Meet Joey Snip. He opened Avenues Barber Lounge to fill the “third place” between work and home where a haircut inspires conversation and builds community. Joey says there’s so much more to his craft than being named Snip: “Barbering is an art form.” Joey calls his shop a lounge “because we want people to be comfortable being here.” Both are true at the corner of Taraval and 19th Avenue.
Read MoreJoin the all-ages Sunset Community Band. Our newly formed band will perform at special holiday events, Sunset Night Market, Great Highway Park on weekends, and march in San Francisco’s LGBTQ Pride and Lunar New Year parades to bring joy and display Sunset pride.
Read MoreMeet Darlene Bereznicki. The Sunset resident hosts a comedy night at the Riptide, a legendary bar at the end of Taraval Street known as the “best little honky-tonk by the beach.”
Read MoreMeet Sage Kitamorn. He is a Sunset resident who started the Cozy Cubs Puzzle Club. What started as a passion project is growing in popularity with puzzle fans of all ages.
Read MoreA retired construction worker puttering in his garage had a big idea to put his chainsaws to creative use. A series of benches carved from fallen Monterey Cypress trees have transformed the parkland along Sunset Boulevard by bringing neighbors and strangers together.
Read MoreLowell High School’s student choir traveled to New York City during spring break to compete in a music festival called WorldStrides. They were named “Outstanding Choir” after receiving the highest overall score.
Read MoreThe streets of the Sunset can use some cleaning. That’s why residents are organizing to clean the streets themselves. Volunteers armed with rubber-tipped grabbers and garbage bags scour the streets for trash several times a month.
Read MoreCan 5th graders write and publish a book? Sunset Elementary teacher Jason Parmele knows they can. His students have spent months creating and illustrating the 12-chapter, 12,000 word tome called Dog Land. It’s an imaginative tale where dogs rule the world.
Read MoreDouglas Gorney is an artist who captures the unique beauty of the Sunset — with a focus on the ubiquitous overhead wires that crisscross San Francisco’s western neighborhoods. Somehow, he makes the wires seem mystical as they disappear into the fog. Learn more about how his art came to be.
Read MoreDispatch from Lincoln High is a series that features the reporting of journalism students at Lincoln High School and their student newspaper the Lincoln Log
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