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"Endgame" and "Play"

By Lily Janiak
Like being stuck in a room. More >>

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The Exhibitionist

10:30 am
May. 24, 2012
A Raisin in the Sun Has Gaps But Is Still an Emotional Stunner
By Anna Pulley
The African-American Shakespeare Company closes its 2011-12 season with a stirring, affected reprisal of Lorraine Hansberry's classic watershed drama, A Raisin in the Sun. Directed by L. Peter Ca... More >>

The Exhibitionist

9:30 am
May. 24, 2012
Hey, Occupy SF! We've Located the 1% for You
By Keith Bowers
We'll preface this with a big dose of "We're just sayin'," but we learned today about an event happening Friday called the 1% Singles Ball. Yes, they mean that 1%. "Meet wealthy singles at Nob ... More >>

The Exhibitionist

8:30 am
May. 24, 2012
How to Persuade the Boss That the Business Needs a Web Presence
By Anna Pulley
I work at a small indie bookstore that's so old school it doesn't even have a website. I'm just a part-time employee, so I don't have much sway, but I'm frustrated because I feel like no one know... More >>

The Exhibitionist

7:30 am
May. 24, 2012
San Francisco Comedy Is Taking Over the U.S.
By W. Kamau Bell
Ummm, I don't know if you know this, but San Francisco comedy is entering a Golden Age ... okay, fine ... Another Golden Age. Of course the Bay Area comedy scene has always been able to hold its ... More >>

The Exhibitionist

7:00 am
May. 24, 2012
18 More Ridiculous Cakes From the 1970s, Including Hand-in-Pants Ernie
By Alan Scherstuhl
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Mail Box News Date:1975 Publisher: Maid of ... More >>

The Exhibitionist

2:00 pm
May. 23, 2012
How Bay Area Comics "Break In" at the Punch Line -- It's Not Easy
By Dana Sitar
Comedians who have set out on the road will always remember their "home club" -- the place they first discovered what it means to be a comic. Here they learn their stage etiquette, how to host, a... More >>

The Exhibitionist

12:30 pm
May. 23, 2012
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Season 2, Episodes 3 & 4
By Sherilyn Connelly
The second season begins in earnest with two studies of paranoia. Also, the Shoehorn gets reshaped. ... More >>

The Exhibitionist

11:30 am
May. 23, 2012
Tracy Morgan Talks About Suffering for Comedy -- and Telephonic Impregnation
By Tamara Palmer
NBC recently announced that the next (and seventh) season of its marquee sitcom 30 Rock will be the series' swan song, which will effectively set Tracy Morgan loose into an even wilder wild. Bu... More >>

The Exhibitionist

8:30 am
May. 23, 2012
Cat Daddy Jackson Galaxy Sees Your A**hole Cat, Raises You 45 Kisses
By Angela Lutz
Anyone who has lived with an asshole cat knows the look: pupils dilated, ears folded back, tail snapping from side to side like a metronome. Without warning, this fearsome (but soft and cuddly an... More >>

Stage

12:00 am
May. 23, 2012
"Endgame" and "Play": Just Like Being Stuck in a Room
By Lily Janiak
In this town, it's heresy not to love Bill Irwin. The renowned clown and Tony Award-winning actor got his start in the Bay Area, where he was a... More >>

Encore

12:00 am
May. 23, 2012
Now Playing
By SF Weekly Staff
Audium 9: Spatial electronic orchestrations and sound sculptures. Early arrival advised. Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. $20. Audium-Theatre of... More >>

The Exhibitionist

10:30 am
May. 22, 2012
Nightmare Date No. 4: Forced to "Fake It" in a Way I'd Never Considered
By Vanessa L. Pinto
This is a date I've never talked about. Some dates are not so much bad as downright disturbing. This is one such date. It happened about seven years ago in San Luis Obispo, where I lived at the t... More >>

The Exhibitionist

9:30 am
May. 22, 2012
Communists! Drive-In Movies! The Seven Female Erotic Zones! Estus Pirkle Saves Us
By Sherilyn Connelly
While the previously discussed Blood Freak is the high point of turkey-themed ultraviolent Christian Scare Film, there are other, non-turkey-themed ultraviolent Christan Scare Films to consider, a... More >>

The Exhibitionist

7:30 am
May. 22, 2012
How Can We End Our (Economic) Depression? Ask Paul Krugman
By Chris Torres
New York Times columnist and Princeton professor Paul Krugman has spent a couple of decades integrating old industrial economic theories into the developing international environment. In 2008, th... More >>

The Exhibitionist

10:00 am
May. 21, 2012
Game of Thrones Awards: All Hail the Gods of Tits and Wine
By Angela Lutz
When the war is over, and they've put out all of the literal and figurative fires and gotten all of the heads off the walls, Varys, Tyrion, and Bronn should probably go into the Mystery Science Th... More >>

