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22 Apr 2023

Why I want to be a Girl Scout…again

It’s that time of year. ..look for me, the much older girl scout…in the back alley. I’m holdin’. Thin Mints. 255 grams. Cash only.
And yes. I’m wearing my Girl Scout uniform from the Seventies. Bay Area Kensington Troop 169 in the house.

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21 Apr 2023

An Elegy to the Oakland A’s

by Matt Werner Born at Oakland Kaiser in 1984, I was the ideal age to watch the A’s win the 1989 World Series. Watching Dave Stewart, Rickey Henderson, Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco got me hooked on baseball and baseball card collecting. But it was wanting to go to A’s

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21 Apr 2023

Be Careful, Human! Visiting The Misalignment Museum

GUEST POST BY RACHEL HAYWIRE AI has taken center stage lately. From wild hot accelerationism to apocalyptic doomerism, it seems like everyone suddenly has an opinion on Artificial Intelligence now that OpenAI has let the bot out of the box. AI has even replaced crypto as the topic du jour,

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20 Apr 2023

Oakland A’s Make Statement After Announcing Departure

Oakland A’s fans hung their heads low this week when an announcement was made that the team would likely be leaving the Bay Area for a new billion dollar stadium outside of Vegas by 2027. The Oakland A’s departure to Vegas includes a billion dollar 35,000-seat stadium on a 49-acre

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20 Apr 2023

World Goth Day Festival is Back in the Bay

All Day Subculture Dark Art and Music Festival that draws a merry band of nomadic, feral and cultishly-dedicated, awesomely awe-inspiring, anomalously aberrant, distinctively divergent and devient, as well as idiosyncratic and individualistic misfit artists from near and as far away as New York, South Carolina, Portland, and Los Angeles who regularly participate in the now, nearly 40, annual fantastical and festishized themed Curiosities Shows, Peculiar Pop-Ups, Residencies and Festival events projected for 2023. 

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20 Apr 2023

The KQED & Noise Pop Block Party Looks Pretty Great

When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party your ears should perk up.  KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters for an all-day, live music-infused, street festival with delicious local food vendors, legendary Bay Area talent, and of course, your favorite KQED journalists and personalities. 

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20 Apr 2023

FREE Classes! It’s Bay Area Dance Week: April 21st-30th

After a three year hiatus, Bay Area Dance Week is back! From April 21st-30th, you can take FREE classes throughout The Bay Area in dozens of genres and every skill level. If there’s a dance style you’ve been looking into or you’re just looking to get your groove on, this

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19 Apr 2023

Ross Travis and His Satirical Sideshow About Climate Change

Ross Travis is a professional Actor/Creator, Bouffon, Clown and Circus Performer who has studied with world-renowned master pedagogues including Stephen Buescher, Dodi DiSanto, Giovanni Fusetti, Ronlin Foreman and Master Lu Yi. Ross’s lineage of training and experience allows him to create unique and provocative performances that combine buoyant humor, cutting

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