by CJ Verburg Last week, two friends & I met at the intersection of Switzerland and San Francisco for a mind-boggling look into the future. Swissnex is Switzerland’s HQ for high-tech liaisons with the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, and it’s just up Montgomery Street from the Transamerica Pyramid. On …
from Boom-Books.com: If Edward Gorey could see the diverse and unpredictable directions his legacy has taken, he’d be most amazed by the Edwardian Ball. Every January, a month before Gorey’s birthday, fans and steampunk fashionistas in San Francisco and Los Angeles gather to celebrate this New England artist’s tongue-in-cheek depiction …
How does globalization look from the other side of the globe? Find out from some of the most exciting literary voices you may never have heard before. Starting in January, I’ll be leading a monthly armchair tour at San Francisco’s venerable Mechanics’ Institute Library. Join us to explore four nonWestern …
