It’s Over — But I’m Keeping The Bean Club
When heirloom beans are caught in the middle of a messy divorce, who should get custody? Bay Area food club leaders chime in.
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golden lionheart collier’s ‘Hidden Currents’ Is a Masterpiece of Spatial Composition
At SF's Audium, 176 speakers tell the history of Black sound in the Americas through modular synthesis.
Dick Vivian Knew the Right Record Could Change Your Life
The beloved owner of Rooky Ricardo’s Records died in July at 78. But the Haight St. shop’s new owners — and Vivian’s countless musical disciples — say his legacy lives on.
ChatTJB Wants You to Stop Trusting LLMs
A San Francisco poet is answering your prompts badly, slowly, and earnestly.
A Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AI
In the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again?
This Domestic Violence Shelter Was Told It No Longer Aligns With the Trump Administration’s Priorities
Trump’s war on ‘gender ideology’ and diversity is hurting San Francisco Asian Women’s Shelter’s ability to help victims — many of whom can’t get help anywhere else. It’s already cost them nearly $500,000.
A Gay Situationship in a Doom Loop: A 2,000-Year-Old Play Makes Everything New Old Again
‘Satyricon’ brings sex, excess, and the decline of an empire to a historic San Francisco leather bar.
A Climate Expert on What’s Missing From Super El Niño Headlines
Rainfall inches are easy to quantify and think about, but what happens after it lands on us?
To Artist Ton Mak, Whimsy and Weirdness Are the Point
The artist Ton Mak retraces her creative journey, ahead of debuting a new exhibit at Empire Seven Studios in San Jose’s Japantown.
S.F. Lawmaker Asks Chatbot About 'Suicidally Motivated Civilians' in Gaza
Grok, what's the difference between right and wrong?
A Home for Queer Chinese Stories Opens in Chinatown
‘It’s rare to see Chinese LGBT people or to hear their stories.’ Lesbian artist Xiangchi Chen shares the origin story of the OUT Museum in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
The Best Things Our Food Critic Ate in June
A great crab sandwich, heathen ice cream, Korean-Mexican snacks, plus some Giants hate.