Who’s the Wise Guy Touring You Around SFMOMA?
A sponsored story from SFMOMA “Why is this urinal art?” asks comedian Kumail Nanjiani. “I don’t get it.” From...
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Hipsterville Meets Hayes Valley: The Other Side of Las Vegas
I watch as the small plastic cup holding my syrup, which, moments before, had sat atop my pancakes, starts to...
“Blank Map” Is a Psychedelic Performance in Black Abstraction
A Sponsored Story from Circo Zero Performance During my interview with the partial cast of Blank Map, two descriptive words...
How Oakland Is Turning Trash Cans into Art
Art is part of the soul of Oakland. From Jingletown to Uptown, art is on its streets, its walls, its...
Solid Gold: The Asian Art Museum’s Golden Anniversary Dance Party
A Sponsored Story from the Asian Art Museum What did you do for your last milestone birthday? I threw a...
Don’t Study STEM. Study the Arts.
When did studying the arts become a joke? Telling arts majors that they have no future is a long, clichéd...
Magical, Slightly Eerie Cinemagraphs of San Francisco
By Marcello Maiorana Editor’s note: Cinemagraphs are still new enough to seem totally futuristic and magical, even though we’...
Glowing Art Tour Reminder of Why SF is Beautiful
By Ann-Marie Alcántara Ah, winter in San Francisco. Compared to the rest of the country, we have it easy...
NSFW: Drone-Filmed Porn Was Made in SF
Drones and porn? Naturally. It was only a matter of time and coordination (technology in one hand, genitals in the...
Mind-Blowingly Detailed Hand-Drawn Map of San Francisco
By Jessica Saia London-based artist and map-maker Jenni Sparks made an insanely detailed hand-drawn map of San...
Oakland’s Hoodslam Is Crazy; Go To It
By OJ Patterson Standing room only, there are no seats. There are no guardrails, no hundred-feet-tall projections, no...
Stop Telling Women to Smile Hits Oakland
By Sarah Han I used to think I was the only one who was stopped by random men and told...