Cool job alert! Public programs manager for the upcoming Further Triennial: mcusercontent.com/ed8fc388343b...

"supermarket billionaire"

"fluent unreality"

"low-effort bullshit"

Bay Area peeps don't miss this show! I saw her perform in London last month and it was ✨ secure.thefreight.org/15119/15120-...

"Never before had I trekked so far to a movie filming location and discovered so little." — @gmeline.bsky.social www.kqed.org/arts/1398319...

Opening Saturday at @bampfa.bsky.social! www.kqed.org/arts/1398046...

On Nov. 1, Chris Carlsson will lead a free, two-hour bike tour on San Francisco’s labor history as part of the Wattis Institute’s six-month-long research program “Labor is on our mind.” Details:

A classic @emmaruthless.bsky.social joint in that it does so many things so well and leaves you feeling both gutted and galvanized.

One of the best! Happy retirement to Dan Brekke 💙

10 years ago I interviewed Marielle Heller and Bel Powley in a Fairmont Hotel suite. I biked up the hill because I was a dumb baby journalist and as I asked them questions in that beautifully appointed room, the heat of my sweating face kept fogging up my glasses. www.kqed.org/arts/1398310...

Tune into Forum (now!) to hear Carly Severn and Monster Phở's Tee Tran talk about the delay in SNAP benefits, and how local restaurants are doing what they can to feed their neighbors. The list is growing! www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

A friend is taking a language class where they do a paired exercise of asking each other "why?," toddler-style, over and over to get at new words, new ways of expressing basic ideas.

A year after they moved into ‘The Cube,’ the ICA San Francisco is leaving the Financial District for a future with no fixed address. Instead: projects at the Transamerica Pyramid, Pier 24 and Dogpatch Power Station. www.kqed.org/arts/1398301...

"a terrifyingly vague list"

"blurb opportunity"

all public space just needs to be activated, apparently

"deluge of need"

Just added two more spots to the list: OG Tacos and Puerto Rican Street Cuisine 🙇‍♀️

Happy to be beat to this important story by @soleilho.com:

Local restaurants, already struggling, are stepping in to fill the gaping void of our federal government during shutdown. Read for a list of places giving free and discounted food to families who receive SNAP benefits: www.kqed.org/arts/1398295...

"non-journalist allies"

"sophisticated pumpkin porch displays"

"Snow She-Sheds"

The threats are real, but so is our power. ICE relies on fear and isolation. We can counter with preparation and solidarity. COYOTE has put together an evolving list of resources and tips for immigrants and their allies — for our current era and for all the difficult times to come.

Sad news. 2nd Floor Gallery was an amazing, only-in-San Francisco space. I last saw her in March 2021 at SFAI’s sesquicentennial show, that she co-curated with Leila Weefur. I loved the short-lived podcast series they released In conjunction, and wish the episodes were still available somewhere.

Don't miss Nastia Voynovskaya's sobering, in-depth report on the state of AI-generated music and musicians — and the avenues left to human musicians (because now we have to specify that): www.kqed.org/arts/1398257...

So many people have written wonderfully about Margaret and her incredible influence on the Bay Area art scene. She was a true connector and a generous supporter. As DL Alvarez says, it would take a small committee to fill her shoes. www.kqed.org/arts/1398269...

ty @reveleth.com for this incredibly precise curse on anyone sending in an AI-generated pitch: "I hope you step on a LEGO every morning in your bare feet."

So this is pretty much every PR email I get these days (yes this is a real example): "What happens when the Cuban Missile Crisis becomes a Broadway musical written with AI?"

AI transcription mistook "No Kings" for "Snow Kings"

"distinct holiday experinces"

lifesaver factory, port chester, new york, 1982

Attended today's event at the West Portal Station, marking the completion of safety and traffic improvements near the site of the crash that killed a family of four last year. Elize Manoukian with the story: www.kqed.org/news/1206000...

My second GA story of the week, on SF's accidental overdose deaths (so many, too many), and why city officials are encouraged by recent numbers from the medical examiner's office: www.kqed.org/news/1205991...

I'm on news general assignment this week and reallllly pushing beyond my areas of expertise, but learning a lot more about my city in the process. First up: interviews are underway for the next chief of police (thanks to Jared Servantez for the guidance and edits!) www.kqed.org/news/1205981...

Yesss! @sydneyfjohnson.bsky.social on Dr. Color 🙌 www.kqed.org/news/1205929...

so Sam Smith is just gonna live at the Castro next year, huh

Some good news for those who haven't yet visited the For-Site exhibition at Fort Point — it'll reopen for a final weekend despite the gov't shutdown.

Letha Ch'ien on Suzanne Jackson (excellence on both counts): "SFMOMA has dedicated a generous amount of gallery space to more of these floating unmounted paintings than I’d dared hope to see in one place. ... Standing next to them lifts gravity; one’s body lightens." www.kqed.org/arts/1398221...

The only bad thing about this Rae Alexandra piece on horror movies playing at SF theaters this month is that it might fill you with paralyzing FOMO and there are just not enough hours in the day. www.kqed.org/arts/1398217...

Here's an update on the new Cantonese barbecue counter coming this month to the Tenderloin, courtesy of the brothers behind the old Hing Lung Co. — one of my all-time favorite Chinatown spots before it closed last year. www.kqed.org/arts/1398223...

"romantic AI relationship"

What a pleasure to read and edit Claire Frost's review of Em Kettner's lovely, materially rich show at Rebecca Camacho Presents. "...the wood is not just a frame, but a sculptural element that shapes our engagement with what is held within." www.kqed.org/arts/1398221...

"literary selfhood"

"An economical choice for multipurpose void fill."

Here's my commentary piece on the Big Art Loop, and what it means to hand our public space over to a billionaire and his choice of 100 pieces of existing, large-scale art. And for god's sake: Send your opinions to the agencies/nonprofit/org involved, not to me! www.kqed.org/arts/1398217...

"tech-bro litter" ew

"an Anywhere, USA park space" lotsa zingers in the Vaillancourt Fountain public discussion via the SFAC meeting right now: sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/camer...