The Sony Pictures Hack: Hollywood’s Snowden Moment

The Sony Pictures Hack: Hollywood’s Snowden Moment

On November 24 the world found out that Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked and had disabled its entire corporate network, including locations that spanned Culver…

Barriers: The Golden Gate Bridge And San Francisco’s Biggest Dirty Little Secret

Barriers: The Golden Gate Bridge And San Francisco’s Biggest Dirty Little Secret

Last month, the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health held a hearing in San Francisco on suicide education and prevention – shining an always-uncomfortable spotlight…

SF’s Startup-Themed Haunted House Just Might Be Scarier Than The Real Thing

SF’s Startup-Themed Haunted House Just Might Be Scarier Than The Real Thing

Frisky adults have long flocked to San Francisco to taste our rainbow-flavored tricks and treats, but this year, an adults-only haunted house promises to take…

A Counterfeit Heir: The Moth Diaries

Gothic vampire themes, hormonal young women stuck at a secluded all-girls school, Catholic uniforms… What could possibly go wrong? If it’s Mary Harron‘s new film…

Silicon Valley Fails The AIDS Memorial Quilt

Here in the heart of tech and location of the world’s newest millionaires, on the eve of San Francisco’s 2012 celebration of gay Pride, the…

Black and White Ball 2012: Glitter

San Francisco’s Black and White Ball has both intrigued and repelled me since I was old enough to look at society page photos in local…

SFIFF: Hysteria

I was thrilled I was getting to see the big mainstream film about vibrators (Hysteria, Sony Classics) as a centerpiece of the 2012 San Francisco…

SFIFF: Tokyo Waka

TOKYO WAKA trailer [www.StyloFilms.com] from John Haptas on Vimeo. The belle of the festival, Tokyo Waka has sold out at every single SFIFF screening. It…

SFIFF: Twixt

Francis Ford Coppola’s entry in the 2012 San Francisco International Film Festival, “Twixt” is one of the prettiest, most visually stylish and frustratingly incomprehensible –…

SFIFF: Cherry

Writer and director Stephen Elliott’s strong film debut Cherry isn’t like the other girls on the playground. Cherry is an accurate, lyrical snapshot of one…

SFIFF: Headhunters

The San Francisco International Film Festival‘s 2012 lineup packs a punch, with an unusually strong selection of films. Headhunters, a gritty action-packed Swedish Norwegian crime…

Memoirs Of A Girlvert: Oriana Small At The Booksmith

Oriana Small aka Ashley Blue – Girlvert: A Porno Memoir from Dave Naz on Vimeo. Oriana Small, AKA Ashley Blue will be reading from her…

Think Globally, Come Locally: Violet Blue’s Sexy SF Pride Guide 2011

San Francisco Pride guides are a both necessary evil and an exercise in futility. On one lubed hand there are a million things to do…

This Zen Master Teaches Buddhism How To Grow Up About Sex Already

A couple years ago I got to meet Zen Master Brad Warner when he was in San Francisco doing appearances for his then-new book, Zen…

Run, Alejandro, Run: Violet Blue’s Sexy SF Pride Guide 2010

I’ll just disclose up front that I am not a fan of this year’s Pride theme. I’ve said this before. “40 and Fabulous!” Really? I…

Good Vibrations And The Clitoris Saving Alien Cult

Good Vibrations And The Clitoris Saving Alien Cult

Even among casual observers of businesses that call themselves “adult”, there is an expectation that these companies, on occasion, will do some pretty weird things….

Exclusive Interview: Jillian Lauren’s Harem Life in “Some Girls”

Last Monday Jillian Lauren, mom and new author was on The View – and it wasn’t your average View topic. No daytime fare for the…

Scenes From the 5733 Grand Opening

The past two weeks have been epic for street art and the Bay Area. Banksy swept SF (plus a further piece was discovered), and last…

Exit Through the Mission: Banksy Sweeps SF

Originating from the UK, famous, admired, despised (and wanted) street artist Banksy has left mark(s) in many cities around the world. With the recent opening…

Food Adventure Team: Troya

Troya SF: Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine. At first glance, the Troya menu did not seem exceptional; however we were assured by one team member’s memory…

SF Weekly’s Matt Smith Screws Kink.com: Unfair, Unbalanced, Malfeasant Journalism

SF Weekly’s Matt Smith Screws Kink.com: Unfair, Unbalanced, Malfeasant Journalism

On Wednesday, SF Weekly’s Matt Smith took his torture porn fantasies beyond the realm of safe, sane and consensual to gloat over how his actions…

NOPA Confidential: Richie Nakano at Porchlight

When Anthony Bourdain‘s book “Kitchen Confidential” came out in 2005 2000 (thanks, Alex_B!), it was made crystal clear that America’s top kitchens were staffed by…

An Immaculate Reception: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence 30th Birthday Party

all photos by Violet Blue for The Appeal At The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts last night, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held the…

Mayor Gavin Newsom on “Cities and Time” for The Long Now Foundation

Mayor Gavin Newsom on “Cities and Time” for The Long Now Foundation

When we first heard that Mayor Gavin Newsom was giving a SALT talk (Seminars About Long Term Thinking) for The Long Now Foundation, it seemed…

Nun World Order: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Turn 30

This Good Friday, April 10, is the celebration that begins the weekend-long Nun World Order Takeover: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence turn a flirty 30,…

The Street Art of San Francisco Release Party

The Street Art of San Francisco Release Party

Image by *eddie. New York’s street art scene is legendary, the LA street art culture is the stuff of legends, and London has a rightful…

NBC’s “Trauma” Pilot Heats Up The Streets

NBC started filming the pilot for their new San Francisco based series “Trauma“, which is slated to be an action-packed drama about EMTs. And, apparently…

Pansy Division’s Jon Ginoli Gets “Deflowered” at the Booksmith

It’s impossible to describe Pansy Division unless you’ve seen the queer punk rock band play live; musicians so skilled they’re riveting, tight and virtually flawless….

Tangible Tech at Kicker Studio

Tangible Tech at Kicker Studio

Local design hotspot Kicker Studio is home to many brilliant designers and makers, and most notably focuses on designs that feature embedded technology. They’ve had…

Prop 8 Livestream Thursday at 9 AM PT

UPDATE: For your viewing pleasure, here’s the archived stream of Thursday’s Prop 8 arguments. UPDATE: We’re told the calchannel livestream (that’s the embeddable one we’re…

Tonight’s Prop 8 Vigil and Rally: Gallery

Many speakers, a performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus and San Francisco Freedom Band kicked off the candlelight “Eve of Justice” marriage equality rally at…

TV of Tomorrow 2009 Conference Embraces Unintentional Irony

TV of Tomorrow 2009 Conference Embraces Unintentional Irony

From March 10-11, the TV of Tomorrow Conference 2009 will be in full swing at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. It’s the third…

CA Marriage Equality Rallies; Watch the Oral Arguments Live

CA Marriage Equality Rallies; Watch the Oral Arguments Live

The passing of Prop 8 wasn’t taken lightly here in San Francisco, and it was a shot heard across the nation for marriage equality and…