On November 24 the world found out that Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked and had disabled its entire corporate network, including locations that spanned Culver…
Last month, the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health held a hearing in San Francisco on suicide education and prevention – shining an always-uncomfortable spotlight…
Frisky adults have long flocked to San Francisco to taste our rainbow-flavored tricks and treats, but this year, an adults-only haunted house promises to take…
Gothic vampire themes, hormonal young women stuck at a secluded all-girls school, Catholic uniforms… What could possibly go wrong? If it’s Mary Harron‘s new film…
Here in the heart of tech and location of the world’s newest millionaires, on the eve of San Francisco’s 2012 celebration of gay Pride, the…
San Francisco’s Black and White Ball has both intrigued and repelled me since I was old enough to look at society page photos in local…
I was thrilled I was getting to see the big mainstream film about vibrators (Hysteria, Sony Classics) as a centerpiece of the 2012 San Francisco…
TOKYO WAKA trailer [www.StyloFilms.com] from John Haptas on Vimeo. The belle of the festival, Tokyo Waka has sold out at every single SFIFF screening. It…
Francis Ford Coppola’s entry in the 2012 San Francisco International Film Festival, “Twixt” is one of the prettiest, most visually stylish and frustratingly incomprehensible –…
Writer and director Stephen Elliott’s strong film debut Cherry isn’t like the other girls on the playground. Cherry is an accurate, lyrical snapshot of one…
The San Francisco International Film Festival‘s 2012 lineup packs a punch, with an unusually strong selection of films. Headhunters, a gritty action-packed Swedish Norwegian crime…
Oriana Small aka Ashley Blue – Girlvert: A Porno Memoir from Dave Naz on Vimeo. Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue will be reading from her…
San Francisco Pride guides are a both necessary evil and an exercise in futility. On one lubed hand there are a million things to do…
A couple years ago I got to meet Zen Master Brad Warner when he was in San Francisco doing appearances for his then-new book, Zen…
I’ll just disclose up front that I am not a fan of this year’s Pride theme. I’ve said this before. “40 and Fabulous!” Really? I…
Even among casual observers of businesses that call themselves “adult”, there is an expectation that these companies, on occasion, will do some pretty weird things….
Last Monday Jillian Lauren, mom and new author was on The View – and it wasn’t your average View topic. No daytime fare for the…
The past two weeks have been epic for street art and the Bay Area. Banksy swept SF (plus a further piece was discovered), and last…
Originating from the UK, famous, admired, despised (and wanted) street artist Banksy has left mark(s) in many cities around the world. With the recent opening…
Troya SF: Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine. At first glance, the Troya menu did not seem exceptional; however we were assured by one team member’s memory…
On Wednesday, SF Weekly’s Matt Smith took his torture porn fantasies beyond the realm of safe, sane and consensual to gloat over how his actions…
When Anthony Bourdain‘s book “Kitchen Confidential” came out in 2005 2000 (thanks, Alex_B!), it was made crystal clear that America’s top kitchens were staffed by…
all photos by Violet Blue for The Appeal At The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts last night, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held the…
When we first heard that Mayor Gavin Newsom was giving a SALT talk (Seminars About Long Term Thinking) for The Long Now Foundation, it seemed…
This Good Friday, April 10, is the celebration that begins the weekend-long Nun World Order Takeover: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence turn a flirty 30,…
Image by *eddie. New York’s street art scene is legendary, the LA street art culture is the stuff of legends, and London has a rightful…
NBC started filming the pilot for their new San Francisco based series “Trauma“, which is slated to be an action-packed drama about EMTs. And, apparently…
It’s impossible to describe Pansy Division unless you’ve seen the queer punk rock band play live; musicians so skilled they’re riveting, tight and virtually flawless….
Local design hotspot Kicker Studio is home to many brilliant designers and makers, and most notably focuses on designs that feature embedded technology. They’ve had…
UPDATE: For your viewing pleasure, here’s the archived stream of Thursday’s Prop 8 arguments. UPDATE: We’re told the calchannel livestream (that’s the embeddable one we’re…
Many speakers, a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus and San Francisco Freedom Band kicked off the candlelight “Eve of Justice” marriage equality rally at…
From March 10-11, the TV of Tomorrow Conference 2009 will be in full swing at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. It’s the third…
The passing of Prop 8 wasn’t taken lightly here in San Francisco, and it was a shot heard across the nation for marriage equality and…
