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Liarmouth: Aubrey Plaza in conversation with John Waters
San Franciscans packed the Sydney Goldstein Theatre last Tuesday May 9, 2023 for a taste of filth. John Waters’s new novel LIARMOUTH…a feel-bad romance was just released on paperback. To celebrate this event, the great people at City Arts & Lecture brought actor Aubrey Plaza for a conversation with the

Kate Rhoades : Artist You Should Know
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep the bay a strange and wonderful place. If you’ve taken a bus lately you may have seen Kate’s work, she’s got a delightful series

The Politics of Gentrifying the Suburbs
Please listen to this newest podcast and share it. Also, make sure to subscribe. Links are below: itunes Google Play Soundcloud Oh man! We’ve got yet another fantastic episode for you! This time around we sit down with KQED’s Sandhya Dirks and discuss how the gentrification of cities have a ripple

We wanna send you plus one to the world premiere of KQED’s American Masters, Jacques Pepin in NAPA!
This event is in Downtown Napa, California. There’s no other way around it, I’m fucking obsessed with Jacques Pepin. Sorry to Katie Shaffer – founder of Feast it Forward – for cursing in the copy that is associated with your giveaway. But, there’s no other word that expresses how enthusiastic

Win Tickets To The KQED Pop High School Dance feat/ Kamau Bell!
Did you hate your high school formal or just want to relive your teenage glory? Well, you’re in luck! Bust out your corsages and boutonnieres because KQED Pop is throwing a high school dance party in honor of their brand new podcast, The Cooler, which launches September 16th. There will also be live

The Wire + Momofuku = Awesome
Have plans for Thursday night? You can break ’em. Dave Simon and David Chang are speaking at the Nourse Theater. Who are these people? David Chang is the founder of Momofuku and other restaurants that defy conventional adjectives like awesome and delicious. Their food is incredible. But their cookbooks are

The True Stories Lounge: Awesome Essayists visit the Make-Out Room
So I’m broke and don’t have cable (cause you know, I can just watch it online if I really wanted to, I mean…what? [insert mischievous smirk here] ). So I’ve been reading a lot more lately. Well, not just because I don’t have cable, but because I’m actually a freelance