The Odd Fellows Hall is at Market and 7th, near a methadone clinic. It is a six-story structure built in 1909. The Independent Order of…
In May of 1968 there were massive protests in France. They are often characterized as “student” protests in an attempt to limit the wider dimensions…
I walked a couple of miles to a gallery downtown to hear some people read from their memoirs. These are writers with an ink-stained past…
The independent bookstore was packed, standing room only, with people standing outside the doors and watching from behind glass walls. Another glass wall overlooked the…
I was gliding on a silver monorail through some worn-out neighborhoods in the East Bay. It was like a monolithic form of surveillance. I was…
July Westhale speaks with Stephanie Glazier, acting-director of the Michigan State University’s Residential College in Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry. Transcribed from a live…
So, it’s been a while since I’ve written a Punk The Muse column. Easy, isn’t it, to slip away from regular work? You think you’re…
What do you know of “Chapel Perilous?” The story is this: in his quest for the Holy Grail, in a terrible storm, Gawain, Knight of…
Sunday, October 7th 2012 We arrived at Z Space a minute late (having been at the Lenore Kandel event) and were told to take any…
Take a look at this painting (below) by Todd Brown, one of San Francisco’s most interesting artists. Notice the text? Act One: Begin. Act Two: Keep…