Only Georgia Can Eradicate
By Sunny Dell Senate Majority Leader (and resident grim reaper) Mitch McConnell doesn’t deserve praise for finally acknowledging that Joe Biden is the president-elect. Stating the obvious after the Electoral College voted Monday, well over a month past the election, isn’t an act worthy of some brownie button. What he

Local Burger Joint Making Sure Low Income Kids Get Presents This Year
By Vani Ari Hello good people of San Francisco. Want to celebrate a local business that is supporting low income students? Of course you do! Sure, times are tough during a global pandemic, but in your jaded center, you have a heart of gold. There’s never a bad time to

The 17th Another Hole In The Head Film Festival is Online This Year
People who’ve had a few film festivals under their belt will call holding a film festival in the weeks around Christmas and Hanukkah a mark of insanity. But given that Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (hereafter AHITH) comes from the crazy geniuses behind the S.F. Independent Film Festival,