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26 Mar 2018

We wanna send you and your bae to see Alvvays, The Drums and Frankie Rose!

Alvvays released their second full-length, Antisocialites, this last September. The album is followed-up to their critically acclaimed debut album which received accolades from Pitchfork, NPR, Rolling Stone and more. Across its 10 tracks and 33 minutes the Toronto-based group dive back into the deep-end of reckless romance and altered dates.

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26 Mar 2018

How To Be A White Man: A Hilarious New Play About Privilege

Luna Malbroux co-stars with Kevin Glass in How To Be a White Man: A Practical Guide To Getting Privilege You Don’t Have But Are Entitled To, her own play currently on view at the African American Art and Culture Complex (762 Fulton Street). The production is being put on by the San

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23 Mar 2018

The SF Gay Men’s Chorus Toured the Deep South. Now They’re Singing About it

On Thursday March 29th, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus will present Bridges at Davies Symphony Hall, a performance which the chorus says “features an evening of songs that look at the past, celebrate the present, and builds the bridge for a better future.” Chorus Artistic Director Dr. Timothy Seelig explained how

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22 Mar 2018

News to Know: March 22, 2018

Major news outlets are pretty focused in on keywords like Tillerson, McCabe, Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, porn star and Playboy. It’s been an interesting week in the gutter of national news. Here are a few stories from the Bay and beyond that seem more relevant than the president’s unprotected extramarital affair

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22 Mar 2018

A Great City Program Replaces Vandalism with Street Art

You know what is a proven and effective graffiti deterrent?   Street art.  You can spend millions of dollars on anti-graffiti task forces and cleanup crews, but if you really want taggers to leave a wall alone, your best bet is to pay a local artist a few thousand bucks to paint

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22 Mar 2018

Your questions about CBD and medical marijuana use answered

By Genie Cartier First, let me be clear: this article is a testimonial about the effects I have observed from using cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive component of cannabis, to treat chronic pain. While I have done some research, this is not meant to be any kind of official study. My

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22 Mar 2018

Hidden East Bay Wonders: Ruins of the Belgum Sanitarium

Hidden East Bay Wonders brings you everything weird, whimsical and wonderful in the East Bay. This week: the ruins of the Belgum Sanitarium in Richmond. Imagine a time when people rode their horses through the East Bay hills– when the avenues weren’t paved and rich tycoons looked out over the

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