A conversation through art! Elementary school students explain what adults need to know. Adults draw responses to the advice. This is the genesis of Noodle Mania!

Stories about curmudgeons, coming out, hand-me-down computers, memorable neighborhood characters, and the struggle of talking to adults.

Stories about dealing with a drunk boss, dissociation, following the Dead, and running away from home.

Stories from Megapolis Audio Festival: discovering boys online, winning the lottery, the power of nature, lucid dreaming, and disappointing Dad.

Stories about getting evicted, a heartwarming surprise, psychotherapy in jail, and a helicopter rescue in Hawaii.

Stories about missing your connection, pooping in nature, a jewelry heist and surviving an earthquake.

This issue includes interviews from artists affiliated with CounterPulse, a Tenderloin arts organization. The collection of stories includes true tales of discovery inner strength, embracing creativity, confronting creeps on BART, understanding masculinity, and breaking down nationality.

Interviews with artists affiliated with the Community Art Program at Hospitality House. True tales of living on the streets, getting chased out of town, popularity in jail, and using the past to shape your art.

True stories from Bay area artists about the attempt to be visible as an immigrant, experiencing art ecstasy, confronting a vandal, and finding beauty in the Tenderloin.