Poet, playwright, community activist, and MacArthur fellow Luis Alfaro is no stranger to Greeking out. Bruja is his third in a series of plays…
Paris. The name alone carries heft. It's where an artist dreams of legitimacy, and it has existed as such in the popular imagination for…
A good joke reminds comedian Will Durst of poetry. “We highlight active verbs, there's economy of language and leading with an impression of a…
Medical professionals at Oakland's Highland Hospital emergency department see about 80,000 patients a year. The hospital also has northern Alameda County's main trauma center,…
Chops Down the Family Tree. San Francisco sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster turns 15 this year, and to celebrate, it launches a frontal…
John Waters' reputation precedes him — and we bet that gives him no end of glee. The Baltimore native featured the plentiful drag queen…
He is the co-creator of the influential mid-1990s sketch comedy program Mr. Show, currently plays greasy attorney Saul Goodman (“You don't need a criminal…
Charlie Parker, who took over the kitchen at Daniel Patterson's Plum on Dec. 15, is a veteran of Manresa and Ubuntu who has also…
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company ― about a half-hour down the coast, just off Highway 1 ― just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Sipping pints…
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