The SF Public Library has chosen "Beautiful Chaos," the memoir by A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff, as its annual citywide book pick.

Starting next week, Civic Center Plaza will be aglow with six enormous lanterns.

Starting tomorrow, Market Street will become a three-day playground packed with interactive art.

The efforts of Filipino troops during World War II have long been omitted from public school textbooks. But a group of educators is working to change that.

Thanks to a grant from the Awesome Foundation, the artist is creating seating on circular bike racks.

Watch disgruntled Muni passengers pry their way out of a stalled train, views of a Christmas made of 70 Barbie dolls and more.

A duo of documentary photographers wants their new audio/video project to unite Tenderloin residents and wealthy Mid-Market denizens.

In a galaxy not so far, far away from downtown San Francisco, aspiring Jedi knights are learning to wield—and fight with—lightsabers.

In his new solo show, the longtime Market Street photographer highlights the rapid pace of change in the Mid-Market area.

The legislation aims to preserve the neighborhood's LGBT history, while allowing a major Mid-Market development to move forward.

A building in the heart of the Tenderloin is being transformed into a space for artists to create and sell their work.

With hopes of changing local perspectives—and policies—on homelessness, the nonprofit is broadcasting the stories of individuals living on San Francisco streets.

The two art walks are relaunching under one banner, with more than 35 participating galleries and businesses to check out.

"It’s hard to overstate the excitement for kids when a McDonald's is built in your neighborhood."

Throughout the 80s and 90s, 'Stars' was one of the city's most glamorous and innovative restaurants.

Tomorrow, anyone is encouraged to ride public transportation without pants, while trying to keep a straight face.

After artist Hope Mohr was evicted from her studio at Klockars Blacksmith, she decided to look at labor and its place in San Francisco.

Photographer Jim Marshall captured images of Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and more.

SFMOMA/Open Space, CounterPulse, and Danspace are teaming up to explore the impact of HIV/AIDS on the local arts community.

For its 20th anniversary, the troupe will take a look back at the year it was founded.

If approved, a new neon work would decorate two sides of the popular concert and events venue.

The new exhibition at the Main Library includes a temporary play structure for kids outside City Hall.

Comedy Central will host the first edition of Clusterfest, a major new comedy festival, at Civic Center Plaza in June.

The reigning queen of "RuPaul's Drag Race" is returning to San Francisco for several upcoming shows.

The orchestra cancelled its North Carolina performances in response to the state's adoption of discriminatory legislation.

The #EduHam program brought 8,000 students across the Bay Area for a unique opportunity to "be in the room where it happens."

Cook-offs, history demonstrations, music, and a parade are all part of this year's festivities.

Take a look back at the old city hall and old theater district, and the rebuilding efforts that have defined the area today.

Born out of writing workshops in the two neighborhoods, the new anthology will launch with readings at the Main Library this Sunday.

The Exploratorium's forthcoming Living Innovation Zone will feature interactive sound exhibits like echo tubes and aluminum chimes.

The Tenderloin Community Benefit District has chosen the winner of its public art competition for Larkin Street.

Hospitality House is auctioning off more than 100 original pieces to raise funds for its six cost-free community programs.

The documentary-style show about Tenderloin residents will play at venues around the neighborhood, from parks to libraries to churches.

The nonprofit group sponsors dozens of live musical performances each summer, with an emphasis on the FiDi and SoMa.

The pilot program, Art Night SF, aims to activate UN Plaza and generate more exposure for San Francisco artists.

If live music is what you're after, the Tenderloin is the place to be this weekend.

In the 1980s, a happening punk club at 162 Turk St. rocked the neighborhood.

This Halloween, spend the evening with two drag queens, a prestigious symphony, and a cult-classic musical.

Thousands of bodies were once buried under Civic Center, and there's no telling how many may still be there.

The top news of the week, and events to keep you on the move this weekend.

The new Living Innovation Zone, designed by high school students, is intended to bridge the Main Library and the Asian Art Museum.

The film, starring Rosanna Arquette and Brian Cox, will be shooting after dark under the rotunda at City Hall for the next two nights. Aspiring actors should note that they're still hiring extras.

The Tenderloin's Vietnamese community did not host a festival to celebrate the Lunar New Year this year, leaving many disappointed.

Friends of the SFPL is behind this weekend's blowout used book sale at Fort Mason.

A surreal scene is unfolding today in front of City Hall, as several white, inflatable rabbits, some up to 23 feet tall, are taking over the plaza as part of an art installation.

Film crews for "Chance," starring Hugh Laurie, will be taking over Fulton Street from Hyde to Larkin from 4am Saturday to 8am Tuesday for filming around the Tenderloin and Civic Center.

Our correspondents share the sights at the city's main Pride parade today.

All are invited to watch as a jury decides which of three proposals for a light-based public art installation on Larkin Street will move forward.

