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Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen.
In early 2011, Dorian Maxwell decided he'd rather not set foot on a Muni bus. That's a decision thousands of fellow San Franciscans make...
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Eric Victorino wasn't planning to live past Jan. 3.
Near the end of 2011, the singer of South Bay electro-pop band the Limousines made a plan to commit suicide on his 34th...
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Shaded by a row of tall cypresses and wedged between a dental practice and an all-you-can-eat sushi joint, nearly year-old Bottle Cap seemed a million miles away from the...
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Smart but spacey, naturally luminous and yet legitimately awkward, Greta Gerwig is perfectly cast in director Daryl Wein's romantic tailspin comedy as a manic mess whose...
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We’re drawn to images and tales of disaster and apocalypse: vacant Detroit buildings fallen into disrepair, abandoned amusement parks, basic cable documentaries such as...
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Sundays in the deep South were once governed by something called "blue laws" (and for all we know they still are). On the Christian (er, Protestant) sabbath, retailers were...
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Our first experience with the San Francisco Pet Owner came during a walk through Hayes Valley. A woman exclaimed, "Look Amy! A corgi!" We initially thought she was addressing...
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Despite our soft spot for the unconscious campiness of Eurovision, we had no interest in America’s broadcast talent shows. That is, until we caught Vogue Evolution on...
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The San Francisco Black Film Festival has never sugarcoated unpleasant truths, nor has it endorsed the illusory and fleeting comfort of self-pity. Its unwavering philosophy,...
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Whether it's science fiction (Asteroid, Mad Max, The Hunger Games) or science fact (global warming, nuclear arms, a pregnant Kardashian), the future can look downright scary....
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The Pen Is the Sword
Just as the international Art Battle presents competitive painting with time constraints and stroke-by-stroke scrutiny in front of collectors, WRITE CLUB...
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For generations, the dehumanizing monotony of modern life has been the domain of anti-capitalist academics, by-the-numbers sitcoms, rock bands, single-joke comic strips, and...
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Knowledge isn’t power; context is. That’s the timeless lesson that Vito Russo, the fearless queer activist and devoted film buff, taught us. A cofounder of ACT UP!...
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If you think street art is confined to the hipster irony of Banksy stencils and Shepard Fairey wheatpastes, think again. There has long been a continuum of artists who use the...
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Early versions of the codex were handwritten on paper or vellum and usually stacked between covers, or folded into a concertina-like pullout. Replacing the endless Roman...
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The de Young Museum's most perused painting might be Robert Colescott's A Taste of Gumbo, which anchors the central corridor that visitors pass through on their way to...
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Jackie Mason once noted that if a crook is bothering you, you can always call a cop, but if a cop is on your case, you can't call a crook. A question pressing San Francisco is...
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Sizzle
• Lost in the Night returned to the newly renovated 222 Hyde and found a dazzling party, thanks to both local hero DJ Mark. E Quark and the club's amazing new...
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When you've been to enough bars and had enough cocktails, you learn to glean information from the contents of a drink. Tease through the evidence in the ingredients like a CSI...
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"Where are the clowns?" I asked the bartender.
Before you curse me for putting "Send in the Clowns" in your head, let me explain. I recently went to Playland, the new bar in...
