Arts & Entertainment The 1967 'Human Be-In' Vs. What Golden Gate Park Hippiedom Looks Like Now “Peace in San Francisco” arguably started with a conch shell blast and Hare Krishna chanting at the "Human Be-In" on the Polo Grounds of Golden Gate Park. In this rare footage of the
SF News A Brief History of Folsom Street Fair Yesterday we brought you our beginner's guide and our insider's guide to Folsom Street Fair, which is happening this weekend if you somehow hadn't heard. And today we get some history of the
Arts & Entertainment All The White Hookers In 1885 Lived On Sacramento Street A fascinating map of Chinatown from 1885, commissioned by the S.F. Board of Supervisors amidst a flurry of moral concern over opium, gambling, and sex slavery, has just resurfaced via New Republic.
SF News The Gay Rights Fight Started In California, Two Decades Before Stonewall This weekend marks the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, and, for that reason, this is the weekend that the cities of San Francisco, New York, Minneapolis, Seattle, Paris,
Arts & Entertainment Check Out This Trove Of Gold Rush-Era San Francisco Photography Several dozen photographs from around San Francisco, all taken by George Robinson Fardon in 1856, have just resurfaced via the digital collection of Southern Methodist University's libraries. Among the places you'll sort of
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Exhibit Of Rare Cockettes And Sylvester Posters By Todd Trexler The late artist Todd Trexler, who as a young man in San Francisco in the 1970s was connected to The Cockettes and became one of the go-to poster artists for their Nocturnal Dream
Arts & Entertainment Video: Justin Vivian Bond Covers Bambi Lake's Vital 'Golden Age Of Hustlers' Broadway star and performer Justin Vivian Bond, who once called San Francisco home before moving to the top of the heap, has covered "The Golden Age Of Hustlers," Bambi Lake's ode to Polk
Arts & Entertainment Anniversary Memorial Candlelight Vigil For Harvey Milk And George Moscone San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated 35 years ago today. To mark the occasion, a candlelight vigil will start at Milk Plaza at 7pm followed by a candlelight
Arts & Entertainment Cool Twitter Account Tweets Even Cooler Classic SF Pics Well, this is downright delightful. A new Twitter account, @OldSanFrancisco, tweets black-and-white images of ye olde San Francisco. So far they've got images of Stockton Street in Chinatown (1951), South of Market ('52)
Arts & Entertainment Give Us All Your Candy: SFist Staff Shows Off Their Childhood Halloween Costumes Happy All Hallow's Eve, folks! Today is a day when, at least back in our halcyon youths, we roamed around the neighborhood at dusk, seeking fun-size treats while wearing our finest spooky, princess,
Arts & Entertainment One Year Ago Today, The Giants Won The World Series (Again) Do you remember where you were when Buster Posey ran into the arms of Sergio Romo? A golden night, wasn't it? (Except for.) One year later, the Giants sank to 4th tied for
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Dapper Muni Conductors From 1947 God bless #ThrowbackThursdays. For without it we might never have come across gems like this: @BayAreaClipper's pic of muni conductors from May 22, 1947. Bring the hats back, please! [via @eveb]
Arts & Entertainment Check Out This 1885 Vice Map Of Chinatown There was a time when San Francisco was known more for its brothels, seedy boarding houses and gambling parlors than its high rents, tech companies and leather parties. And according to a rare
Arts & Entertainment This Photo Of 1970s BART Workers Is Very, Very Groovy Those turtlenecks! That scarf! That 'fro! Those poses! This vintage photo from the 1970s shows four female BART employees standing in front of a set of turnstiles, capturing a decidedly different era in
Arts & Entertainment Do You Know These '90s Haight Street Newlyweds? By Sharon Knolle About 20 years ago, I took some photos of two newlyweds on Upper Haight. They were dressed in vintage clothes, the groom in an old-fashioned tie and glasses, the bride
Arts & Entertainment A History Of Gay Freedom Day, Dyke March, And Trans March Beginning today, the city's LGBT community will begin three days of public events that are widely seen as one big party, but which really have their roots in protest and should still be
Arts & Entertainment Behold: A Map Of San Francisco's Lost Gay Bars Last month we brought you a roundup of ads from defunct gay bath houses in town, and about a year ago we showed you a semi-current map of the dozen gay bars that
Arts & Entertainment Today in History: Loma Prieta Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, which occurred during the World Series between the Giants and the Oakland A's, October 17, 1989. Thousands were injured in the 6.9
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Take A Tour Of 1930s San Francisco This week in historical documentary films about the Bay Area, we have: Golden Gate City: San Francisco. This standard issue travelogue was released in 1940, just a couple years after the Golden Gate
SF News Second Petition Effort to Repeal Gay History Law Fails The California law requiring public schools to acknowledge the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in history lessons will live on without challenge another few years. A petition drive to get
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: A Tour of North Beach By Night Mondays are the real sacred days of the week. Your friends who work in the service industry know this to be true, as their only competition for cafe and laundromat space remains moms,
Arts & Entertainment That Other Thing That Happened In 1776: San Francisco Becomes A Place While we prepare to celebrate America's birthday tomorrow with explosives, grilled nitrates and light beer, we should take a moment to recognize that other big event that happened in the summer of 1776.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Pat Montandon, Part II - 'I Fixed My Heart In San Francisco' After a three-week hiatus (it's been a busy month), SFist Memoirs returns with the second half of our conversation with the legendary San Francisco party girl, Pat Montandon, about her noteworthy first experiences
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Pat Montandon, San Francisco's Golden Girl SFist Memoirs is beyond honored to be featuring the magnanimous Pat Montandon this week and next. Fans of San Francisco high society and local history in general are likely already very familiar with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Memoirs: Anthony Gordon, Delinquent Teenager Continuing with SFist Memoirs' tradition of featuring spouses' back-to-back stories, we present Anthony Gordon, Loquat's bass player and husband to Kylee Swenson Gordon. Anthony took our request to hear stories about aspects of
