San Francisco Doesn't Have Air Conditioning. Here's How We Survive.
Half of SF metro area homes still don't have AC. The rest of us have developed coping mechanisms....
Saul SugarmanAuthor of 135 Articles
Saul Sugarman is editor in chief and owner of The Bold Italic. He lives in San Francisco.
The Superfair Is Back at Fort Mason with Frameline Films and a Harp-Playing Mermaid
Join us for a four-day art fair at Fort Mason Pier 2 where you buy directly from the artists, no galleries in between....
Brides of March Is the SantaCon You Actually Wanted
The Brides of March is what happens when you take the same anarchic DNA of SantaCon, but you let joy be the point....
The Year of the Fire Horse Came to Davies Symphony Hall
SF Symphony's Lunar New Year gala was the most San Francisco thing you could do on the last Saturday of February....
SF Ballet finally went clubbing. It's called 'The Blake Works'
If you walked into the War Memorial Opera House expecting ballet to stay quiet and pretty and out of the conversation, you weren't paying attention to this art form....
SF Ballet will no longer perform at Kennedy Center
The board voted to pull out of its scheduled May run of Mere Mortals at the Kennedy Center. Staff confirmed the decision to The Bold Italic at tonight's opening of The Blake Works...
A great big thank you. And subscriptions are now open.
The money donated the past two days won't keep all the lights on. But they will pay for us to remain on Ghost through 2027, and I'm sure beyond. In the meantime, I'm writing and publishing more than ever....
A Fashionably Late Review of the SF Symphony's 2025 Opening Night
When the musicians walked out from both wings of the hall, the audience gave them a long, boisterous, cheering ovation. It had the energy of a home team returning to the field....
A note to our readers.
I want to keep this publication going because I think it meant something to the young generation of San Franciscans at the time. And maybe it can for the current one, or the next one. This is a bit tl;dr - apologies....
Finding our resonance at the Grace Cathedral Gala
Looking down the long rows of tables, Grace Cathedral cathedral was awash in the vibrant, shifting colors of the Year of Resonance....
Why is San Francisco so cold right now?
Northern California is currently getting walloped by a massive, multi-phase winter storm system that cuts right through your Patagonia puffer and sinks directly into your bones....
My favorite Inner Sunset eats
On rainy days like today, warm up with hot pots from Nabe or iPot. Or play a boardgame with a waffle sandwich in hand at Game Parlour. There's so much to love about Inner Sunset....