The Alioto-Lazio Fish Company, opened in the 1940s on San Francisco’s iconic Fisherman’s Wharf, is the last of five fishing businesses started by Tom Lazio. Opened with relati... Read More
Sentayo was just 6 years old when her mother died of starvation, but she had no time to grieve. She took her infant sister, Hoptami, and ventured into Addis Ababa, the capital and... Read More
Through the end of the year, the Asian Art Museum will present video and interactive exhibits designed to drive us to imagine and create different worlds. A CONTINUOUS EXPERIEN... Read More
The Booker T. Washington Community Service Center was created under the name Victory Club during World War I as a gathering spot for Black soldiers. It closed after the war and re... Read More
It’s no exaggeration to say that we could use some laughs in times like these — in fact, anytime at all. Beyond the ostensible healing power of laughter, there’s also the we... Read More
As long as we have people who are addicted to drugs, who are willing to destroy their own bodies and their own lives, no amount of investment on the law enforcement is going to so... Read More
Nam June Paik has been a ubiquitous cultural presence for decades. If you know the expression “electronic superhighway,” you already know Paik, who is credited for coining the... Read More
In the first place, God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.— Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897 By now everyone is familiar with the sordid ... Read More
It’s been over a year since much of the world locked down, and so many things changed so swiftly in all walks of life — including in the entertainment industry. Movie theaters... Read More
“Basically, they’re saying my daughter was nothing, she wasn’t worth anything anyway. And that’s just not true and I get so angry about that.” — Sherree DeYoe, moth... Read More
Since celluloid began threading through projectors, the movie industry has banked on exploiting our love of love stories. That’s continued today as digital code translates into ... Read More
Despite pandemic-mandated obstacles such as theater closures and postponed blockbusters, there were some excellent movies released in 2020. Here are 10 of my English language favo... Read More
The M.H. de Young has long-standing tradition of engaging the talent of artists in the Bay Area, and in celebration of its 125th year in 2020, the museum presents “The de Young ... Read More
It was Eddie who found his mother. She had passed from an apparent heart attack. He was closer to his mom than his sister, and her death devastated him. Tragically, within a week,... Read More
My June 2020 column, “It’s the drugs, stupid” elicited more responses than anything I’ve written for this newspaper. Not one person disagreed with my thesis: The homeless ... Read More