You probably stream most of your movies. But if you happen to rent a film on old-style VCR or DVD, take a moment to read the description on the back of the box. There’s a good chance the words were written by Cary Pepper, an award-winning San Francisco playwright, novelist and lecturer on the history ...
Invite Klara Lux somewhere, and she’ll always show up early – except on the rare occasion when she texts: “I need 15 minutes for run to FedEx to send out a brain. Sorry, dry ice doesn’t forgive, LOL!” Lux, 68, is a professionally licensed embalmer and owner of a clinical autopsy service providing tissue recovery ...
The day after Lynne Kaufman retired in 2005, she woke up in tears. “What had I done?” she remembers thinking. “I lost my purpose in life, my direction, my identity.” For decades, Kaufman had balanced two successful careers. She was a prolific playwright and author, while also serving as director of travel and study at ...
A months-long campaign by advocates for seniors, the disabled and other vulnerable populations has convinced San Francisco’s mayor and supervisors to restore millions of dollars in cuts to critical services. In an agreement reached in late June, officials decided to restore more than $28.5 million in cuts over the two-year life of the new budget. ...
SF SENIORBEAT COLUMN – March 17, 1886. A date you probably never considered. Carroll County, Mississippi. A place you’ve probably never visited or even heard of. But on that day, a terrible crime was committed there. A white mob, enraged by the effrontery of two black men who dared to accuse a white man of ...
“I’m Chiquita Banana, and I’m here to say, bananas have to ripen in a certain way,” Margot Breier sings, tossing her chin-length auburn locks then a sly smile at her audience. It’s the beginning of a riff she performed recently at Gen Blend Open Mic, a monthly salon at Ruth’s Table in the Mission District ...
