Matt Simon
Brood X offers something beyond noise and wonder. Namely, it offers a source of free-range, no-cost, eco-friendly proteinâone so good that Bun Lai is already out foraging. A New Haven, Connecticutâbased chef renowned for pioneering sustainable sushi, Lai is currently in Washington, DC, where the cicadas have already begun to hatch, collecting as many as he can find. When heâs done, heâll host a cicada-based popup dinner in the woods with his bounty. Lai plans to serve the cicadas in a paella, on a pizza, and as a sushi ingredient. Heâs going to make some using indigenous preparation methods, too. âCicadas taste a bit like nuts, as many insects do, but with every bite, my nose is reminded of popcorn, too,â he says.
Bizarre-looking deepwater fish washes up on shore in California
Updated May 11, 2021;
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A bizarre-looking species of anglerfish that typically dwells thousands of feet beneath the ocean’s waves washed up on a beach in California over the weekend.
Later identified as a Pacific footballfish, the strange creature was spotted lying on the sand at Crystal Cove State Park on Friday afternoon.
CBS Los Angeles reports how beach visitor, Ben Estes, was strolling along the shore when he came upon the “weird looking fish.” Footballfish so named for their oval shape can usually be found roughly 3,000 feet below the surface. But while they’re not exactly a rare species per-se (there are more than 300 types of anglerfish on the planet), seeing one so far away (or far above, rather) from its natural habitat is certainly unusual.
See millions of years of history while beachcombing in San Francisco
Sand dollar skeletons and fossils turn Ocean Beach into a living lab perfect for a family day trip.
Sand dollar skeletons, or “tests,” wash up in great numbers on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Examining these and other ephemera from the sea makes for a great science day trip for the whole family.Photograph by Robert C. Paulson Jr., Alamy
ByJordan Kushins
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When walking along San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, it’s nearly impossible to miss the sand dollars that dot the shoreline. At almost any time of day and tide, any season of the year, these white discs stretch as far as the eye can see: some cracked underfoot or broken in the Pacific waves, others still full and flawless with a flower-like pattern on top.
For 46 years, this soulful oddity has been San Francisco s best-kept musical secret
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Jazz piano melodies and San Francisco street recordings bounce around the room like ping pong balls from speaker to speaker.Mariah Tiffany/ Special to SFGATE
In the Audium’s pitch-dark concert space, sound is the only color. Since 1975, this theater hidden off Bush Street in Polk Gulch has quietly and sometimes loudly tried to redefine how San Francisco thinks about music.
The humble performance space feels like a college lecture hall crossed with a mid-century modern rec room. Speakers are everywhere; at last official count, there were 176. Speakers of various shapes and sizes dangle from the ceiling like stalactites. They re also tucked underneath grates in the floor and hidden in the walls. Audium has used the same chairs for 46 years, zig-zag metal frames with plush red cushions. For COVID-19 purposes, there’s only 11 chairs, spread far apart. I sit down, the light