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- Storytellers for Good Launching this Weekend
Maybe it’s cliche for Northern California, but in addition to getting closer to safely practicing the handstands that have alluded me, a recent yoga teacher training introduced me to individuals doing notable work in media, medicine, and tattoo design (but of course). One of them was former broadcast reporter Cara Jones, who is launching a [...]
- Goetz’s “The Decision Tree” Calls for Better Health Decisions
I had read a Wired magazine article a few years ago that described early detection as the best way to beat cancer, and one of the organizations noted for advocating for imaging, The Canary Foundation, was particularly memorable (though it didn’t keep me from mis-identifying it as “Aviary” when talking with the author, writer and [...]
- SF Welcomes The[Un]Observed
I have found few online resources where it’s possible to find West African Afro beat, reflections on public transport miscommunications, and interviews with the Dame of Punk (she being designer Vivienne Westwood), and it’s not for lack of trying. As someone with undiagnosed ADHD and an affinity for the search bar, the locally based audio [...]
- International Women’s Day & Celebrating Change
International Women’s Day on Monday will bring the launch of the locally-based International Museum of Women’s newest endeavor to highlight the contributions of impactful individuals worldwide. The “Women on the Map” undertaking will invite visitors to name females who inspire them and note their locations, creating a virtual map of the communities of honorees, who [...]
- Alternative Film Showcase Opens at Roxie
After sadly missing The Disposable Film Festival’s first bike-in movie screening, the promise of a full three days of programming seems like a perfect way to kick off the weekend before South by Southwest Film. The festival, which premieres annually in SF before heading to Brussels, Beijing and other host cities and is art directed [...]
- Ignite Bay Area >> Watch it Live
If you’re not among the technologists, writers, engineers, designers, bicycle mechanics, urban astronomers, and violin instructors to take part in the Bay Area celebration of Global Ignite Week on Tuesday night, you can join via Livestream, follow the presentations via @IgniteBayArea and access them later on the newly launched IgniteShow.com.
This week, 15 local talks will [...]
- Design + Wine at SFMOMA this Summer
Art aficionados, SOMA residents and winos alike have reason to anticipate summer–usually not San Francisco’s strongest season, but made better with the promise of the launch of the SFMOMA exhibit “How Wine Became Modern” starting in July. The series on “Design + Wine 1976 to Now” will combine artifacts from global wine culture (including bottle [...]
- Digital Printing & Other Tools of Change for Publishing
The concept of content as king was a welcome one upon landing in New York late today, and the Tools of Change for Publishing conference was not a surprising source from which to hear it. Northern California companies Chronicle Books and host O’Reilly (along with Ignite co-founder Brady Forrest) were on hand to talk about [...]
- Gyllenhaal Promoting Independent Docs on PBS
As though I needed another reason to wonk out on documentaries, Maggie Gyllenhaal assuming hosting duties on the PBS series Independent Lens is enough to make the months between Sundance and South By Southwest likable. Twenty-seven independent films being broadcast this season include dramas, comic shorts, and experimental pieces shot in locations as diverse as [...]
- WritersCorps Reading Series Starting this Weekend
Readings by young writers from Mission High, Ida B. Wells and other schools will take the stage at local museums starting February 13 through April to share stories about San Francisco adolescence. Writers are paired with local WriterCorps mentors before speaking at the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Zeum, and (my [...]
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