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.
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?
Kelp Wanted: A Morning of Seaweed Gathering on the Sonoma Coast
There's nori, kombu, wakame, and bladderwrack in themthar tide pools!
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Culture
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.
Boots Riley Is Here to Recruit You
First, he’d like you to go see ‘I Love Boosters’ in theaters May 22. Then please consider joining the revolution.
Traversing the Mahjong Multiverse
As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?
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 18-June 24
This week we’ve got Juneteenth, more pride, beaver puppets (not pride related), spelling bees, fog, bioplastic drum machines, and more.
Pop-Up Brings a Rare and Beloved Trinbagonian Snack to S.F.
The Trini doubles humbles you, then leaves you wishing for more.
COYOTE Calendar: June 11-June 17
This week we've also got chili, quilting, archives, carnivorous plants, and, again, so much pride.
Berkeley Second Graders say: "Trees R Important"
Meet Poppy, Johnny Jo Bob the 13th, Clover, Sunny, Little Timmy Neon Cloudy, and NJjamba.