The "Living Innovation Zone," created in partnership with the Exploratorium, is intended to activate and improve safety at UN Plaza.

The district would be named after Compton's Cafeteria, the site of a 1966 uprising by trans activists against police harassment.

More Tenderloin sidewalks are awash with color at night, thanks to a city-funded grant program.

The adorned trees are part of an art project that promotes the Civic Center Commons.

"We've got to start bringing down these symbols of white supremacy."

The new pavilion will be named for a co-founder of Yahoo and his wife.

To close out the year, we've asked contributors to select their favorite stories of 2017.

The community art space is having a grand opening for its new Tenderloin home on November 18th.

Starting in 2018, the multiplex arts venue will serve liquor and cocktails.

Portraits and oral histories tell the story of what it means to have a home after living without housing.

An interactive performance brings the audience inside the 1966 Compton's cafeteria riot.

The Board of Appeals ruled that removing the statue would alter the historic character of Pioneer Monument.

The monument was created to celebrate the founding of California.

An interview with San Francisco Symphony's Resident Conductor.

Rik Lee Leipold has added 25 installations to neighborhood sidewalks that evoke people and places.

Construction delays have forced the new venue to cancel or move its initial shows.

All season long, the SFS will perform works penned by one of America's greatest composers.

Come to Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday for a spooky evening of musical chills and comical thrills.

Muralist Faith XLVII has been creating pieces addressing humanitarian crises in the U.S. and abroad.

The 40-sculpture series was conceived for the grounds of Somerset House in London.

Six high school students, taught by a professional architect, have spent the past six months designing a new Living Innovation Zone on Fulton Street.

A series of monthly block parties starts tonight with live music, food trucks, and a full bar in Civic Center Plaza.

If you're looking for homegrown gifts this holiday season, the Tenderloin and Civic Center are offering a host of holiday markets.

With Michael Tilson Thomas set to step down in 2020, the Symphony will be led by a fresh face: a Finnish composer and conductor.

Whether they dwell in a condo or an SRO, the Tenderloin Art Lending Library will let neighbors borrow a new work each month.

Neighborhood vendors are offering a number of opportunities to pick up locally sourced holiday gifts over the next few days.

The book, exhibit and upcoming special events feature 150 vintage matchbooks from businesses that operated in the neighborhood from the 1920s to ‘50s.

Summer is winding down quickly, but lots of great community events are on the horizon for fall.

The Internet is abuzz over the successful noseslide, captured on video near the entrance to the Powell BART/Muni station.

The 23-foot-tall public art installation will be displayed from April 4th-25th, with Off the Grid food trucks at lunch and dinner.

We revisit the story of when Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in SF in 1956.

Sabb's new exhibit at the Tenderloin's Swim Gallery weaves together urban fashion, philosophy, and insight into black history and culture.

A large-scale neon installation has been permanently installed on the building's western facade.

The theater company is continuing its efforts to bring visibility to Tenderloin artists with a new rotating window display on Jones Street.

Charles Amirkhanian has been promoting modern music in San Francisco for so long, some of it has become classical by now.

April showers have finally cleared, and several art-focused events are blooming in the Tenderloin in the early days of May.

The internationally acclaimed soprano, who got her start in SF, will perform with the Symphony this weekend.

Expect crowded public transportation, street closures and Muni reroutes.

San Francisco is getting a fifth megamural from artist Believe in People (BiP) on a new building on Mid-Market.

An anonymous group of artists says the "ads" are actually an anti-Amazon protest.

For almost 30 years, "Dr. Bob" has opened for local musicians, giving humorous and engaging lectures on classical music.

Created by artists quarantined at home, the ad-hoc show may ultimately be "a time capsule of this moment in history," says the museum's director.

Sunday's concert will spotlight three works composed by Jews in a Czech ghetto — played on instruments that once belonged to Holocaust victims.

After years of covertly filling Tenderloin sidewalk crevices with resin and found objects, Rik Lee Leipold has received funding to install more long-lasting work in the neighborhood's streets.

The team behind PianoFight is launching a virtual venue this week with a fundraising event that aims to let attendees mingle and interact safely from their own homes.

Flyaway Productions will perform a free aerial dance performance on the outside of buildings in the heart of the Tenderloin this weekend, in an effort to spotlight the impacts of mass incarceration.

The Falun Gong dance and propaganda spectacle returns for one-week engagement in early 2022, so you might see a billboard or two.

We have another cherished San Francisco movie theater reopening Friday, and the Landmark Opera Plaza’s four screens and facilities are embellished with a million-dollar upgrade.

Jubilant participants and spectators took over Market Street during yesterday’s 52nd annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade. According to the San Francisco police, an estimated 500,000 people gathered for the festivities.

The city of San Francisco kicked off its Juneteenth celebrations with the first annual Juneteenth Parade on Saturday.