The Urban Legend

A year in review: 2020-2021

Maya Campbell, Editor in Chief, Online • June 7, 2021

First Day of School August 31, 2020 The absence of the Senior Raid into the Salkind Center gym on August 31, 2020, marked an untraditional start to the 2020-2021 school year, yet other ASM traditions...

Alessia Cara: a Monday night showstopper

Blake Case • November 3, 2016

On October 17th, a Monday night, the Masonic is packed full of young audience members and their respective parents, as well as older patrons huddled together on the outskirts of the auditorium stage....

Concert hookup culture in the Bay Area prompts conversation

Lily Dodd, Staff Writer • June 10, 2015

Names in this story have been changed to protect the identities of students interviewed. Content Warning: drugs, alcohol, sexual assault At a tiny party at the end of last summer, a friend I hadn’t...

Listen up: Read about three upcoming Bay Area music festivals

Ariane Goldsmith, Staff Writer • May 8, 2014

Outside Lands When: Aug. 8 to Aug. 10, 2014 Where: Golden Gate Park (the Polo Fields, Speedway Meadow, and Lindley Meadow), San Francisco Who: All genres, including Kanye West, Arctic Monkeys,...

Fans wait for hours on Haight Street for tickets to “secret” rap show

Aleah Jennings-Newhouse, Staff Writer • February 15, 2014

A diverse crowd of people in hoodies, snapbacks and other kinds of streetwear lined up Saturday for nearly three blocks on Haight Street, hoping for a chance at free tickets to a secret all-ages rap concert. Those...

The She’s take on center stage

Aideen Murphy, Staff Writer • May 30, 2013

Blue lights sweep the stage. The energy in the room is rising, like a tidal wave building up momentum. Four girls emerge from backstage, and suddenly, the sound swells into a roar. Each member is dressed...