Arts & Entertainment Are You The Next 'Rainbow Honor Walk' Design Competition Winner? San Francisco announced the 20 recipients of the upcoming Rainbow Honor Walk installation — think Hollywood Walk of Fame, only vastly more important — last year. The installation wil stretch from the Harvey Milk Civil
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Map: 12 Gay Bars In The Castro, Drawn On Cartoon Man's Abdominal Muscles Artist Nate Padavick drew this precious map showcasing 12 of the Castro's most popular bars. And he drew it on a cartoon man's abdominal six-pack. It was unleashed last year around Gay Pride
SF News Sold: Building Housing Castro Sober Space Staying sober in the Castro is like trying to stay sober in the Castro. It's quite trying, what with all of the bars and dealers within hinged-wrist's length. Enter the Castro Country Club,
SF News Occupy Comes To The Castro, Bayview, Tenderloin, And The Mission Today Neighborhood-specific Occupy protests are happening simultaneously today in four 'hoods around the city which organizers say have experienced the highest rates of "eviction for profit." 99-percenters are being called to gather in the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Castro Wants Another Starbucks for Some Reason Employing "reclaimed" gobbledygook as a selling point, Starbucks wants to put another damn spore in the Castro, a few blocks away from the bear-frequented Starbucks at 18th and Castro. With takeover plans zeroed
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour Dolores Park from above by Castle Numbskull, via Mission Mission. (Click pic to enlarge.)
SF News Harvey Milk Plaque, Bolted In Cement, Stolen Over Weekend Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, someone stole the Harvey Milk plaque just outside the Castro Street Muni station. SFist talked to District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener who told us, "All of
Arts & Entertainment Behold the Uncensored Castro Street Fair Poster This year's Castro Street Fair poster features a cartoon unicorn, blue skies, and rainbows. However, the original poster had a unicorn sporting a penis and testicles. Delightful! It has since been censored. Alas.
SF News Wiener Talks Butt Legislation on CNN On Saturday in the city's Castro arrondissement, a smattering of residents attended a nude-in in response to Supervisor Scott Wiener's cover-up legislation. And, let's be frank, the protest, while titillating, made little to
Arts & Entertainment Castro Nudists Plan Saturday Nude-In A group of local exhibitionists and public nudists is planning to flood the (ahem) buff stop on Castro Commons Plaza with their surely exemplary specimens of the male form this Saturday at Noon.
SF News Castro Rainbow Flag Activists Granted Their 9/11 Memorial Castro activists Michael Petrelis and Bill Wilson have won at least one battle with the neighborhood merchants group over the iconic rainbow flag flying over Harvey Milk Plaza. As you will recall, controversy
SF News S.F. Introduces New Public Nudity Legislation During today's Board of Supervisors meeting, District 8 Supervisor Scot Wiener will unsheathe new legislation about public nudity in San Francisco. Wiener represents the Castro, which has seen an uptick in nakedness as
SF News Activists Call on Castro Merchant Group to Honor Gay 9/11 Hero With Rainbow Flag Memorial More controversy brewing over the Castro's iconic rainbow flag at Harvey Milk Plaza this week as local activists push for a September 11th memorial for Mark Bingham. Bingham, you may recall, is remembered
SF News Woman Struck, Killed by Muni Bus in Castro Identified Authorities released the name of the 23-year-old woman struck and killed by a Muni bus on Friday afternoon. San Franciscan Emily Dunn was at the end of the crosswalk at the intersection of
SF News Muni Bus Kills Pedestrian at 18th and Hartford A woman was struck and killed by a Muni shuttle in Castro District this afternoon. According to reports "Police say the woman was at the corner of 18th and Hartford when she was
SF News Castro's 'Stop the Violence' Campaign: Dennis Herrera Rally? [UPDATED] Slammed by noted activist and blogger Michael Petrelis as "a pathetic Sisters event more interested in being full of Kumbaya feelings and promoting two lame politicians," Saturday's Stop the Violence campaign, sparked by
SF News Stop the Violence Campaign Marches Against Hate Crime Tomorrow The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, along with Castro Community on Patrol and the Triangle Martial Arts Association, have scheduled a march for tomorrow, Saturday August 13th, to speak out against recent hate crimes
SF News Cops Seeking Teen Gang That Committed Duboce Triangle Hate Crime Attack On Saturday night, three white males described as being in their "mid-teens" attacked a 52-year-old Santa Barbara man with a baseball bat near Market and Sanchez in Duboce Triangle. The teens, who yelled
SF News Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Attacked in the Castro On Sunday, July 31, a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was assaulted and called a "faggot" during an early morning attack in the Castro district. The incident happened at around 2
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bacon Bacon In <s>the Castro</s> Hayes Valley Today [UPDATE] Yes, we've all reached a saturation point with all things bacon -- don't even get us started on this season's Big Brother -- except for its taste. It still tastes remarkable. It just
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theater to Go Dark Eight Nights in August What with so many cinema houses closing down, we always worry about our dear Castro Theatre, the Bay Area's best (if we may) theater. But, just like in April, it will go dark
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour Hipsters vs Hippies water balloon showdown in Dolores Park on Saturday. Photo by Bhautik Joshi.
Arts & Entertainment 1980 Gay Party Poster for Castro Muni Station Uncovered Muni Diaries brings our attention to this groovy 1980 poster advertising a party for the opening of the Castro Muni station. D. Robert Foster, who sent MD the poster, notes: This is a
SF News No Leads in Philip DiMartino Murder Case After Almost One Year San Francisco Police Department is offering $25,000 in information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the brutal stabbing death of Philip DiMartino. On August 2, 2010
SF News 'Young, Hip-Hop Looking Kids" Beat Castro Resident During Pink Saturday Castro resident Sean Ray, 42, was on his way home after taking part in the Pink Saturday festivities, June 25, when he found a gaggle of youths on his apartment steps. After a
