The Bay Area's Unofficial Meme King

Abe Woodliff is a writer, poet, filmmaker, and the memelord behind Bay Area Memes—a project that has become the sharpest cultural mirror San Francisco has of itself.

Abe grew up in Section 8 housing in the Bay and watched the city transform around him. Through this experience, Abe developed an almost anthropological eye for the Bay's absurdities: the cold machinery at the center of its progressive mythology, the hypocrisies that nobody wants to name, and the way good intentions curdle into cruelty.

What makes Abe dangerous as a critic is that he's devastatingly funny. He wields humor like a scalpel, cutting through the phoniness and self-delusion that defines contemporary San Francisco culture with a precision that makes you laugh before you realize what he's just said about you.

Join us for a biting conversation made for everyone who loves the Bay deeply enough to be furious with it.