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Queried about his client, Terry Helbling, attorney Kenneth Quigley rhapsodizes an artful response: "Neurotics build castles in the sky, psychotics live in them, and...
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The permanent collection is botanically interpreted! “Bouquets to Art,” the ultimate yin event occurring annually in our fair city, invites flower folks to take...
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In 1984, a vicious crime took place in Utah: Two men murdered their brother’s wife and infant daughter. The perpetrators confessed, expressed no remorse, said they’d...
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Many artists (maybe it’s just humans) face the same dilemma: How to do the soul-crushing work of paying the bills without giving in? How to preserve the fragile will to...
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The coveted and elusive population of hip young moviegoers always mobs the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Maybe it’s the restless energy...
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People have written about their time at global anticapitalist events over the past decade — before Seattle 1999, global anticapitalist events didn’t exist, so what...
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We often see comics used as a jumping off point for more rarefied air, but we don't often see the physical objects -- the actual comics -- taken along for the ride. Michael...
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Dance-making is about specificity, says choreographer Brenda Way. It should “alert your eye or trigger your consciousness.” The two world premieres that anchor...
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However you feel about the politics of England's Prime Minister David Cameron, the man apparently has amazing taste in art. On his first official visit to Washington in July,...
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San Francisco is overflowing with strong social and political opinions. Problem is, too many of us limit our activism to buying a bumper sticker that tells the world (or, a...
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Gone are the days when poetry readings were confined to the dimly lit coffee houses, public libraries, and beat bars of urbania. This being one of the world’s meccas for...
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In what may be the greatest nerd fight since those two LARPers were immortalized by Google Street View, Boxwars SF is the venue for a deliriously ridiculous (and awesome) DIY...
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The typical take on surfing in surf films usually concerns how idyllic the whole thing is — call it the “cowabunga” narrative. This year’s San Francisco...
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The Blaskets are a small cluster of hilly islands in Ireland, where until recently villagers are said to have lived out their ancient ways without modern influences. Two old...
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Seeing a Harold Pinter play is like being taken to a dinner party where you know no one except the person who brought you. Then that person leaves when you’re not...
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San Francisco's Irish heritage is omnipresent. Among other things, the city has countless Irish pubs, the Irish Film Festival, and a newspaper (The Irish Herald). One of our...
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A group exhibit that includes 15 different artists “TEXT,” presents pieces ranging from color prints to hand-work . Lisa Mendelson, largely known for her ability to...
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If Wes Anderson and Charlie Kaufman collaborated on a movie about skateboarding, they would be hard pressed to come up with something as whimsically original as the comic...
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"Snowball" is a new show by the fascinating leonardogillesfleur, who is, or are, two people who share the following: A single art degree from the San Francisco Art Institute,...
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After more than a decade of torturing readers with depressing news and turgid prose, today I'm begging you to torture yourselves — for the children's sake.
Please, do...
