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    Largest Gathering of Women Business Owners in the Castro, September 30, 2021

    The largest known gathering of women business owners and managers in the Castro took place on September 30 during the Divas & Drinks @ The Academy event at 2166 Market…

    Future Features in Today’s SUVs

    Future Features in Today’s SUVs

    By Philip Ruth– People I help to buy cars very often have not been in the market for at least five years or so, and many times, they are blown…

    Top of Your Stack: Recommendations from Book Passage

    The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina (fiction) by Zoraida CordovaFor Latinx Heritage Month or anytime of the year, this is a stirring tribute to the importance of cultural legacy. The Montoyas…

    The Audacity of a Kiss

    The Audacity of a Kiss

    By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: Community icon Leslie Cohen is celebrating the publication of her memoir The Audacity of a Kiss (Rutgers University Press). In this evocative work, Cohen tells the story of…

    LGBTQ+ Intersectional Identities in STEMM

    LGBTQ+ Intersectional Identities in STEMM

    Dr. Jessica Esquivel, Particle Physicist– (Editor’s Note: This new series of profiles from the California Academy of Sciences New Science exhibit will tell first-person stories of LGBTQ+ women and gender…

    Winning Images from the BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

    October 16, 2021–April 24, 2022, California Academy of Sciences On Saturday, October 16, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco will open, BigPicture, the museum’s eighth annual exhibit celebrating…

    Cocktails With Heather: Hotel Nacional

    Cocktails With Heather: Hotel Nacional

    Heather Freyer– For Latinx Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) we bring you the Hotel Nacional, named after the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Still a popular destination, it was the epicenter…

    Dykes with Drills: How to get an Aged Wood Look Using Household Items

    Dykes with Drills: How to get an Aged Wood Look Using Household Items

    By Julie Peri– Do you love the look of aged barn wood? We do too! Using a gray stain to finish a project may give you a similar effect, but…

    Elvis, Kirk, and Velvetta – The Wild Genius of Leigh Crow

    Elvis, Kirk, and Velvetta – The Wild Genius of Leigh Crow

    By Jennifer Kroot and Robert Holgate– Leigh Crow is a gender-bending cabaret singer and drag king. For 30 years, she’s been pushing boundaries, from drag shows and country bands to…

    Ann Rostow: Hoosier Son?

    Ann Rostow: Hoosier Son?

    By Ann Rostow– Hoosier Son? I confess, dear Reader, that I have not been researching and preparing to write this column, and instead, I begin from a standing start. Eager…