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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....

Loveski Deli Just Replaced the 'Erewhon of SF' — but make it bagels

Jackson Square somehow got even more expensive. We're going anyway....

The one-of-a-kind coffee shops of San Francisco

These single-location coffee shops in San Francisco have poured their hearts into one space, one counter, one community....

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....

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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....