Today, Sunday April 6, 11am-5pm is #SanFrancisco #Zine Fest at the old Hibernia Bank building (not the one Tania robbed, though.)
https://www.sfzinefest.org
Have folded and cut so... many... zines! Probably have 150ish between myself and @nebulos ready so far for sf zine fest this weekend! Looking forward to our half table :)
Wednesday Sept 9: Roar Shack Live opening night, 34 7th St at Market, #SanFrancisco
Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-night-at-the-roar-shack-tickets-1997632164579?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sept 22: amazing jazz singer Cecile McLorin Salvant at the former CalShakes amphitheater in #Orinda, now known as Siesta Valley Bowl.
https://www.siestavalleybowl.com/?view=shows&show=cecile-mclorin-salvant
Author talk: PUNKS IN THE ARCHIVES with Anna Brown, Tom McEnaney, and Judith A. Peraino
September 10, 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm North Branch Library
1170 the alameda, #Berkeley
no cover
#punk #archives
MAGICFUL JILALA
a three-day exhibition celebrating the life and artwork of James E. Tressler (1944-2024)
(aka Jim, Jilala and Jet)
Friday, August 28: 11am to 6pm, reception 4-6pm
Saturday, August 29: 11am to 6pm
Sunday, August 30: 2-8pm*
KADIST San Francisco
3295 20th Street
*Sunday will culminate in the experience of FREE
as part of a memorial event.
#angelsoflight
Currently up in #Monterrey, California:
Rex Ray: We Are All Made of Light
August 27, 2026 - January 17, 2027
At the Monterrey Museum of Art.
Rex Ray’s first museum retrospective.
https://www.montereyart.org/exhibition/rex-ray-we-are-all-made-of-light/
Sept 1-2: Spectrum queer variety show at Club Fugazi in North Beach benefitting the .#SanFrancisco Transgender Film Festival.
https://boxoffice.clubfugazisf.com/clubfugazisf/events/58673
Friday August 21: new queer/trans horror film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ~ 7pm (w/ Live Drag Presented by Media Meltdown) at the Balboa Theater, San Francisco
https://www.balboamovies.com/calendar-of-events/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-august-21
Priya Rashid, lawyer for trans soldiers, has won just 1 case of 27 after Makeup Pete ordered them sacked https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/transgender-troops-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.SGZV.eOPL9jQ7nfpr
Friday August 14, 5-10pm:
Oaklash Pride Block Party in #Oakland
with DJs, Drag, Live Music, Food, Vendors, Queers, and more!
https://shotgun.live/en/festivals/oaklash-pride-block-party-2026
Interview with musician Don Flemmons about new Ma Rainey reissue. Her song Prove It On Me blues with the lines “Went out last night with a crowd of my friends. They must've been women, 'cause I don't like no men. It's true I wear collar and a tie.” is discussed.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/26/nx-s1-5869707/ma-rainey-the-so-called-mother-of-the-blues-can-now-be-heard-clearer-than-ever
Roasted celery root with chili spice oil from Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things. I bought the celery root at a farmers market. #vegan
Tonight: Cam Girl, Middle-Aged Queers, Los Jumping Beans, Fallidos, Supersonic Symbiotic @ 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley
Saturday and Sunday: Orchids in the Park at the #SanFrancisco County Fair building near 9th Ave and Lincoln
https://orchidsanfrancisco.org/orchids-in-the-park
The proposed change to the city’s administrative code is succinct: The city controller would audit surveillance technology compliance once every five years, rather than annually. Critics say this change could have overwhelming consequences.
https://www.sfpublicpress.org/provision-in-megabill-could-lead-to-more-surveillance-in-sf/
"A new report by the LAPD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) suggests that instances of people being falsely pulled over because their license plates have shown up on an #ALPR “hot list” are very common, and that the surveillance of people on hot lists that ultimately result in no action from police is staggering"https://www.404media.co/lapd-regularly-pulled-over-innocent-people-because-license-plate-readers-flagged-their-cars-as-stolen/
S.F. high-tech police surveillance center gets $3M gift, partly for ‘counter drone’ tech
The surveillance center helps police find suspects and aids arrests using drones and license plate reading cameras....
https://missionlocal.org/2026/07/san-francisco-police-surveillance-center-drones-salesforce/