San Francisco

26 Oct 2017

How to remove a swastika in your neighborhood

Using ‘Art as Direct Action’ residents of the Upper Haight removed a swastika from the streets of San Francisco

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25 Oct 2017

We wanna send you plus one to State Bird Provisions in convo with Jonathan Kauffman!

This is a Food Lit event, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.  Chefs Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski always have a line out the door for their award-winning dishes. Inspired by years of catering parties, the dynamic husband-and-wife duo adopted a casual dim sum cart style of small plates at

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24 Oct 2017

We wanna send you plus one to see Action Bronson!

A raunchy, cylinder-shaped ginger of Eastern European ancestry might not be the first dude you’d peg for rap stardom, but that’s exactly the mantle Action Bronson is on the verge of possessing. Over the last few years, the 34-year old Queens native has become one of hip-hop’s most charismatic and

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24 Oct 2017

SFCentric History: THE 1850S TANFORAN COTTAGES IN THE MISSION

Photo: David Sawyer/Flickr The Mission is the oldest neighborhood in San Francisco. With that distinction, comes antique architecture and notable addresses. Such is the case of the Tanforan cottages at 214 and 220 Dolores St. These homes belonged to Toribio Tanforan and his family and are two of only about

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23 Oct 2017

We wanna send you and a friend to Cats Video Live! Where you’ll see cat videos live.

Cat Videos Live! is a feline film, cat comedy event and social gathering for all ages. Cat Videos Live! provides a genuine atmosphere for animal lovers to experience the cat video phenomenon – together. Cat Videos Live! and CatVideos.com have partnered to bring exclusive content to the big screen. In

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19 Oct 2017

Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire Comes to San Francisco

By Emily Wilson The Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco, Dr. Gemi Jose Gonzalez Lopez, said San Francisco has a lot in common with Teotihuacan, the ancient site 30 miles from present day Mexico City, which UNESCO calls a holy city. “It was full of culture and art, and

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19 Oct 2017

The Proud & Nefarious History of Pop’s Bar in the Mission

Pop’s Bar on 24th st. in the Mission is an SF classic.  It’s old school, gritty, fun, and typically clad with a lots of local characters at all hours.  Pop’s is everything from an early morning drinking spot for SF General nurses getting off their night shifts, to a sweaty

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17 Oct 2017

Marie Seise, the First Chinese Woman in San Francisco

San Francisco is an old, iron safe filled with gold, glory, disaster, and secrets. SFCentric History is a new column, by SF writer V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi, that digs in the vaults of local history and shares the sensational people, places, and things that rocked San Francisco. Chinese culture is an

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