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Cover of the Cartoon Art Museum's free 'Fog City Comics Zine'

Check out our free, all-new digital collection of independent comics made by the many talented human artists who call the Bay Area home. A true zine lovers delight -- and an inspired project by our former intern Ashton. Info: cartoonart.org/store/fog-city-comics-zine

"I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and the opportunities for self-deception are there. I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened..." — Kazuo Ishiguro #botd

"Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens..." — Martha Gellhorn #botd

📷 Lee Miller

Black and white photo of Joni Mitchell smoking a cigarette and relaxing in the front seat of a car.

Joni Mitchell - BOTD in 1943

(between images of the Spotify logo that have been crossed out) DON’T STREAM FASCISM Spotify is treating ICE recruitment like just another ad. But when you turn family separation into a marketing pitch, you're not a platform — you're spreading propaganda. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.

Spotify is running ads recruiting more ICE agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities, so we’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify

Joni poses in her house against a backdrop of coloured glass bottles in a sunny window.

Happy birthday Joni Mitchell 🎂
📷 Baron Wolman, Laurel Canyon, 1968

"When I listen to Joni, I feel like this beautiful, magical siren is telling me a story and I tune in instantly because everything about her is captivating."
- Bethany Cosentino

Gary Cooper and Amelia Earhart in 1932, shortly after Earhart completed her solo transatlantic flight. Cool pic!

This is really impressive. They invented racism.

S.F. nonprofit just began offering legal aid to trans immigrants. Requests are pouring in. Transgender immigrants can now access discounted legal support and additional stipends to help mitigate legal fees.

Parivar, a local nonprofit, launched its first legal-aid program for transgender immigrants. They are already swamped with requests.

missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-t...

Sam Shepard at the Hotel Chelsea (with Patti Smith) - BOTD

🎞️ Online with SFFP: Silent Era Film Exchanges of San Francisco’s Tenderloin
🗓️ Friday, November 21 | 12–1 PM (PST)

Before Hollywood ruled the reels, the Tenderloin was San Francisco’s beating heart of film culture!
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Smith whispers to Shepard

"Nothing was left unsaid. When I departed, Sam was reading Proust... I said goodbye to my buddy, calling to him, in the dead of night."
- Patti Smith

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📷 Sam Shepard & Patti Smith by Judy Linn, 1971

The young couple pose on a New York street.

Sam Shepard with Patti Smith in New York
📷 David Gahr, 1971

"We were friends; good or bad, we were just ourselves."
- Patti Smith

A flyer from Point Reyes Books that reads "All profits from sales on shutdown Sundays donated to the SF-Marin Food Bank"

Inspired by fellow booksellers, we at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social will be donating Sunday profits in November to the SF-Marin Food Bank. You can donate directly to the food bank here: www.sfmfoodbank.org

I highly recommend this book for cursive (not calligraphy)

Happy Publication Day to devorah major!"word time" is devorah's fourth book with City Lights, and we look forward to welcoming her back to the store to celebrate this Thursday evening at 7pm.

devorah reads at Marcus Books, Oakland, on Sunday, Nov 16 at 1pm

Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous

Profile of Mapplethorpe with a cigarette in his mouth; his black leather jacket has its collar up.

Robert Mapplethorpe by Leee Black Childers

The smiling artist in a fuzzy black outfit, holding some sort of sculpture.

Louise Bourgeois by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1982

"Mapplethorpe described this shoot and Bourgeois herself as surreal: 'you couldn’t, sort of tell her too much, she was just there'."

Smith in a white dress; she's holding two doves.

Robert Mapplethorpe's extraordinary portrait of Patti Smith, 1979

Smith & Mapplethorpe pose in a kitchen; she leans against him.

Robert Mapplethorpe & Patti Smith by Norman Seeff, 1969

"I said, 'You should take your own photographs.' I didn't mean for him to become a photographer. Once he started taking pictures, he just fell in love with photography."
- PS

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the presidential election to become the 44th President of the United States...

Hokusai-themed opera 'The Great Wave' to premiere in Scotland The opera is the latest work by London-based composer Dai Fujikura and is a joint production with Scotland's Scottish Opera.

An opera exploring the life of Japanese ukiyo-e traditional woodblock print artist Katsushika Hokusai will premiere in Scotland next February.

MANILA — An important piece of Filipino history missing for almost 90 years and thought to be lost forever was just found in Belgium. “Diwata ng Karagatan” is now the oldest surviving Filipino film! 🎞️🎞️

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The news about Teen Vogue is terrible, the latest in the long list of corporate-owned media layoffs, closures, and shifting tone and coverage.
There are so many great independent outlets, a list too long but this is a fantastic starter pack. PLEASE pick a few & support them if you're able.

SF film festival elevates trans voices The fact that transgender rights are under attack from a hostile federal administration has not silenced those artistic voices.

The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival will be at the Roxie Theater from Nov. 13-15.

Your right to vote free of intimidation by federal, state or local officials

Ways to report voter intimidation to Election Protection Hotline

You may have heard that the Trump Administration is sending federal agents to a few California counties to monitor the Prop 50 election.

Let us be clear. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to stop you from exercising your constitutional right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Bay Area Food Hubs Brace for SNAP Shutdown With federal funds cut off, grassroots organizations mobilize to meet surging food insecurity and address immigrants’ fears of ICE crackdowns.

SNAP funding runs out Saturday. Small Bay Area food programs say they’re already overwhelmed — and that immigrant families fear ICE at food lines.
Mutual aid networks are stepping up again.
[link] #SNAP #CalFresh #BayArea

Review: ‘Stereophonic’ Finally Returns to Its Spiritual Home in the Bay Area | KQED Set in Sausalito, the play about a band’s fraught recording session in the 1970s has Bay Area vibes galore.

It was great to revisit the terrific touring production of "Stereophonic" and how the Bay Area is a central figure in the story. Easter eggs galore for those who embrace this region. My review of the show for @kqedarts.bsky.social, runs through 11/23 at the Curran. #hellatheatre