SF Bay Area

Farewell to Dead and Co.: Their Spirit Lives On in Local Musicians
Dead and Company played their final show at Oracle Park this past weekend, ending this incarnation of the Grateful Dead including musicians Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti. Missed the shows, don’t fret, it’s not the end of the music of the Grateful

43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Preview
Openly anti-Semitic comments and efforts by radical right-wingers to use the law to control women’s bodies may be the types of political developments that undercut belief in humanity’s capability for evolving towards the future of “Star Trek”’s Federation. Fortunately, the 43rd edition of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival (hereafter “SFJFF”)

Legendary Drag Queen Pippi Lovestocking Miraculously Recovers from Near Death
By Fudgie Frottage Co-founder of T-Shack, stand-up comic, actor, and legendary Drag Queen Pippi Lovestocking aka Scott Free miraculously recovers from near death. On May 23, minutes after her hilarious tribute to Heklina at the Castro Theatre, Pippi was taken to Davies ER by friends. “She was sitting in front

SF’s 10th Steampunk Masquerade
Legendary Art cars, several levels of dance floors, & dope SF DJs. Space Cowboys, Air Pusher, Duck Pond, Dusty Rhino, Heavy Petting Zoo…

Night Markets Are Coming To San Francisco And Why SF Is Rebounding
I’ve always felt that San Francisco didn’t have enough nighttime amenities. I’m not just referring to bars and clubs; I’m talking about other shit like late night eateries, and interesting shops for people to peruse. Thankfully it appears that politicians like Matt Haney felt the same way, as he recently

How To Be A Less Annoying Bay Area Gentrifier
Gentrification is inherently a touchy subject in the Bay Area. Everyone calls everyone else a gentrifier all the time. Most people don’t actually know what gentrification is. So, first, let’s define it. Gentrification: a process in which a poor area experiences an influx of middle-class or wealthy people who renovate

Beloved Berkeley Business, Paco Collars, Comes Home
For 10 years, Paco Collars stood as an iconic presence on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley across from the original Berkeley Bowl. However, in 2019, they relocated to a new space, leaving their original location behind. Some people mistakenly believed that their business had shut down. However, the truth was quite

High-Flying Dancer You Should Know: Megan Lowe
Do you ever dream of flying through the air with super strength and grace? Megan Lowe doesn’t need to dream it. She’s dancing her way through unlikely spaces all over the Bay Area while generously sharing what she knows AND uplifting the AAPI community. Her company Megan Lowe Dances utilizes