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13 May 2015

Celebrate Harvey Milk Day With “The Times of Harvey Milk” at the Castro Theatre with Rob Epstein & Tom Ammiano

This coming May 22nd will be what has come to be known as Harvey Milk Day in the Sate of California. It is, in fact, his birthday and if Harvey was still with us he would be 85 years old. In the The Times of Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein narrates,

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13 May 2015

SF’s Independent Art Fairs (in pictures)

There’s something magical about a hotel that’s been taken over by artists.  Generally in hotels you walk past rooms in the night and wonder what strangers may be up to behind closed doors.  At stARTup Art Fair at the Hotel Del Sol, you got to walk into any room you

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13 May 2015

Win Tickets: Like A Local Tours – NYC Flatiron Food​ ​& History​

  This tour has stops at Caffe Lavazza, Schnippers and Eataly, exploration of Madison Square Park, history and photo opportunities in front of the famous Flatiron Building, Obica Mozzarella Bar for delicious burrata and pizza, Beecher’s Cheese, Union Square Farmer’s Market and Breads Bakery! You will eat plenty. So, be thankful that you will also be walkin’ plenty. Saturday,

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13 May 2015

Off Menu: Debate Between Tipping and Automatic Gratuity in SF

Off Menu is our tribute to the service industry. It’s where we cover restaurant openings and bar closings, industry rumors and inside dirt. It’s where we cheer on our favorite chefs, servers, and nightlife superheroes. And the best part is, it comes from those of us that live that life,

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12 May 2015

Win Tickets: Comedian Michael McDonald of MADtv @ Punch Line!

  Michael McDonald is best known for starring in the sketch comedy show, MADtv. While on the show, he developed many memorable characters including Stuart Larkin, Marvin Tikkvah Rusty Miller, and The Depressed Persian Tow Truck Man. He was a contributing writer and director on MADtv. McDonald has also directed

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12 May 2015

Win Tickets: Shuggie Otis – The Original Strawberry Letter 23 @ The New Parish!

Shuggie Otis, who oddly looks really similar to my first boyfriend, can be connected to myriad of famous and solar musicians throughout the ages: his father, Johnny Otis, discovered Etta James and Jackie Wilson, Shuggie’s first son’s mother was in The GTOs, a group created by Frank Zappa and he

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12 May 2015

Ask A Grown Up: Fuck, I Have to Find a New Roommate!

Broke-Asses: As I have mentioned before, one of the really unusual aspects of living in an expensive city like San Francisco, New York or London (often reputed to be the most expensive cities in the world*) is that well after college and the young professional years, denizens of said cities

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12 May 2015

The City That Was: The Genius of Skid Row

 In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. For most of my life, while growing up in

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