The Exhibitionist

9:00 am
May. 21, 2012
The Lusty Lady Asks for Your Help to Raise $25,000
By Kate Conger
Not long ago, a newly retired Lusty Lady (and occasional SF Weekly contributor) named Sandy Bottoms dropped the bomb on her blog -- San Francisco's beloved Lusty Lady, the only worker-owned, union... More >>

The Exhibitionist

8:30 am
May. 21, 2012
Recover a Stolen Bicycle? Maybe -- If You Do It Right
By French Clements
Whether through web-based tracking or old-timey brute force, stealing a bike still seems easy. Far easier than getting the damn thing back. All you bike-theft victims, disregard the recent case ... More >>

The Exhibitionist

11:30 am
May. 18, 2012
Phantoms of Asia: The Asian Art Museum Goes Contemporary
By Emily Wilson
Jay Xu, director of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, started off with some numbers about the museum's new exhibit, Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past: 31 artists from 15 countries... More >>

The Exhibitionist

8:30 am
May. 18, 2012
Recent Acquisitions: Amazing Collection of Old Muni Fast Passes
By Alexis Coe
Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing find... More >>

The Exhibitionist

7:00 am
May. 18, 2012
Michael Jackson and Field of Dreams Will Send You to Hell, According to This Dumb 90s Book
By Alan Scherstuhl
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from Golden State thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. How to Be a Successful Teenager Author:Rick ... More >>

The Exhibitionist

10:30 am
May. 17, 2012
The Odyssey on Angel Island Provides an Odyssey of Its Own
By Lily Janiak
For the We Players, all the world is truly a stage -- or at least the Bay Area is. The site-specific theater company brings drama to dramatic public spaces: Macbeth at Fort Point, Hamlet on Alca... More >>

The Exhibitionist

9:30 am
May. 17, 2012
Robert Caro Asks Us to Share His Obsession: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
By Casey Burchby
One of the fun things about Robert Caro's massively ambitious four-volume (so far) biography of Lyndon Johnson is the way the author invites readers to share in his obsession with our 36th preside... More >>

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"Endgame" and "Play": Just Like Being Stuck in a Room "Endgame" and "Play": Just Like Being Stuck in a Room
By Lily Janiak

In this town, it's heresy not to love Bill Irwin. The renowned clown and Tony Award-winning actor got his start in the Bay Area, where he was a founding member… More >>

Now Playing
By SF Weekly Staff

Audium 9: Spatial electronic orchestrations and sound sculptures. Early arrival advised. Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. $20. Audium-Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space, 1616 Bush (at Franklin), 771-1616. Beach Blanket Babylon: Steve Silver's musical… More >>

"Tenderloin": Cutting Ball Settles into S.F.'s Troubled Heart "Tenderloin": Cutting Ball Settles into S.F.'s Troubled Heart
By Lily Janiak

When you walk into Tenderloin, the new documentary play at the Cutting Ball Theater, you might find yourself disoriented, even doing a double take. You thought you were leaving some… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Be a Stand-Up Comic
By Dana Sitar

New comics in the Bay Area are so easily overlooked by the ego-driven regular performers and unconcerned crowds, but opportunities abound, if you know how to find them. So, here's… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Be the Creepiest Goth in the City BOSF 2012: How to Be the Creepiest Goth in the City
By Rae Alexandra

You've been reading a lot of Edgar Allan Poe, you can't stop listening to Sisters of Mercy, and the smallest glimpse of sunlight makes you weary. It's time for a… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Find an Apartment
By Albert Samaha

An open house in San Francisco is a notoriously competitive affair. As you and your roommates-to-be marvel at the hardwood floors and closet space, there will definitely be several other… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Be a Street Fashion Contender
By Kate Conger

It's worth remembering that our city is known for its style. Blue jeans were born here in 1873, and that certainly fits: S.F. style is characterized by laid-back, comfortable clothing… More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Be a TV Dance Star BOSF 2012: How to Be a TV Dance Star
By Jolene Torr

The '50s had American Bandstand, the '70s and '80s Soul Train, and the '90s had the insufferable crotch shots of MTV's The Grind. Here in the Bay Area, from the… More >>

Now Playing
By SF Weekly Staff

APA Vagina Monologues: The Vagina Monologues from an Asia-Pacific American perspective. Thu., May 17, 7:30 p.m. $30-$35. www.apavaginamonologues.com. The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro (at Market), 621-6120. Audium 9: Spatial electronic orchestrations… More >>

"Absence of Being": Susan Burnstine's Photography Explores Loss "Absence of Being": Susan Burnstine's Photography Explores Loss
By Jonathan Curiel

When Susan Burnstine was 4 years old, she began experiencing night terrors. To deal with these overwhelming nocturnal visions, Burnstine would, with her mother's prompting, re-create her dreams through drawing,… More >>

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