Local Profiles

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (724+ words) In his white jumpsuit, emblazoned with the name Mark on the chest, and a ball cap with the words "Art Ranger" on it, Mark Shunney cut a curious figure against the scrum of Stanford University freshmen gathering on campus for…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (351+ words) The InterContinental Mark Hopkins in San Francisco revives its 100-Martini Passport, pairing cocktails with 100 years of Nob Hill history. Perched atop Nob Hill, the Top of the Mark has relaunched its 100 Martini Experience, a cocktail-by-cocktail journey through the InterContinental Mark…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (19+ words) nbcbayarea.com Fleet Week 2026 in San Francisco: What to know...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (406+ words) Dog Blood perform at the Portola Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. But what I say here doesn’t really matter, because the crowd went absolutely wild and got what they wanted: a brief respite from the brutal reality that America is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (307+ words) The Main Gallery in Petaluma showcases artists affiliated with that program or personally invited by Lightman, including Katie Murken, Asaki Oda, Bryan Keith Thomas, and Joanne Wang. The North Gallery flips the focus to home turf, featuring a strictly local…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (230+ words) Bernstein says the manuscript's separate notebook page records her transcription of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" on the day Dylan first played it for her, according to the auction listing. She also told the Star Tribune that…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (236+ words) A Latin GRAMMY-winning children's musician is heading to the Music Concourse this Saturday for a free, all-ages event. Mister G will perform at the Fall 2026 Kids Fest at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell, bringing his bilingual songwriting to San Francisco…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (91+ words) Backing Anderson is Sexmob, an instrumental ensemble. The group is led by slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein alongside saxophonist Briggan Krauss, bassist Tony Scherr, and drummer Kenny Wollesen, according to footage tied to the Big Ears Festival. For the Curran performance,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1880+ words) D.J. Kirkland is part of a long lineage of artists whose work proves that illustration, like any art form, evolves alongside the culture that shapes it — drawing inspiration from comic books, anime, cartoons, and video games to create something eclectically his…...