City College students display photography in old SoMa DA office
“Sixth Sense,” a documentary photography exhibit presented by City College students Reynaldo Cayetano Jr. and Chris Beale, was met with dancing in the street on April 1.
Culture
Chinese art teaches history at YBCA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts features two exhibits about China – a documentary series and art installations by Song Dong – that pull back the jade curtain to reveal current Chinese issues and heal wounds from China’s past.
WonderCon wows comic enthusiasts
By Frank Ladra
The Guardsman
WonderCon is one of the biggest and most popular comic and arts conventions in the United States, and the 25th anniversary was held at Moscone Center from April 1 to April 3.
The event, sponsored by Comic-Con International, gives artists and retailers opportunity to share
Urban beekeepers sweeten life in the city
Last week the rains stopped, the sun came out, flowers began to bloom and urban beekeepers rejoiced – their honeybee colonies began to buzz after the winter months had kept them dormant, and thousands of bees flew out in search of pollen and nectar
Anarchists to host book fair in Golden Gate Park April 9 - 10
An anarchist walks into a potluck, a café, a book fair and a sewing contest—sounds like a bad joke, right? It’s not. It’s the event schedule for the city’s revolutionaries’ biggest weekend, the Anarchist Book Fair, which will take place at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park the weekend of
‘Barrio Bushido’ bridges intellect, actions
The new book “Barrio Bushido” by City College English instructor Benjamin Bac Sierra serves as an engine, driven by cylinders of intellect and action, for Sierra’s empowerment movement to transform street culture into positive educational energy.
Cast of ‘Earnest’ strives for authenticity
Unlike many contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare’s works that venture to modernize the production, City College’s theatre department is performing a historically accurate iteration of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest.”