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    Our Democracy Is on the Ballot in San Francisco

    Our Democracy Is on the Ballot in San Francisco

    By Marie Jobling– As a nonprofit leader and long-time advocate for aging and disability rights in San Francisco, I know how important it is for our diverse communities to have…

    Donna’s Chronicles, “San Francisco’s season of annual galas…”

    Donna’s Chronicles, “San Francisco’s season of annual galas…”

    By Donna Sachet– San Francisco’s season of annual galas continued with PRC’S Mighty Real; Imagine, Inspire, Act at The Pearl on Friday, October 4. This was a brand-new venue for…

    Horizons Gala 2024

    Horizons Gala 2024

    Photos by Onyx & Ash, Inc/Special to Horizons Foundation The California Academy of Sciences provided a unique and beautiful setting for the annual gala of the Horizons Foundation held on…

    Jean-Michel Frank: Modernism, Minimalism, and Luxury

    Jean-Michel Frank: Modernism, Minimalism, and Luxury

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Ilsa Lund and Rick Blaine may have planned to take flight from Paris to Marseilles just ahead of Germany’s invasion of the city in June 1940,…

    Calling All Cat Ladies for ‘Midnight Magic’ on Halloween Night at The Academy SF!

    Margot Duane, the creator of The POUNCE! Project supporting women’s rights and Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, will be at The Academy SF on Halloween Night, October 31, 2024,…

    A Tale as Old as Time: Misogyny and the ‘Cat Lady’ Trope

    The historic roots of insulting certain women as being “cat ladies,” or better yet, crazy and/or childless cat ladies, go back to at least ancient Egypt and perhaps even before…

    Panel Discussion on the Book When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts

    Panel Discussion on the Book When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts

    The James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the San Francisco Library welcomed guests on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, for a panel discussion onthe new book When the Band Played On:…

    Top of Your Stack: 10.17.24

    Playground (fiction – hardcover) by Richard Powers Richard Powers’ new novel interweaves the lives of four individuals drawn together on a remote island, where a decision about humanity’s next frontier—floating…

    Lit Snax: 10.17.24

    Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu Written in 1872, decades before Dracula, this novel features castles, nightmares, and a crypto-lesbionic vampire! Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years by Christopher Frayling Your coffee table…

    Ann Rostow: Random Thoughts, Random Subjects

    Ann Rostow: Random Thoughts, Random Subjects

    By Ann Rostow– Random Thoughts, Random Subjects I can tell what kind of column I’m going to write by my attitude during what I’ll call the “preparation” stage. I almost…