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SOUND REMAINS: The Audiovisual Thrill You’ve Been Looking For
SOUND REMAINS organizer David Easlick seeded intrigue while discussing Thursday’s event, one in an ongoing series that combines both sonic and visual elements. Easlick aims to create a “saturated, interactive environment” that pushes boundaries among artists and attendees. “For me, the only way an event is interesting is if there

White Supremacist ‘Creativity Church’ on Recruiting Mission with Flyer, Sticker Drive
A Twitter user Tuesday posted an image of a “Creativity Church” flyer that was found stuck to a windshield in front of an Austin, Texas Hobby Lobby. The flyer, adorned with anti-Semitic and white supremacist graphics, suggests some reading and a website for people interested in making racism a religion.

The Best Dates You Can Go on This Weekend (Alone or With Others!)
Every Tuesday our subscribers get this awesome roundup in their inboxes. You should sign up right here to make sure you never miss a thing. Lucero is coming to the UC Theatre! Since forming in late the ‘90s, this group of Memphis road-dogs has mixed heartfelt lyrics with the sounds

San Francisco Transgender Film Fest: Going Strong Since 1997
“Pinch me! It feels miraculous!” says Shawna Virago, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. The festival has been around since 1997, and is still going strong 24 years later. The festival returns with its latest offering of short films, and will stream online from Nov. 11-14. And

Wednesday’s National ‘Facebook Logout’ Aims To Hit Where It Hurts: In the Revenue
A racial and economic justice group is calling on people nationwide to hit Facebook where it hurts: right in the revenue. The “Facebook Logout” campaign urges people to log off Facebook and Instagram Wednesday to disrupt the social media giant machine that profits off ad revenue targeted at its users.

Lagwagon Blazing at Bottom of the Hill
It was so cool to see them at a small and storied venue like Bottom of the Hill instead of a major festival ’cause nothing compares to watching a punk rock concert indoors with a great sound system.

What Washington Can Learn from the Great Highway Compromise
San Francisco has been at the forefront of so many things that the world loves. Blue jeans, farm to table restaurants, the martini, and marriage equality. It is time for San Francisco to lead the country in something else: remembering how to compromise.