Bay Area playwright Marisela Trevino Orta
with set designer Carlos Fresquez.
Photo by Don Bain
By John Kuebler
September 10, 2008
In late 2006, a little known Bay Area playwright named Marisela Treviño Orta won the prestigious University of California Irvine Chicano/Latino Literary Award for her first play, Braided Sorrow. The play is a poetic meditation on the hundreds (some […]
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Husker 4 Life: Elaine Santore at the Slow Food Nation Festival in Civic Center Plaza.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
September 3, 2008
Slow and Steady
For those of us who stayed in San Francisco over the long labor day weekend, there was Sunday Streets and the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden in Civic Center Plaza. According to […]
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From Presidio Historical Association
August 28, 2008
The San Francisco Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board has sent a letter to the city’s Planning Director detailing its concerns about controversial development proposals in the Presidio of San Francisco, a historic national park. The proposals include a 100,000 sq. ft. contemporary art museum proposed by Gap founders Donald and […]
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MTV News Correspondent Sway Calloway, Luke Thomas and Elaine Santore
attend the 2008 Changing the Odds graduation ceremony
held at Delancey Street Theater, August 22.
Photo by Lonnie Holmes
By Elaine Santore
August 26, 2008
The last two media people left in San Francisco
There are a lot of local bloggers and journos over in Denver for the Democratic National Convention […]
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Elaine Santore
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
August 18, 2008
Did I miss the main event?
After an action-packed week full of DCCC endorsements, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s Friday art party, Dirstrict 9 supervisor candidate Mark Sanchez‘ office opening, I have no idea how I have the energy to write this column. Sometimes everything feels like “work.”
And I’m back […]
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Trannyshack creator, hostess, and producer Heklina will MC Trannyshack’s final
performance on August 23, 2008 at the Regency Center in San Francisco.
Photo by Leo Herrara
August 15, 2008
After nearly 13 years the longest-running weekly drag show in San Francisco, Trannyshack, will take its final curtain call Saturday, August 23, for the Trannyshack Kiss-Off Party.
Fans can enjoy […]
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Event Co-Chair Shannon Dean, Project Runway alum Nick Verreos, Delicia Cunningham,
Amber Marie Bently, Emily Newhouse, and Event Co-Chairs Andrew Freeman and Beth Schnitzer
at the 3rd annual Dress For Success Gala held July 17 at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco.
Photos by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
July 22, 1008
Dressed to Kill. As many as 350 upwardly mobile […]
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Elaine Santore
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Elaine Santore
July 8, 2008
For the Ladies
Last Tuesday Fog City Journal attended the launch party for Women’s Independent Cinema (WIC) Documentary & Film Club at the Presidio Social Club with FCJ friend and SFLuxe editor, Damion Matthews. WIC co-founder Jennifer Siebel was unable to attend because she was “being held […]
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By Elaine Santore
June 30, 2008
Here’s a new feature at Fog City Journal where we take one really boring speech, set it to music, and see if the added music can make a video more interesting.
This week: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris listen to Police Chief Heather Fong drone on about […]
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