First-Ever 'San Francisco Is a Drag' Delights Fans and Passersby Throughout the City
From North Beach to the Castro, the streets of San Francisco were extra lively this past weekend thanks to simultaneous free performances by some 100 drag queens and kings.
Neon sign for Mission Street's Grand Theater lights up for the first time in decades
Another of the towering, glowing neon signs leftover from the heyday of Mission Street's days as a hub of cinema has come back to life. It's the sign above the Grand Theater, which is now home to arts org Gray Area, at 2665 Mission Street (between 22nd and 23rd).
Burnt, charred Amos Goldbaum mural in Mission now being restored to full former glory
An April tent fire destroyed an Amos Goldbaum mural at Church and 15th Streets, but Goldbaum is restoring it now and expects to finish by the end of the week.
Soon-to-open dispensary Poncho Brotherz coats Cesar Chavez Street with giant new mural
A massive,, block-long mural currently being painted at Cesar Chavez and Bryant Streets is a high and mighty sign of the forthcoming new dispensary Poncho Brotherz.
Peaches Christ’s Midnight Mass returns Wednesday with first in-person screening since pandemic hit
SF cult-hit drag queen horror movie sensation Midnight Mass has its first in-person show since shelter-in-place, with a little-known Brian De Palma rock musical and, of course, a lip-synch competition.
Mission District Dia de los Muertos celebrations are scaled back, but still happening
The large Day of the Dead procession will be virtual this year because of lingering pandemic concerns, but a few small gatherings will dot the Mission and the Tenderloin.