News across Greater San Francisco
Sunset Happenings: Creativity in the Sunset
The Inner Sunset offers many resources to explore art, crafts, music and more. Create a masterpiece or simply enjoy some screen-free time at these neighborhood places.
BLACspace Cooperative Invites Bay Area to Experience Oakland’s Black Cultural Ecosystem Through a BLAC Map Tour + Party
BLACspace Cooperative invites the Bay Area to experience Oakland’s Black cultural ecosystem through its BLAC Map Tour + Party on October 2. Presented as part of the Museum of the African Diaspora’s Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, the event offers a guided field trip through…

‘A very Chinese time of life’ for tech and art in Union Square
A San Francisco gallery tackles the online trend of Chinamaxxing, with everything from a cardboard horse, to 2,500 year-old poetry, to making fun of Joseph Beuys. ‘A very Chinese time of life’ for tech and art in Union Square
5Q4: Brandy Cristelle
“I think a lot of people in the industry feel a lot of judgement from outsiders behind pole dancing/stripping—which are two very different things, by the way,” Brandi Cristelle told Gene Kahane in a recent interview. “… I want the world to see and embrace the beauty in both.”

La niña y la mariposa
On Valencia Street. Photo by Mike Santiago. Mural by Amanda Lynn. La niña y la mariposa

Physicality forms backbone of S.F. exhibit on one of Korea’s most acclaimed artists
Ha Chong-Hyun's work exemplifies hard work and a response to lived reality, and labor is the thread holding the retrospective together. Physicality forms backbone of S.F. exhibit on one of Korea’s most acclaimed artists

🟧 Secret Soccer Locker Rooms // Historic Building Mural Project
Plus: The Listing and links galore.

Geneva Office Building's Facade To Get Temporary Artistic Transformation
San Franciscans gathered Sept. 16 to envision vibrant murals for the landmark’s turret and windows.

Sunset Buzz: Artists to lose studio after new landlord doubled rent
Meanwhile: the block parties go on, and a new shipwreck-themed playground opens on Saturday. Sunset Buzz: Artists to lose studio after new landlord doubled rent

Celebrate the Richmond Annex centennial with a local organic food guru
Celebrate the Richmond Annex centennial with a local organic food guru Bob Gerner, the Natural Grocery founder, grew up in the Annex. He became a tofu burger pioneer — and helped build the non-GMO movement.

Two Birds from Alameda – September 24, 2026
Seagull asks our candidates a burning question in the latest installment of our weekly strip drawn by Alameda cartoonist, Brice.

Review: Smuin Ballet’s French Kiss
The company and its director have shown due reverence to the past without being trapped in it. Review: Smuin Ballet’s French Kiss