San Francisco - Arts & Culture
San Francisco Chinatown
Edge on the Square uses art to highlight Chinatown's diverse history and promote social change
Edge on the Square, a new contemporary gallery and cultural hub located in the heart of Chinatown on the corner of Grant and Clay, wants to show visitors a deeper cultural experience of the neighborhood.
San Francisco Ingleside
Plans afoot to return Diego Rivera mural to City College, make it visible from the street
Diego Rivera’s largest mural ‘Pan American Unity’ is slated to return to its original Ingleside home at City College of San Francisco, and would sit behind giant glass windows that make the mural visible from sidewalks.
San Francisco Castro
Castro Theatre Conservancy releases alternate Castro Theatre plans with return of repertory film & daily events [Updated]
On Thursday, the nonprofit Castro Theatre Conservancy announced its alternate operating plan for the historic Castro Theatre, which includes a major capital campaign, and a pledge to show films in repertory 200 days per year.
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
'Behind the Seats': Another Planet Entertainment tests proposed Castro Theatre seating options
Last week, Another Planet Entertainment (APE) took Hoodline on a 'behind the seats' tour of the historic Castro Theatre, which included viewing a mockup of the proposed seating changes and touring the backstage area.
San Francisco Mission
Neon sign for Mission Street's Grand Theater lights up for the first time in decades
Another of the towering, glowing neon signs leftover from the heyday of Mission Street's days as a hub of cinema has come back to life. It's the sign above the Grand Theater, which is now home to arts org Gray Area, at 2665 Mission Street (between 22nd and 23rd).
San Francisco Inner Richmond
Inner Richmond live music club Neck of the Woods sued by music licenser over alleged copyright violations
The Inner Richmond nightclub Neck of the Woods was served a lawsuit by ASCAP over alleged unlicensed use of copyrighted music, highlighting an obscure legal aspect to the nightclub industry.
San Francisco Chinatown Union Square
The city leaps into the Year of the Rabbit with the annual Chinese New Year Parade
Rain didn’t dampen the new year spirit over the weekend as participants and onlookers alike converged on downtown to celebrate the 2023 Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday night.
San Francisco Castro
SF Historical Preservation Commission recommends Castro Theatre landmark expansion
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) voted unanimously in support of recommending the expansion of the Castro Theatre's landmark designation to the Board of Supervisors.
San Francisco
Community group holds Castro Theatre town hall ahead of Historic Preservation Commission meeting [Updated]
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.
San Francisco North Beach
Artist Natalie Gabriel brings Carol Doda back to North Beach in stunning new mural
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.
San Francisco Ocean Beach Outer Richmond
Storms and high winds blow walls off Camera Obscura at Land's End
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.
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf
Video: Musée Mécanique acquires glorious new, 110-year-old musical contraption
Meet the Mills Bow-Front Violano Virtuoso, a 350-pound, 110-year-old antique musical apparatus that self-plays a piano and violin at the same time, now performing regularly at the always-quirky Musée Mécanique.
San Francisco North Beach
The Condor Club becomes SF’s first topless club to get Legacy Business status
On the heels of a dressing-down from the SF Historic Preservation Commission, North Beach’s Condor Club was still awarded entry into SF’s Legacy Business Registry, 58 years after becoming the first topless dance club in the U.S.