Emily Esguerra

Ise Lyfe brings a popular culture of consciousness to Berkeley

Ise Lyfe has got a knack for doing something few others in his industry can: making knowledge and education sexy. In today’s Hip-Hop world, there are dozens of rappers, emcees, and a handful of spoken word artists...

San Francisco Exploratorium celebrates 22nd Annual Pi Day

Pi Day, the self-proclaimed international “geek” holiday by the San Francisco Exploratorium, may be an ordinary Sunday for some Bay Area residents, but for the math whizzes around town, it is like a holy day of obligation...

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco draws big crowds with Shanghai exhibition

Other than the fact that this Sunday was, without doubt, one of the Bay Area’s most picturesque end-of-winter afternoons, the day also marked the San Francisco Asian Art Museum’s “Target First Free Sundays...

San Francisco marks 159th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival

In the United States, there are a handful of holidays dedicated to commemorating the various heritages of our great nation, from Cinco de Mayo to Chinese New Year to Ramadan. However, of all the honored ethnicities, it is the Irish...

San Francisco nightclub promotes Hope for Haiti, a global dance music event

When disaster struck the people of Haiti with the region's most devastating earthquake, Americans united in a way that hadn’t been seen since 9/11. And though the travesty didn’t ravage our own country...

Elizabeth Gilbert enlightens Bay Areans about marriage in new book, Committed

If someone told Elizabeth Gilbert—bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and former marriage antagonist— she would one day give marriage another go around, she’d probably dissolve into laughter. But, like many people in life, Gilbert...

Michael Pollan simplifies food at San Francisco Ferry Building

Ask Michael Pollan—the guru on back-to-basics, wholesome eating—what people should eat in order to achieve maximum health and he’ll tell you three things: Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. This proverb...

SF Sketchfest showcases distinguished comics and the up-and-coming

When David Owen, Cole Stratton, and Janet Varney got together in 2001 and started brainstorming on how to effectively unveil the side-splitting talent of six local comedic groups, SF Sketchfest was, well, a sketch. Now, nearly a decade later...

Italian eats in the city by the bay

For many chefs, culinary critics, and the everyday foodies, Italy is often revered as the mecca of all things delicious and full-flavored. From its high appreciation for freshly made breads and pastas to its absolutely perfected gelato, Italian cuisine...

Lady Gaga brings Monster Ball Tour to San Francisco...all by herself

Whoever said new artists needed a stage-stealing bigwig like Kanye West to pull off a 33-city tour, has never known the panache of increasingly popular Lady Gaga. A performer who describes herself as, “the first-ever pop...

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