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Countdown to Castro Ribbon Cutting Ahoy! Movin’ on up to opening day! Count down ‘til this Friday’s ribbon cutting with Mayor Daniel Lurie, SF Board of Supes President Rafael Mandelman, State Senator Scott Wiener for the Castro Theatre following its $ 41 million renovation, restoration and revitalization by the Bay Area’s Another Planet Entertainment!  First public event: a screening of “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” benefitting…

Happy Birthday Gertrude Stein, Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Today on the anniversary of her birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946).  A towering figure of literary modernism, Stein was a poet, novelist, playwright, and cultural catalyst whose Paris salon helped shape 20th-century art and literature, championing voices such as Picasso, Matisse, and Heming…

Rob Lawless’s “10,000 Friends” interview with David Perry Ahoy! Thanks to Rob Lawless for interviewing me as part of his “10,000 Friends” Project! Please support the project and learn more at https://www.robs10kfriends.com Below: my interview with Rob as posted on his Instagram page @robs10kfriends. “It’s the one thing that’ll be in my obituary that I did that was smart, besides marrying my husband.” While David Perry was th…

“My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels: In Control, Being Controlled, Out of Control!” by Tom LeNoble 2026 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite 30 January 2026 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA: The 2026 Independent Press Award recognized “My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels: In Control, Being Controlled, Out of Control!” by Tom LeNoble in the category of Inspiration as…

2027: Una verdadera causa de celebración por David Eugene Perry Me encanta la historia. De niño, en 1976, me sentaba frente al televisor con una grabadora de casetes para grabar los “Bicentennial Minutes” de Walter Cronkite. Había estado anticipando una celebración gozosa del semiquincentenario de nuestro país este año: había estado. Como se vuelve vergonzosamente más claro con cada tuit, el presidente actual —legalmente elegido, en ve…

2027: A Real Cause for Celebration  by David Eugene Perry I love history. As a boy in 1976, I sat in front of the TV with a cassette player recording Walter Cronkite’s “Bicentennial Minutes.” I had been anticipating a joyous celebration of our country’s Semiquincentennial this year: had been. As is made more embarrassingly clear every tweet, the current president— legally elected in truth — is not up to nor interested in the unity…

From Builders to Bon Vivants: A Union Square Hotel Steeped in San Francisco History San Francisco is a city that reinvents itself—but its most compelling places never forget where they began. At the corner of Powell and O’Farrell, just steps from Union Square, stands a hotel whose walls have quietly witnessed more than a century of the city’s evolution. Long before it became the beloved Villa Florence, and long before its cur…

January 30, 1847: The Naming of San Francisco  Today in history: On January 30, 1847, the town of Yerba Buena was officially renamed San Francisco. This change was implemented to establish a distinct identity for the growing settlement and to prevent confusion with another nearby town that was to be named “Francisca.” That town is now known as Benicia and was named in honor of Francisca Benicia Carillo de Vallejo, the wife of General Mari…