Arts & cultureSeptember 2026
Mellow Nights on Haight
Anyone walking past Haight and Masonic would be forgiven for being confused by The Mellow.
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Arts & cultureSeptember 2026
Quieting One Voice to Find Another
Cadence for Change is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to raising musical aspirations in people of all ages and backgrounds.
Arts & cultureJuly 2026
The DeLuxe: A Conversation with Christian Beaulieu
The DeLuxe opened on June 18th with live music seven nights a week and a room that looks both untouched and quietly transformed.
Arts & cultureMay 2026
New Club Alert: The Liminal Shelf
Introducing The Liminal Shelf! A science fiction and fantasy book club, focusing on books by women / queer / BIPOC authors.
Arts & cultureApril 2026
A Living Gallery
At 963 Hayes St., art doesn’t just imitate life, it displays it.
Arts & cultureFebruary 2026
Walls That Talk
Lower Haight’s walls have always had something to say.
Arts & cultureDecember 2025
A Bathroom Without Art Is Stupid
When I enter the first of the three single use bathrooms in Madrone Art Bar (each one a distinct color and distinct experience, like portals) I can feel the deep and thumping bass of the We Work Here collective’s blend of deep house, disco, and…
Arts & cultureNovember 2025
Free Art Friday
A few Fridays ago, I was running late hurrying up Scott street to meet some friends at Third Wheel Coffee when an envelope on the ground caught my eye: “Open me!” The envelope perched against a gold-framed print of tinned sardines, which itself…
Arts & cultureOctober 2025
My Ceiling Is the Shape of a Coffin and Other Writings on the Wall
A reflection on living above the site of a 1981 murder in a Lower Haight apartment.
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