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5 ‘Geek Chic’ Must-Have Fashion Items For Men
A lot of men look up to athletes and entertainers for fashion tips, although the good old days of super baggy jeans and backwards baseball caps seem to be long behind us. Whether it’s Russell Westbrook’s penchant for glasses without lenses or Pharrell’s hat collection, more and more men are

Gary Shandling Films ‘It’s Great That Gary Shandling is Still Alive’, & then Dies of Heart Attack
Gary Shandling was what they call ‘an envelope pushing’ comedian. He contributed a lot to the development of American comedy on television. He was best known for his HBO series ‘The Larry Sander’s Show“, a show unlike anything before it. A show about making a show, it really laid the foundation

This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Rad Upcoming SF Events BAWDY STORYTELLING: TRUE STORIES OF SEXUAL ADVENTURE! THU. 3/24 | 8:00PM @ JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO The nation’s original sex and storytelling show featuring authors, poets, comedians and actors sharing personal stories of love, lust and self-acceptance. For adults, 18 and over. ADMISSION: $27 FLOTATION DEVICE (REC.

A Bar Dedicated to Emperor Norton : SF’s Patron Saint of the Weird & Wonderful
was there the first night Emperor Norton’s Boozeland opened. In attendance was what amounted to a royal retinue of SF service industry folk. People who’ve been in the trenches, getting San Franciscans drunk and fed for decades

The Odd Origins of the Easter Bunny
Have you ever wondered why we teach our children to follow around a rabbit that lays eggs? So did we

Berkeley Curiosity Shop, The Bone Room, Is Closing its Doors
I’m all for evolution but in the grand scheme of things I would be pretty happy with a more sloth-like pace. It was this reality that I was made to deal with when The Bone Room announced yesterday via Facebook that on June 1, 2016 they will be shuttering the

Passover vs Easter: A showdown of Biblical Proportions
The springtime holidays are upon us. Shortly after the vernal equinox we have Easter Sunday and a few weeks later we have the beginning of Passover. Some years they even overlap. Like 50% of young Jews in America I come from an interfaith family so I’ve had the opportunity to

Mills College Adjunct Professors Win Best in Nation Job Protections
Via – Nato Green (Oakland, CA) – Mills College adjunct professors ratified their first ever three-year agreement on Friday, March 18. The new agreement makes significant progress in job security, recruitment & retention of quality professors, and fair compensation. Among the major gains in the three-year contract: *Best-in-the-nation gains on