{"id":284461,"date":"2026-04-24T22:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284461\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:19:07","slug":"memorial-for-local-journalist-and-longtime-sfist-writer-joe-kukura-set-for-may-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284461\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial For Local Journalist and Longtime SFist Writer Joe Kukura Set For May 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

A celebration of life for Joe Kukura, the well known bon vivant, associate editor of SFist and a longtime contributor to multiple other San Francisco publications, has now been scheduled for May 17.<\/p>\n

Kukura passed away on March 13<\/a>, and we subsequently shared a series of memories of him<\/a> submitted by friends and loved ones.<\/p>\n

Now, his friends have organized a celebration of life event<\/a> at New Farm (10 Cargo Way), aka the former Bay Natives nursery, near India Basin, on May 17 from 2 pm to 8 pm. It is BYOB and potluck, and RSVP is required. There is also a signup sheet<\/a> for those who would like to share a story or performance, or bring food or drink.<\/p>\n

“Let’s send Joe off in style!” the organizers say. “Anyone is welcomed to give a eulogy, tell a story, submit photos for a slideshow, perform, or create some fun and quirky shenanigans to celebrate our friend Joe. Sing a song, perform drag, have a Joe-style fashion show, juggle grenades on a unicycle wearing a flaming codpiece, whatever… BRING IT!”<\/p>\n

Donations to New Farm, which is a nonprofit, are also encouraged. And note that there is no designated parking in the vicinity and only limited street parking.<\/p>\n

Previously: Friends and Loved Ones Remember Joe Kukura, a Singular Soul<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A celebration of life for Joe Kukura, the well known bon vivant, associate editor of SFist and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-284461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","10":"tag-san-francisco-news","11":"tag-sf","12":"tag-sf-headlines","13":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}