By Adam Brody
Editor
Local director Jennifer M. Kroot delves into the bizarre minds and movies of underground filmmakers (and twin brothers) George and Mike Kuchar, in her new film It Came From Kuchar, which plays at the Red Vic Movie House June 14 and 15.
The Kuchar brothers’ films are wacky and wild, never attempting to be [...]

By David Wills
Editor
William Francis Sheehan, known by friends as Waterfall, and by his family as Bill, arrived at 12:20 p.m. on 25th December, 1944 and caught the bus at 2:15 p.m. on 27th February, 2010. His loving parents were William Francis Sheehan and Esther Coll Sheehan.
How to go gently into the night…
The day of [...]

Although the new trails and stairs on the southeast slope of Buena Vista Park have been open for several weeks now, the ribbon-cutting ceremony held on January 23 by the Buena Vista Neighborhood Association and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department officially opened the renovated slope side to the public.
Almost 50 people gathered together [...]

After signing a lease to occupy the existing building at 690 Stanyan Street late last year, Whole Foods Market has been quick to layout their plan for a new store at that location.
On Wednesday, January 6, Whole Foods VP of Store Development Glen Moon gave a presentation to the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association that outlined [...]

Story and photos
by Paula Poortinga
The new Chinese Immersion School that opened this semester at the De Avila campus becomes the fifth Chinese Immersion Program in the city, providing a rigorous but fun academic program taught in English and Cantonese that endows children with the confidence and tools they will need to succeed in today’s society. [...]

By Adam Brody
Editor
San Francisco is the veritable birthplace of psychedelic blotter acid art, and The Beat recently had the opportunity to sit down with its Godfather and preemminent collector, Mark McCloud, at his house in the Mission District – known unofficially as the Institute of Illegal Images.
A native of Argentina, McCloud grew up in the [...]

The 4th Annual “Children’s Halloween Hootenanny”, a free event designed to provide the children of the Haight-Ashbury and surrounding neighborhoods with a safe and fun place to celebrate the spirit of Halloween, is just around the corner. And we need your help in making this the best one yet.
The event this year features a [...]

By Stannous Flouride
The Haight has lost one of its icons, one of its most talented
artists, one of its favorite sons, one of its biggest smiles. Our
friend Jacob Alexander passed away on September 8.
I know that we will all miss him and the sparkle in his eyes and that
wherever his soul is it is no longer [...]

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
SPEEDWAY MEADOW,
GOLDEN GATE PARK – SF
9AM – 5PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMEBER 13
HERBST THEATER, SF
10A – 7PM
YOGA & BRAZILIAN ARTS WORKSHOP
CARE.ORG GLOBAL FORUM & CELEBRATION

Again we find ourselves on the edge of a great precipice, Burning Man 2009. With the Deep End hanging up their DJ tables (at least for this year) Opulent Temple, Rock Bottom, and other large sound camps will have to pick up the slack.
OT, Rock Bottom (located suspiciously on the old Deep End burial grounds [...]