Mollie Stone’s Castro, a family-run grocery store that has been open in the San Francisco neighborhood since 2011, held a Grand Reopening celebration on the morning of January 17, 2025,…
By Donna Sachet– Yes, we are beginning to stretch our legs and get back out in the social whirl, putting our long and tedious recovery behind us. One of our…
Photos by Rink and Bill Wilson Led by the San Francisco Interfaith Council, the fifteenth annual MLK Music Festival brought a crowd of participants and spectators to the Great Lawn…
By Gary M. Kramer– The 27th San Francisco Independent Film Festival will take place February 6–18, 2025, in person at the Roxie and Vogue theaters as well as online. This…
By Jan Wahl– Just when I was beginning to wonder if this was a weak period for movies, two came into my life and they are both a relief from…
Photos courtesy of San Francisco Pride Band The San Francisco Pride Band’s (SFPB) current Artistic Director for Concert Band, Pete Nowlen, is retiring. Appointed to this key position in August…
By Sister Dana Sez, Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun– Sister Dana sez, “Commemorate and celebrate the history and achievements of African-Americans during BLACK HISTORY MONTH!” AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH…
Fernando Camino, correspondent from New York City and moderator of the SuperFriends livecasts on YouTube, has represented the San Francisco Bay Times at many special events since his visit to…
Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons (non-fiction – hardcover) by Brittany Friedman This book explores how U.S. prisons enforce white supremacy, targeting Black political movements through…
By Honey Mahogany– What we thought would happen, what Project 2025 said would happen, and what Trump promised would happen is happening. After spending years demonizing transgender people in right…
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