Celebrating Black History Month in San Francisco

Tributes to “The Great Emancipator,” free admission to the Museum of the African Diaspora for the entire month of February and the premiere of a new documentary on African American prisoners on Alcatraz Island are all part of Black History month in San Francisco. Times and locations may be subject to change: please telephone or visit Web sites listed for complete details.  Public transit is highly...

Value$ in San Francisco

Visitor Information Center, San Francisco One can easily spend a carfree, carefree vacation in San Francisco and still have cash to take home. Here are a few tips:  Visitors should make the Visitor Information Center of the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) their first stop when visiting the city.  Free visitor guides and maps are a staple of the center, located on the lower...

Diverse Destinations San Francisco brochures now available

Diverse Destinations, a series of online and printed brochures containing San Francisco history and self-guided tours, has been updated and reprinted. Published by the City and County of San Francisco through its Grants for the Arts program, the San Francisco Study Center and the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau collaborated with the City to produce 10 informative pamphlets.  Grants...

Diverse San Francisco: African American heritage

With the December 2005 opening of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco added another milestone to a legacy dating back to the very beginnings of California. The name California is attributed to a mythical black queen whose image adorns the Room of the Dons of the InterContinental Mark Hopkins hotel, One Nob Hill Circle. When Cortes landed in Baja California, he announced to his...

San Francisco: You’re Soaking in It

Springtime is an opportunity to refresh your perspective, so breathe deep, clear your mind and let some of San Francisco’s LGBT-friendly spas, salons and massage therapists put a spring in your step. The Bay Area is home to many spas of exceptional quality. Chief among them is the venerable Spa Claremont (41 Tunnel Rd.; Berkeley), in the grandiose Victorian resort overlooking San Francisco and...