Tag Archives: San Francisco history

Live at San Francisco’s lovely Columbarium

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Loren Rhoads

On October 27 at 6 p.m., I’ll be joining Beth Winegarner, author of San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries, at the lovely, historic San Francisco Columbarium, to talk about why we love cemeteries. I haven’t met Beth in person yet, but we … Continue reading →

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Fire Season 2020

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Loren Rhoads

Northern California is on fire right now. One of the fires is 10 times the size of Manhattan, with a burned area equal to the size of Rhode Island. At least 771,000 acres have burned so far. This satellite image … Continue reading →

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Behind “Something in the Water”

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Loren Rhoads

When my kid was a toddler, we spent hours and hours in the Academy of Sciences while it was exiled from Golden Gate Park. The museum was temporarily housed in a big warehouse south of Market Street, where I could … Continue reading →

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Memento Mori evening

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

Next Tuesday, April 17, I’ll be participating in the citywide Reimagine End of Life festival across San Francisco from April 16-22. The evening I’m part of is called Memento Mori. Memento Mori is an ancient Roman phrase meaning “Remember Your … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Ghost Hunt

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Loren Rhoads

I escaped the house Thursday evening to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: take the San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour! Borderlands Bookstore organized the outing for its sponsors and the weather couldn’t have been more … Continue reading →

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