Michael McClure

Magic Theatre Loses Artistic Director

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/1

The Electric Multimedia Psychedelic Time Trip

Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM

Night+Day

Haight-Ashbury pioneer and Oracle editor Allen Cohen resurrects the Summer of Love with a CD-ROM

Magic Act

A Q & A with a historic theater's new chief.

Stop Waiting for Lefty

A Q & A with a historic theater's new chief.

Edna O’Brien’s Tir na nÓg Loses Its Magic

A Q & A with a historic theater's new chief.

One for the Team

A Q & A with a historic theater's new chief.

And the Beat Goes On

An interview with Alan Kaufman

Summer of Love

An interview with Alan Kaufman

Galleries

An interview with Alan Kaufman

Seminal Beat

A tribute to an unsung maverick of beatnik culture

The Best Minds

An epic reading for the 50th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"

Still Hybrid After All These Years

Intersection for the Arts turns 40, right at home in the Mission

Best Thoughtful Theater

Intersection for the Arts turns 40, right at home in the Mission

House of Tudor

Outsider artists scream "Death to Electric Guitars!"; neo-burlesque's best step into Broad Daylight.

Life and Nothing But

Boycott french fries, but don't miss this look at French filmmaking under the Occupation

Sweet Table at the Richelieu

Last Planet Theater revives an undeservedly obscure play about rich people mingling at an elegant hotel

Josephine the Mouse Singer

Last Planet Theatre production

Artjournalism

Bruce Conner, the greatest artist you don't know, uses our Peter Byrne for image-honing purposes. We use Conner to get you to pick up the paper.

Facial Hair

Salvador Dali Talks to the Animals & The Beard

Collage Industry

"Lawrence Jordan: A Mosaic of Personal Selections"

Riff Raff

"Lawrence Jordan: A Mosaic of Personal Selections"

Riff Raff

"Lawrence Jordan: A Mosaic of Personal Selections"

The Fall of Love

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Night+Day

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Night+Day

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Boys Will Be Boys

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Night+Day

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Jack Kerouac's writing still influential for rock icons 50 years after On the Road

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, and a bad actress pay tribute to Kerouac’s Big Sur

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

November Book Events: Howard Junker, Joshua Clover, Lierre Keith, and William S. Burroughs

Chet Helms and his Avalon Ballroom were the heart and soul of the Summer of Love. Thirty years of stupid business moves later, love is all that's left.

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

Wholphin screening Friday at ATA​Shake off the workday without shedding too many bills. Check out this week's picks for living cheaply without giving up your weekend dose of pop culture and pedal steel. Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo @ de Young (Fri.) The art produced on the streets ( ... More >>

January's Literary Events

Wholphin screening Friday at ATA​Shake off the workday without shedding too many bills. Check out this week's picks for living cheaply without giving up your weekend dose of pop culture and pedal steel. Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo @ de Young (Fri.) The art produced on the streets ( ... More >>