(Evan Karp) We were trying on different hats and stealing glances at ourselves when the readings began at Goorin Bros. hat shop in North Beach,…
(Nicole McFeely) An intimate crowd gathered in Goorin Bros hats in North Beach on May 19th to celebrate the release of the tenth edition of…
(Charles Kruger) Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky night for me with two new experiences: I visited the San Pablo Arts District…
(Charles Kruger) Recently Sean Labrador y Manzano, a 2007 graduate of the Mills College MFA program in Creative Writing and McSweeney’s columnist (Conversations At The…
(Nicole McFeely) We all stumble, don’t we? Sometimes, there are things we can’t say, can’t do, can’t… feel? But what if we could? What if…
(Rick Kleffel) “I didn’t want her to think that there was anything she had to do because she was a girl.” —Peggy Orenstein Peggy…
(Rick Kleffel) “…this character just started yelling at me from my sketchbook…” —Daniel Clowes Daniel Clowes strikes me as the sort of writer who might…
(Evan Karp) Sometimes, the earth shifts in unexpected ways. Most of us do not notice, clocking in and out of our lives with a dedication…
(Courtney Sanchez) People in San Francisco are afraid to get out and do things. Involvement can be frightening; feelings of self doubt enter often when…
(Charles Kruger) On Apr 11 (the usual 2nd Monday) the Makeout Room was taken over by the enthusiastic if somewhat odd crowd of hipsters, litsters,…