What Is a Dad, Anyway?
Our provocative ‘Dadliest Band’ bracket inspires deep questions — and a Soleil apology tour.
What Is a Dad, Anyway?
Our provocative ‘Dadliest Band’ bracket inspires deep questions — and a Soleil apology tour.
The Best Things Our Food Critic Ate in June
A great crab sandwich, heathen ice cream, Korean-Mexican snacks, plus some Giants hate.
World Cup TikTok’s Schadenfreude Is a Thing of Anti-Imperialist Beauty
On the geopolitical thrills of soccer fandom.
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Culture
The Most Groundbreaking Dance Party in San Francisco Was on ’90s Public Access TV
‘Lavender Lounge,’ a queer variety show that ran from 1991 to 1995, returns to the screen for the first time in 30 years in a new documentary short.
Oakland’s Sweetest Building Has Been Empty for a Decade. A Cookie Maker Is Ready to Fill It
Will Hooper's Chocolates finally get a tenant?
Still Gay After All These Pours: The Queer Baristas Keeping the Bay's Coffee Culture Alive
As AI bros, private equity, and Decent espresso machines dominate the narrative, the gays hold the line.
What to Catch at the Bay Area Book Festival This Weekend
Learn how to narrate an audiobook or make a zine, or dive into discussions around the politics of sideshow noise and the power of hauntings.
Power
Roll for Governor: A D&D Class Guide to California's Clown Car Election
Rolling those dice to determine how screwed we are.
Grief Is Political — Even When It’s About Your Pets
The author of the forthcoming book "All My Dead Cats" talks about disenfranchised grief, the politics of mourning, and why a dead cat is the perfect gateway into one of our most avoided conversations.
Life
COYOTE Calendar: June 25-July 1
Pride is peaking this week, and along with the Trans March, Dyke March and SF Pride we’ve also got pride puppets, pride tattoos, pride soccer, and, yes, some (allegedly) not gay events.
COYOTE Calendar: June 18-June 24
This week we’ve got Juneteenth, more pride, beaver puppets (not pride related), spelling bees, fog, bioplastic drum machines, and more.
Kelp Wanted: A Morning of Seaweed Gathering on the Sonoma Coast
There's nori, kombu, wakame, and bladderwrack in themthar tide pools!
Pop-Up Brings a Rare and Beloved Trinbagonian Snack to S.F.
The Trini doubles humbles you, then leaves you wishing for more.