We Were Here (film)
We Were Here is a 2011 American documentary film about the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco. The film, produced and directed by David Weissman with editor and co-director Bill Weber,…
The Cockettes (film)
The Cockettes is a 2002 American documentary film about the 1960s–70s San Francisco performance group of the same name. Co-directed by Bill Weber and David Weissman, and produced by Weissman,…
‘It was chaos’: The history of San Francisco’s most unforgettable TV ad
The 2005 Sony Bravia ad has won countless awards and racked up millions of YouTube views
Weeding is Fundamental Revisited
Libraries get rid of books all the time. There are so many new books coming in every day and only a finite amount of library space. The practice of freeing…
Kara Walker: Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)
Experience Kara Walker’s new commission, Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine), which considers the memorialization of trauma, the objectives of technology, and the possibilities of transforming the negative energies that…
Jason Chu on the Asian Panthers
and the propaganda of the FBI
‘We stand with you’: SF leaders rally for immigrant community after ICE agents spotted downtown
Published January 28, 2025 6:14am PST {read} ICE agents seen in downtown San Francisco spark fears and concerns in the immigrant community The president of Local 87, the union representing…
The Octagon House – 99% Invisible
99 Percent Invisible producer emeritus Avery Trufelman traveled from New York to San Francisco recently, and took host Roman Mars to see an unusually shaped old building on the west…
Friends couldn’t afford apartments. Bought the building instead
As a housekeeper, Johnny Sanphillippo couldn’t afford to buy an apartment in San Francisco, but then he heard one of his employers talking about wanting to sell his five-unit building.…
Memorial Day – PoetryNow
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux mediates on the anxieties and ambitions of adult life. Produced by Sarah Geis. {listen}