When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding, or SUP, finds itself trendy again. Part of its increasing popularity is that standing upright allows surfers to spot waves more easily and thus catch more of them, multiplying the fun factor. Paddling back to the wave becomes less of a strain as well. The ability to cruise along on flat inland water, surveying the sights, is another advantage. Finally, it’s a good core workout. If you’re sold on the idea, schedule an intro SUP lesson, free with board and paddle rental, and you may find yourself riding the waves like a Polynesian king.More
Many of us remember coming home from our elementary schools with freshly glazed pinchpots, cups, or whatever else our young imaginations could conjure up. Saturday mornings at the Randall Museum can bring that memory back, or create a new one for the youngsters. Ceramics make great gifts — especially on Mothers' and Fathers' Day. Hop on board for the Randall's once-weekly class, and for $6 and two weeks to have your work fired and glazed, you'll have all the materials you need.More
December is almost over - the New Year is coming up and everyone is busy drying off from the rain or holiday shopping. Let's take a look at what's happened this month.
With neighborhood institutions like the 21 Club closing to make way for yuppie cocktail bars, Brown Jug remains an oasis — and one that takes full advantage of the state's operating hours window, 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.
Pickup basketball is a weird social phenomenon where a bunch of strangers meet at a designated spot during a designated time to engage in an athletic competition governed by de facto rules established in some mythic rulebook.
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
“This is the first song we wrote as angry teenagers who hated the world. And we sing it proudly today as disgruntled, but handsome middle-aged men who hate the world,” Sick of It All’s Lou Koller said excitedly into…
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by Matt Saincome
April 12, 2016 @ 11:30 amTags: Over the Weekend
Ben Carson, 64, retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential hopeful, just released a rap-infused radio ad. The political outsider has enjoyed surging popularity in recent weeks, partly due to the electorate's disgust with establishment politics, and also because some voters really…
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by Matt Saincome
November 5, 2015 @ 1:42 pmTags: WTF, ben carson
If you travel the world visiting DIY punk communities, there are a few bands people will always ask about once they hear you're from the Bay Area. One of those is Ceremony, the power-violence turned post-punk group that has grown…
San Francisco has become a city full of expensive things and people with expensive taste. Whether it's that fabled slice of toast, the world's most expensive cocktail, or a $1400 bunk bed in a "hacker hostel," it's no secret that…
Earlier this year Never Young hit the studio to record three singles: "Stress Hed," "Latex Heart," and "New Villian." Some press has called the songs a follow-up EP, but it's not. It's a singles tape to keep fans well-fed…
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is as San Franciscan as wearing a flower in your hair or sittin' on the dock of the bay. The free, three-day music festival, held annually in Golden Gate Park, is a gift from Warren Hellman, the…
The man next to me is slumped over on the floor in front of his seat. He's grabbing at the waist-high brick barrier that keeps the audience off the field at AT&T park. His head hangs below his shoulders as…
His face was on back-lit posters outside the venue, the cover (and back) of the playbill, and gold-framed pictures inside. So when maestro Michael Tilson Thomas took the stage inside Davies Symphony Hall for the opening of the San…
Samuel Herring was five years old the first time he performed in front of a crowd. Dressed in a homemade Big Bad Wolf costume for a kindergarten class production of "The Three Little Pigs," Herring fell in love with the…
Sub Pop recording artists 'clipping.' brought their brand of noise-driven experimental hip hop to the closing night of 2016's San Francisco Electronic Music Fest this past Sunday. The packed Brava Theater hosted an initially seated crowd that ended the night jumping and dancing against the front of the stage. The trio performed a set focused on their recently released Sci-Fi Horror concept album, 'Splendor & Misery', then delved into their dancier and more aggressive back catalogue, and recent single 'Wriggle'.
Opening performances included local experimental electronic duo 'Tujurikkuja' and computer music artist 'Madalyn Merkey.'"
