photo by Dave Young Every Valentine’s Day, quite literally thousands of people converge on Justin Herman Plaza at 6pm to engage in a mass Pillow Fight wherein faces are pummeled, backs are thwacked, and many a giggles had. However, this fun comes at an awful price. Each year tens of thousands bits of feathers, fluff,…
Mistletoe Randomly Appears Around San Francisco
guest post by Burstein! photo by Qarly Q Around thirty mischievous merry makers sneaked out in the dead of night on Friday, December 18th, to not-so-covertly install bundles of mistletoe over public spaces where people congregate in San Francisco. In a brief discussion with the mastermind behind this devious plan, he explained his motivations: The…
Noisebridge Year 1: Open Hacker House
guest post by Burstein! The hackerspace Noisebridge is one of San Francisco’s cultural and artistic gems. Its members have contributed a wide variety of art, hacks and local culture. Noisebridge is a space for sharing, creation, collaboration, research, development, mentoring, and of course, learning. Noisebridge is also more than a physical space, it’s a community…
A Conversation With Hal Robins
guest post by Burstein! photo by Scott Beale In this special post, Contributing Coleoidea, Burstein, interviews the legendary Hal Robins (aka Dr. Hal) on his talents, arts, and history of involvement in the San Francisco fringe arts. Dr. Hal is truly a cultural treasure with a mind so engaging that there is a live action…
Monster By Mail, Summer of the Supervillain
guest post by Burstein! Len Peralta is the Cleveland artist behind “Monster by Mail” is back with “Summer of the Supervillain”, where Len will draw you a sketch of any monster of your choosing for $25. Just give him the name of a monster, like The Dark Master of Business Intelligence & Analytics for example,…
The Tamale Lady’s Birthday Party
guest post by Burstein! The Tamale Lady (a.k.a. Virginia Ramos) is celebrating her *ahem* not-35th birthday at Zeitgeist on Monday, June 15th from 6 to 8 p.m. Cecil D. Feeder is hosting the party and will be showing his documentary on the life and times of Our Lady of the Tamale. Thanks to Sean Savage…
Journey to the End of the Night: An Interactive Street Game In Oakland by SF0
guest post by Burstein! Journey to the End of the Night is an interactive and free street game that is being produced by SF0. While the rules are a bit more complex, the game is an extended version of tag where the players will try to make it through a series of checkpoints while being…
My Milk Toof: A Blog About A Pet Milk Toof
guest post by Burstein! photo by Inhae Lee My Milk Toof is a photo blog where each post tells a story over 1 to 10 images of two Milk Toofs that happen to reside at Inhae Lee‘s home. When I was young, I placed my baby teeth under my pillow and when i woke up…
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