San Francisco

Last Thursday, a coalition of community groups held a Castro Theatre town hall ahead of two consequential public meetings about the theatre's landmark status and preservation of its seats.

Thanks to muralist Natalie Gabriel, Carol Doda, the iconic stripper who shimmied her way to international fame as a topless dancer in the 60s and 70s has returned to North Beach in a new mural at wine bar Bodega.

The founder of the 28-year-old youth violence prevention organization United Playaz, Rudy Corpuz Jr., will hit new highs with the grand opening of his new Stiiizy dispensary at Fourth and Brannan Streets on Saturday.

Fans of longtime Castro dining, drinking, and event venue Harvey's (500 Castro St.) who were surprised by Sunday's sudden announcement of its closure after 27 years in the neighborhood will have one last chance to say goodbye.

The Grant Avenue Follies gained national attention in 2021 when they created their first music video — the "Gai Mou Sou (chicken feather duster) Rap" — and now they've partnered with AARP on a new video, "That Lunar Cheer."

Both the Tenderloin and Oakland locations of PianoFight will be closing permanently on March 18, but the scheduled SF SketchFest and other shows will continue until then.

On Sunday, longtime Castro dining, drinking, and event venue Harvey's (500 Castro St.) announced its closure after 27 years in the neighborhood.

The current pop-up restaurant Komaaj has posted signage that they’re taking over the former Good Frikin’ Chicken space at Mission and 29th Streets, so the location’s Middle Eastern food tradition will remain intact.

After three years in the Castro, Mexican restaurant El Capitan Taqueria (4150 18th St.) has permanently closed.

Following last year’s untimely death of her mate Blue Boy, 28-year-old mute swan Blanche has gone on to the great lagoon in the sky, as the swan who lived nearly her whole life at the Palace of Fine Arts died last Thursday.

Bad news for SF fans of the midcentury knockoff sofas and other modern accouterments sold by CB2 — the brand's 15-year-old store on Ellis Street, next to the newly open Central Subway entrance, is giving up the ghost.

Shake off the post-holiday blues with some high-energy fun courtesy of Club Fugazi’s latest production, “Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon.”

Longtime SPQR executive chef Matt Accarrino appears to have a new venture in the works, and it is set to open around the corner from SPQR in Pacific Heights.

East Bay fans of Indian pizza can now get their fix on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, where local chain Curry Pizza House has a brand-new outpost.

The 77-year-old quirky attraction Camera Obscura had walls and parts of its exteriors blown off in the recent storms, and while repairs are necessary, the camera contraption itself is still in good working shape.

The owner of Richmond's Anaviv catering business and Open Market will open a new waterfront restaurant at Point San Pablo Harbor in February, the harbor has announced.

A Portland-based brewery that's all about "keeping beer fun" has re-envigorated the Torpedo Room space on Fourth Street in Berkeley, formerly occupied by Sierra Nevada beer. The family- and dog-friendly taproom offers brews on 16 taps and allows patrons to bring in outside food.

A new, LGBTQ-focused Castro pharmacy will soon be opening in the former Weaver's Coffee & Teas space at 2301 Market Street (at Noe).