San Francisco Weekly

SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper based in San Francisco, California. It is distributed every Wednesday across the San Francisco Bay Area and is published by the San Francisco Newspaper Company. Established in the mid-1980s, the newspaper was acquired by Village Voice Media (previously known as New Times Media) in 1995. SF Weekly has received several prestigious national journalism awards and is known for hosting the SF Weekly Music Awards, commonly referred to as the "Wammies."

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The Mint Karaoke Lounge unites seasoned singers, beginners

1 week ago | sfweekly.com | James Salazar

The crowds at The Mint are just as diverse as the San Francisco karaoke lounge’s list of songs, according to longtime employees and customers, and both have continuously drawn visitors to the edge — or, depending upon who you ask, just beyond — the Castro for years.
SF Bay Area Pro-Am basketball marks milestone, end of era

1 week ago | sfweekly.com | James Salazar

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.comThe San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am Basketball Summer League will celebrate a league milestone this season — along with what might be the last of its organized games to be played at 101-year-old Kezar Pavilion ahead of the building’s upcoming renovation.
Iconic Cafe Du Nord epitomizes Castro neighborhood history

1 week ago | sfweekly.com | James Salazar

A subterranean live music venue on the edge of the Castro reflects the area’s historical transformation from a neighborhood with Nordic roots into one of The City’s LGBTQ epicenters. Located within the Swedish American Hall on Market Street, Cafe Du Nord is situated inside of a former speakeasy.
‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Sadie Robertson Receives Live-Changing News

1 week ago | sfweekly.com | Scott Fishman

[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Duck Dynasty: The Revival] There was dramatic news for Sadie Robertson in the Duck Dynasty: The Revival episode that aired June 15. But before the show detailed what was going on in her life, there were fresh developments in the hunt for Bigfoot. In the June 8 episode Uncle Si told Korie he had seen Bigfoot, and it would potentially make for a good documentary for the production company.
San Francisco laundry owner Lee Yick core to 14th Amendment

1 week ago | sfweekly.com | Greg Wong

Wong Kim Ark was not the only — nor even the first — Chinese American San Franciscan who shaped a fundamental part of the 14th Amendment. The San Francisco cook’s late 19th-century struggle against being denied re-entry into the country of his birth has been the key Supreme Court precedent standing in the way of President Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to end birthright citizenship.
San Francisco stars in deeply affecting indie Outerlands

2 weeks ago | sfweekly.com | Jeffrey M. Anderson

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.comElena Oxman’s deeply affecting new movie, “Outerlands,” arrives at just the right moment, when conventional multiplex fare doesn’t seem to capture the way we are feeling in our complex world.
Appeals court rules Trump can keep National Guard in California

2 weeks ago | sfweekly.com | Nova Blanco-Rico

Just hours after a federal judge ruled in favor of the state of California on Thursday, a federal appeals court halted that ruling which ordered the Trump administration to return the state’s control of the National Guard. The decision allows the Trump administration to continue with the deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marine troops to Los Angeles while the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit examines the case.
83 Proof could make your custom cocktail dreams come true

2 weeks ago | sfweekly.com | Natalia Gurevich

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.comWhen I think of where good bars are in San Francisco, I don’t automatically gravitate towards downtown, much less where 83 Proof is — in the shadow of the Salesforce Tower. Yet I found myself at the apt address of 83 First St. in the middle of the afternoon on a recent weekday, and patrons flooded the bar in a matter of minutes.
The Bay’s summer art beat

2 weeks ago | sfweekly.com | Katie Sweeney

Editor's note: This article originally posted on Nob Hill Gazette. Click here for more culture reporting at nobhillgazette.comFestival Napa ValleyVarious locations throughout Napa; festivalnapavalley.orgMusic and the arts, visual and performing, collide with food and wine for the best days of summer at Festival Napa Valley July 5–20.
Five events to celebrate Juneteenth in San Francisco

2 weeks ago | sfweekly.com | James Salazar

San Francisco is gearing up to honor Black independence later this month with Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States. The City’s celebrations include block parties and parades. Here are five of our favorites commemorating the June 19 holiday. Oakland-based Fly Wines, a Black-owned importer and distributor, is teaming with Maraval, a fashion house also headquartered in Oakland, for Vino and Vogue at One Market Plaza.