Culture Editor

Emily Dreyfuss

The Standard Staff

Above Standard/Below Standard: What was in and out this summer in San Francisco

Culture

The Standard’s definitive, unscientific list of the season’s biggest cultural trends.

Hey, Standard Members — we’ve got your VIP invite to Stern Grove’s Big Picnic Weekend

Get ready to dance with Damian “Jr. Gong” and Stephen Marley, and enter to win a reserved table for 10 at Stern Grove Festival.

Win a pair of tickets to Diana Ross at Stern Grove Festival

See the Queen of Motown herself, Diana Ross, live at Stern Grove on Sunday, August 17. 

Win tickets to the Pointer Sisters, Damian and Stephen Marley at Stern Grove Festival

Get ready for a sibling showdown at Stern Grove, with back-to-back performances from the Pointer Sisters on August 10 and Damian "Jr. Gong" and Stephen Marley on August 16.

How unfit is Alcatraz? Just look at it

News

It's not just a salt-corroded pile of concrete that was too expensive to operate in 1960. It's also missing water, power, gas, and sewage systems.