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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Social Sketch: A Creative Gathering for Community

Derek Macario
February 17, 2015
A look into locally organized #SocialSketch.
Lana Bowen, owner of Salana Hair Studio in Lower Nob Hill, styling Pedram Afshars new mohawk at the free hair cuts event on Thursday, Feb. 5th, Photo by Zhenya Sokolova

Downtown Salon Gives Men Free Haircuts

Naomi Rachel Outlaw
February 12, 2015
Salana Hair Studio offers free and funky "barber's choice" hairstyles once a month.

February’s Bay Area art shows

Derek Macario
February 6, 2015
Find something for art lovers on both sides of the Bay!

Art for Profit

Chantel Genest
December 19, 2014

http://youtu.be/UEVqRgNUqTg As he works on a large scale, lavish mural project on the blight-ridden streets of West Oakland, artist Joshua Mays is approached by a local business owner. The middle-aged...

Keith Haring: The Political Line at de Young Museum

Calla Camero
November 18, 2014

  The de Young Fine Arts museum located in Golden Gate park has opened its Keith Haring exhibit called Keith Haring: The Political Line. This is the first exhibition in the United States to...

‘Bad Dads,’ an art tribute to Wes Anderson’s charming films

Catherine Uy
November 1, 2014

Hundreds dressed as their favorite Wes Anderson film character for the fifth annual “Bad Dads” art show and Halloween costume party at Spoke Art. This year, the San Francisco gallery showcased...

From me to you, love notes to the city

Calla Camero
October 28, 2014

http://vimeo.com/109819265 Shannon Weber is changing the world, one love note at a time. And she's starting with San Francisco. As a mother of three, it all started with notes to her kids, expressing...

Hand forged and handmade, a look into the world’s oldest art form

Lissette Vargas
October 27, 2014

It starts off as a flat copper disk. A steady stream of blue and purple fire bursts out of the blowtorch in her hand, melting the solid metal she holds up with tongs. With a heavy hammer she pounds...

S.P.E.A.K up! or shut up

Anais Fuentes
October 26, 2014

Not a single seat is left open at the Depot. The rap song Red Nose by Sage the Gemini plays forcefully over the loudspeakers as anxious and excited SF State students await the first Spoken Poetry Expressed...

Sticker Stealer

Chantel Genest
October 26, 2014

Passersby walk their dogs and examine their phones as the wind blows, paying no mind to the man climbing up a streetlight in the middle of a busy sidewalk. One leg supported by the base,...

Young artists showcase work at ‘the loin’

Calla Camero
September 19, 2014

Doing what you love and making money don’t often fall into the same category. Put into the mix being a college student, and those odds drop even lower. But sometimes being both young and passionate...

Fur and Loving: Unzipping the SF Furry Culture

Chantel Genest
April 3, 2014

Written by Chantel Genest A purple fox is spotted walking upright on Harrison Street in the Mission District. It halts at the corner, greeted with hugs from a brown teddy bear, a silver wolf,...

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