Martin Luther King Jr.

Authorities Say MLK Day Is the Perfect Time to Get Rid of Your Gun

If you missed San Francisco's gun buy back last month, here's another opportunity for you to quit your firearms. Marin is hosting its own gun buy-back event, extending the invitation to residents in San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties. So cancel your plans to hit the shooting range on ... More >>

Free at Last

Believe or Not, Walmart Workers Say They Love Their Job

Michigan residents aren't the only people who don't like unions. Apparently, Walmart worker don't either. Some Walmart workers have created their own group, called Associates Who Love Walmart, to proclaim their love of the discount superstore. They say their aim is to combat union-backed groups li ... More >>

SF Jazz Announces Lineup For First Concert at New HQ, Feat. McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, and Bill Cosby?

A few months ago, we updated you on the progress of construction over at 205 Franklin Street -- the fancy new headquarters of SF Jazz -- which is set to open on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Jan., 21, 2013. Today, the nonprofit announced the lineup for artists that will performing at the very fir ... More >>

Occupy Dream: Clergy Hope MLK Rally Will Draw Attention to String of Homicides of Black Men

Members of the African-American community already had big plans to hold its "Occupy Dream" rally today to recognize the April 4, 1968, assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. But sadly, the group has yet another more reason to draw attention to their cause: The recent string of gun violence among Sa ... More >>

Civil Wrongs Revisited

W. Kamau Bell: "Stop Talking Shit About the Occupy Movement"

Me and my socio-political stand-up comedy crew, Laughter Against The Machine, just finished our first national tour. Collectively we went to six Occupations, in New Orleans, Portland, New York, D.C., and San Francisco. And I would like to make a request of you. Stop talking shit about the Occupy Wal ... More >>

Swap Meet for Pickles, Preserves and other Homemade Goodies

Framboise​Punk Domestics & BCF Food Preservation Swap Where: Blue Chair Fruit Kitchen, 4629 Martin Luther King, Jr (at 47th St), Oakland; (510) 654-BLUE When: Fri., July 15, 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: On Friday, our very own Sean Timberlake (if he allows us to assert ownership) is st ... More >>

Tonight: The Nightlife's Paved With Cheese

Janky Barge DJ Collective Knows How to Have a Good Time.​Cheese Lover's Nightlife Where: California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse (at Martin Luther King Jr., in Golden Gate Park), 379-8000 When: Thurs., May 26, 6-10 p.m. Cost: $12 ($10 for members) The rundown: The California Ac ... More >>

Edible Schoolyard Plant Sale

Edible SchoolyardThe Edible Schoolyard's Adorable Sign.​Edible Schoolyard's Annual Mother's Day Plant Sale Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose (at Grant), Berkeley, 510-558-1335 When: Sat., May 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: Prices vary for individual items The rundown: There' ... More >>

Bouncer wonders if success has arrived for the Showdown

Does the Showdown, a New Bar at Sixth and Market, Have a Shot at Success?

​The Showdown is just a few doors down from Market Street, and has seemingly changed hands more times than a perfidious poker player. It was the Arrow Bar for a long time, then it was the Matador. The new ownership has chosen a name that belies some sort of ultimatum: "I'll see you at high noon, O ... More >>

San Francisco Students Accidentally Eat Rat Poison

Rat Poison Is Not Good For You​A group of San Francisco middle school students ate a tablet of rat poison that they found on a filing cabinet inside a classroom at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.Mindy Talmadge, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Fire Department, said the incident happened a ... More >>

Germany? Really? Cool!

Do Online Causes and Philanthropy Do Any Good?

​Does professing your support for a cause online do any good? Or does it just make you feel like you accomplished something and keep you from actually doing anything in the analog world to realize the change you profess to want?~PhilanthropuhleezWell, Macolm Sadwell, aren't we glass-half-empty tod ... More >>

Exploring the Jewish influence on black American music

Figures of Action

What a Difference a Flood Makes -- City's Sandbag Giveaway Going Gangbusters

Turns out San Franciscans just love sand! ​Money found is sweeter than money earned. True that -- people love to be given things. And yet, last month, when the city offered to give away up to 300 pounds worth of sandbags to any San Franciscan worried about flooding, hardly anyone responded. Only 1 ... More >>

The Good Music of the Bad Old Days

Other Stage Standouts This Fall

Extremely Civil Disobedience: Prop. 8 Protests Peaceful So Far

Peaceful demonstrators shut down the intersection of Van Ness and Grove"Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face," Martin Luther King Jr. said in 1956. "But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime. ... More >>

Let's Get Inaugurated! Enliven Barack Obama's Speech with the Inaugural Drinking Game

Those of us lucky enough to still have gainful employment as the George W. Bush years stumble to their ignominious thud will be clocking in tomorrow around the time President-elect Barack Obama knocks the "elect" off his title.A rollicking article in the current New Yorker notes that while president ... More >>

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Mayor holds shovel

Live the Dream

Happy birthday, Dr. King

Moonstruck

Two museum events that'll turn your kids into space cadets

Southern Discomfort

Travis Somerville's paintings have been called provocative, brilliant - and racist

Dirty Pool

As the Bayview waits for a rebuilt MLK pool, the project, a stated mayoral priority, keeps gobbling money and time--making it the prototypical city contracting fiasco.

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Dog Bites

A cannabis club in the Fangxaminer building. This could explain a lot.

Personal Best

What the world needs now is a wholly subjective, occasionally snarky awards ceremony

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REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Tense Alliance

A conversation with the makers of Blacks and Jews, a highlight of the 17th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world