The City E-Zine

Are you looking for an inexpensive family-friendly event to attend this weekend or next? If so, Dana Point’s 39th Annual Festival of Whales may be just what you are looking for.
The Festival kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, March 6th at 10:00 a.m. with a parade along Pacific Coast Highway. According to the website all events are [...]

Just a few blocks from the site where the Oscars will take place lies Manifest Equality.  An art exhibit with over 100 artists, among them Barry McGee, Robbie Conal, Roman Coppola, Swoon, Chris Johansen, Shepard Fairey, Clare Rojas, Harvey Pekar, Bask, and Ron English. Numerous media are represented all with the theme “Manifest Equality”.
Our own [...]

One of my favorite charities, Mission Graduates, helps reinforce basic skills for kids in the Mission District and prepare them for college. Now they’re having a fundraiser where the grand prize is a trip to a Costa Rica resort. Mmm, looks romantic.
In other fundraising news, have you seen Kickstarter? People put their project proposals online [...]

All over my neighborhood are electrical control boxes that, about a year or so ago, suddenly became public art projects. I’m not kidding: It happened within the space of about three or four days. I walk a lot — I’m in walking distance of three grocery stores, two movie theaters and about a million restaurants [...]

Fans of the Quentin Tarantino’s last film take note, Upper Playground was teamed up with some amazing artists and the Weinstein Company to produce INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: The Lost Art of the Film which will be a benefit for Haiti. The exhibition will feature a poster created for the movie by David Choe, Sam Flores, Estevan [...]