Mandelman with San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s Pick Up Crew in the Castro collecting and disposing of used needles
D8 Supervisor makes homelessness top priority
It’s been two months since I was sworn in as your District 8 Supervisor, and I wanted to update you on what we’ve been working on since taking office.
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It's a Small World after all—at least when it comes to trash
Join over 1000 coastal and inland clean-up groups on California Coastal Clean-up Day — Saturday, September 15th.
In the April Castro Courier, we talked with John Rizzo about the problem of plastics in our oceans and briefly mentioned World Clean-Up Day. I promised to tell you more about it -- and therein lies a great story. . .
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Outside Lands Festival proves power of inclusion
While San Francisco’s biggest music festival has always offered a solid cross-section of music genres, for the first time, 2018’s Outside Lands marked a forward leap into diverse representation and inclusion.
With countless festivals popping up around the world every year, it’s increasingly important for a festival to have its own identity. Outside Lands promoters Another Planet, Superfly Presents, and Starr Hill have been certain to include attractions and distractions that go beyond music, including ...
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Emmy Lou Harris to star in annual Rocket Dog Rescue gala event
Wanna see Emmy Lou Harris but not into crowds? While in town for her appearance at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Emmy Lou Harris, who founded a dog rescue ranch in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee called Bonaparte’s Retreat, will also headline Rocket Dog rescue’s annual gala event on Saturday, October 6th. Other artists on the night are soon to be announced, as is the headliner for the first night of the benefit, which happens on Friday, October 5th.
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Gilbert Baker during an interview with ABC-TV for When We Rise, February 2017 Photo: Tony Taylor
Remembering Gilbert Baker 40 years after revealing the iconic Rainbow Flag, creator Gilbert Baker’s story of pride, poverty, and power
Into the art gallery space where an ABC television cameraman and a freelance photographer awaited his arrival, Gilbert Baker spun through the glass doors of 518 Castro Street a little after noon.
Oroville Dam Spillway Photo Courtesy: Sierra Club SF Bay
To dam or not to dam?
As summer approaches and the winter rains become a distant memory, we are reminded once again that much of California is a desert. Newspapers editorialize about how to plan for future droughts. Sooner or later someone declares that California must build more dams. And yet those same newspapers featured terrifying photos of a large dam spillway failing and outlined the enormous costs involved not only if the dam fails but also if it just needs repairs.
To learn the dam facts (sorry), I contacted Sierra Club California Water Committee Co-chair Charlotte Allen. Allen became interested in water issues after reading “Cadillac Desert” in 1986. She found water policy to be fascinating ...
Photos from the 2018 Gay Freedom Day Parade
Pride Parade Provides Strength for Troubled Times
No Human Is "Illegal” parades through San Francisco
More than one million people attended the parade that began near the Embarcadero at 10:30 a.m. and lasted about six hours, according to CBS5, which live-streamed the event. Over 240 contingents paraded along Market Street spilling into the Civic Center Pride festival.
Photo: Glen Rose Photography
The Doo-Wop Diva of Outside Lands
Donning cat-winged eyeliner and a blonde beehive swirled atop her head, sultry voiced Oakland-native Shannon Shaw is having a great year.
Shannon & the Clams, the doo-wop garage-punk quartet in which Shaw is vocalist and bassist, released their latest LP, Onion, back in February, and are scheduled to tour on Onion all summer. Shannon also recorded her first solo album, Shannon In Nashville, which came out in June. Both albums were recorded on Dan Auerbach’s label, Easy Eye Sound...
Rafael Mandelman, London Breed, and Mark Leno | Photos: Anthony O’Donnell/Tony Taylor
JUNE 2018 ISSUE
Fate of the earth in the hands of women’s education
Buena Vista Neighborhood Association News
California Budget to include funding for homeless youth
Sugah Betes on Hamilton, filthy dirty drag queens, and colorblind casting
Arts at Risk as Cost of Living Increases
Think Your Financial Decisions Are Rational?
Perhaps Not.
You probably think your financial decisions to save or spend, buy or sell are based on taking in all the information at hand and selecting the right option for you. Psychologists know better.
Battle of the D.C Network Stars
The ongoing warfare between Omarosa Manigault- Newman and President Donald Trump is more scarily delicious than an underbaked blueberry muffin covered in strawberry marshmallow sauce and wasabi sprinkles. This DC Battle of the Network Stars is escalating into mouth- to- mouth combat between the Master of Sleazy Opportunism and his star pupil. “Take the pebble from my hand, grasshopper. Hey, put the knife down. Oww.”
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