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Neighborhood Spotlight: Haight/Ashbury FacebookTwitterEmail It was the epicenter of the counterculture movement and a place where prominent stand-up comedians got their start. The neighborhood, the Upper Haight, houses arguably San Francisco’s most popular intersection, Haight-Ashbury. In addition to being home to the hippie movement, the neighborhood also included a small cafe off Haight Street called “The Other Cafe,” where comedians like Whoopi Goldberg, Dana Carvey and Robin Williams launched their careers. The neighborhood reached the peak of its fame during “The Summer of Love�...

ARTS Amy Seiwert's Imagery "More Love Now" is a new improvisational event with Imagery artist Shania Rasmussen, trumpeter Darren Johnston, and visual artist and poet Adrian Arias. Feb 14, 4pm PT, Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/2938679926376373/ Ballet22 Premiere of a new dance film by Joshua Stanton with the Oakland dance company. $10 and up. Feb. 12-14. https://www.ballet22.com Bechtel Fest 8 Chicago's Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer act...

... We're always down to grab a pizza to go, but there's just something to be said for sitting down and ordering up. Thanks to the opening of its new parklet, we can do just that at Pizzeria Delfina's 18th Street location. (Maren Caruso) Where to Dine Outdoors in San Francisco, by Neighborhood By Sep 22, 2020 UPDATE Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020: At a press conference on Friday, health officers from the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco, and the city of Berkeley announced that the region would proactively enter into the state's most restrictiv...

January 27, 2021 by Gary Singh OLD MEETS NEW: The Chestnut Industrial Center and the neighborhood around it feel like '50s San Jose meets present day. Photo by Gary Singh In a green color like freeway signage, the placard says Chestnut Industrial Center. Splotches of faded primer barely conceal the graffiti. Other, unidentified materials drip down the front of the sign, as if someone threw garbage at it. I arrive at this sign after segueing off Coleman Avenue onto Asbury Street, which then dead-ends at Chestnut Street, centering me as I launch into one of San Jose's most picturesque industri...

ARTS The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Cinnabar Theater's production of James Lecense's gay-themed solo play, performed by Michael Pavone. Thru Jan. 31. https://cinnabartheater.org/ Ann Los Altos Stage Company's production of Holland Taylor's one-woman play about the amazing outspoken late Texas Governor Ann Richards, performed by Judith Miller. Jan. 22-24, 29-31. $20 per device. http://losaltosstage.org Bechtel Fest 8 Chicago's Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-b...