On Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, the online publication SFWeekly.com erroneously reported that the Sharon building at 55 New Montgomery St., where Dr. Dan Kliman was found dead in an elevator shaft last year, is owned by Scott and Elisa Stephens. Events surrounding Dr. Kliman’s death are the subject of a pending $30 million wrongful death… Full Story »

One day — 24 hours — sounds like plenty of time to accomplish something … unless that “something” is to write, draw, letter and complete a 24-page comic book. Seventy Academy students and alumni recently stepped up for the 24-Hour Comics Challenge. In the end, one was standing: Mark Simmons, who finished 20 minutes early.
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Strong attendance and record revenues marked the 14th annual Academy of Art University Faculty+Alumni Fine Art Auction, held Nov. 7 at the school’s 79 Gallery. The event’s silent and live auctions raised more than $190,000 to benefit both artists and students, with proceeds split evenly between the artists and the university’s Student Scholarship Fund.
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The relationship between photojournalist and subject often ends once the shutter is clicked. Andre Hermann has turned his master’s thesis, “Garrett: The Boy Beneath the Bandages,” to the benefit of his subject. His powerful images, on display at the Academy’s 625 Gallery, also appear in a book sold there to support Garrett and his family.
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Academy alumni found a way to make the big city smaller Oct. 28 at the inauguration of a New York City chapter of the Alumni Association. Graduates came from creative communities across the metropolis — fashion, illustration, graphic design and more — to rekindle associations and make new connections at the legendary Art Directors Club.
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