Joan Zimmerman (1936–2021): President of Hadassah, Co-Owner of The Lavender Pages, ‘The Ambassador’ of Fountaingrove Lodge Joan “Joanie” Zimmerman was born on July 25, 1936, and died on her birthday this year.…
By Andrea Shorter– Mental health awareness is important every day. While there are mental health services in San Francisco for those living in the margins, there is a clear lack…
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (they/them) will become the first openly transgender bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) when they are installed to the Sierra Pacific Synod…
On August 24, during the 55th anniversary year of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, Mayor Breed declared August to be Transgender History Month in San Francisco. Developed in partnership with the Transgender District…
By Donna Sachet– Back in San Francisco, it didn’t take long to be reminded of how special this place truly is! In short, after a 10-day self-imposed isolation and a…
Today, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the states and the federal government from denying…
By Jan Wahl– Three glorious hours in Larry Edmunds Bookshop on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles is movie buff heaven. Posters, lobby cards, and scripts abound, but it is the…
(Editor’s Note: This issue marks the launch of a new column in the San Francisco Bay Times from Book Passage, an innovator in bringing the world’s finest authors to the…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: Alex Reeve’s “Leo Stanhope” series consists of three crime novels based in 1880s Victorian England, with a fourth one in the process. With the series…
By Liam P. Mayclem– Late summer is a perfect time to visit the following, some of my favorite places to stay and dine in Calistoga: Mount View Hotel The iconic…
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