Joy to the stage: Smuin Ballet's 'The Christmas Ballet' is a tradition worth...
Smuin Ballet dancers Nicole Haskins and Weston Krukow in Amy Seiwert's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm."Photo by David AllenSmuin Ballet's The Christmas Ballet, which the late choreographer Michael...
View ArticlePromo: BRAVA’s NYE Comedy Fiesta tickets are on sale now!
BRAVA’s Annual Comedy Fiesta will be the Mission District’s one stop destination to get your laugh and your dance on!Join Marga Gomez (LOGO Network, GLAAD Award Winner) and special guests (2013 Best of...
View ArticleSan Francisco Holiday Evening Tour
Baby…It’s cold outside! But you can't let the holiday season pass without seeing the City by the Bay decked out in all her splendor. Gather your friends and family…Join Tower Tours on a festive holiday...
View ArticleRead this: 11 national news outlets cover SF’s tech culture war
Screenshot of Fox News "The Willis Report" with Gerri Willis.Those of us in the Bay Area have long followed the rising rents, floods of evictions, and growing resentment between long-time Bay Area...
View ArticleNational Park Service asks Presidio Trust to hit the breaks on museum proposals
PDX museum rendering courtesy of Presidio.govThe battle over the cultural fate of the otherwise outdoors-oriented Presidio could hit the pause button once again after a high-level letter sent to the...
View ArticleSage Listings: Dec. 18-24, 2013
Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern. Submit items for the listings at...
View ArticleMusic Listing: Dec. 18-24, 2013
WEDNESDAY 18ROCKBottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St., San Francisco. Holograms, TV Ghost, G. Green, 9 p.m., $10-$12.Brick & Mortar Music Hall: 1710 Mission, San Francisco. The Sweet Bones, Sam Code...
View ArticleYear in Music 2013: Taylor Kaplan's top 10s
Albums1. My Bloody Valentine: m b v2. Dean Blunt: The Redeemer3. Julia Holter: Loud City Song4. No Joy: Wait to Pleasure5. Oneohtrix Point Never: R Plus Seven<!--break-->6. Boards of Canada:...
View ArticleMayor Lee orders affordable housing push
Mayor Ed Lee announces new housing directive, standing on a deck at Natoma street housing project flanked by officials.Photo by Joe Fitzgerald RodriguezMayor Ed Lee stood on the rooftop terrace between...
View ArticleTech sets out to help the homeless
Google “tech,” “San Francisco,” and “homeless” right now, and you will undoubtedly find the tale of Greg Gopman, former CEO of AngelHack, whose notorious Facebook comments comparing homeless people to...
View ArticleMayor Lee addresses Google bus controversy
Guardian photo and graphicAt a press conference on affordable housing today, the Guardian asked Mayor Ed Lee about San Francisco’s favorite pinata: tech buses. The monstrous private shuttles, which...
View ArticlePsychic Dream Astrology: DEc. 18-24, 2013
Psychic Dream Astrology12.18-24.2013 ARIESMarch 21-April 19The challenge before you is not to make do of a crappy situation; it is to have healthy boundaries in a situation where you’re not guaranteed...
View ArticleThe Burning Man Project's boring bait-and-switch
In a series of stories earlier this year, I outlined how the board that controls Burning Man doesn’t appear to be “relinquishing our control” over the event, as founder Larry Harvey announced would be...
View ArticleA century after the Raker Act, San Franciscans are still illegally denied...
San Francisco won federal approval to build a major dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley 100 years ago today.The San Francisco Examiner has a good story on today’s 100th anniversary of the signing of the...
View ArticleIn SF and Oakland, activists block tech buses to protest displacement
Activists gathered at 24th and Valencia streets in San Francisco this morning to block a private Apple shuttle.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEBetween 70 and 100 protesters gathered at 24th and Valencia...
View ArticleJoy to the stage: Smuin Ballet's 'The Christmas Ballet' is a tradition worth...
Smuin Ballet dancers Nicole Haskins and Weston Krukow in Amy Seiwert's "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm."Photo by David AllenSmuin Ballet's The Christmas Ballet, which the late choreographer Michael...
View ArticlePromo: BRAVA’s NYE Comedy Fiesta tickets are on sale now!
BRAVA’s Annual Comedy Fiesta will be the Mission District’s one stop destination to get your laugh and your dance on!Join Marga Gomez (LOGO Network, GLAAD Award Winner) and special guests (2013 Best of...
View ArticleSan Francisco Holiday Evening Tour
Baby…It’s cold outside! But you can't let the holiday season pass without seeing the City by the Bay decked out in all her splendor. Gather your friends and family…Join Tower Tours on a festive holiday...
View ArticleRead this: 11 national news outlets cover SF’s tech culture war
Screenshot of Fox News "The Willis Report" with Gerri Willis.Those of us in the Bay Area have long followed the rising rents, floods of evictions, and growing resentment between long-time Bay Area...
View ArticleYear in Music 2013: Taylor Kaplan's top 10s
Albums1. My Bloody Valentine: m b v2. Dean Blunt: The Redeemer3. Julia Holter: Loud City Song4. No Joy: Wait to Pleasure5. Oneohtrix Point Never: R Plus Seven<!--break-->6. Boards of Canada:...
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