Email Author Devin Holt

2013 Stories by Devin Holt

• Don't Hate the Playa

  published June 5, 2013

  Going to Burning Man for the art might sound kind of like reading Playboy for the articles, but the fact remains: Playboy has... More >>

• Dueling Banjos

  published May 29, 2013

  Folk music is hard to define. To some, it's any music passed down orally. To others, it's noncommercial music with an unknown composer. For... More >>

• Immigration: The Untold Story

  published May 22, 2013

  Immigration reform might be the talk of Washington at the moment, but there is one voice that is still left out of the debate too often: that... More >>

• Deck the Walls

  published May 22, 2013

  The Lab is known for supporting experimental artists, and they've brought this approach to their latest fundraiser. Limited at the Lab... More >>

• Sing, Sip, and slap

  published May 15, 2013

  Musical chairs, ping-pong, and a karaoke DJ walk into a theater together — no, it’s not the setup for a bad joke — it’s... More >>

• Budget Glitter 
Still Shines

  published May 15, 2013

  “You don’t cancel Christmas, and you don’t cancel Carnaval,” said organizer Roberto Hernandez back in March, when... More >>

• Ballet-Shoe Season

  published May 8, 2013

  Spring is special in San Francisco. In a city where we spend most of the year wrapped up in sweaters and scarves to fend off the harsh ocean... More >>

• Berets not Required

  published May 8, 2013

  ArtPadSF brings the boutique art fair but skips the stodgy attitude. Founders Chip Conley and Maria Jenson proudly embrace the fair’s... More >>

• Move Tube

  published May 8, 2013

  In 2012, the Oxygen network premiered the reality show All the Right Moves. It followed Emmy-nominated choreographer Travis Wall as he... More >>

• Street Waltzing

  published May 1, 2013

  The 24th Street corridor in the Mission District has changed a lot in recent years — SF Weekly just did a cover story on the... More >>

• Main Drag in the Middle East

  published May 1, 2013

  According to Google Maps, it’s two hours on highway A1 from Kabul to Jalalabad in Afghanistan. That might sound like it’s only halfway... More >>

• The Dining Room Table Affair

  published May 1, 2013

  Barney Frank is a liberal’s liberal. He called Bill O’Reilly “boorish,” on live TV, dismissed Michelle Bachmann as... More >>

• Sugarfoot

  published May 1, 2013

  There are at least two things we simply cannot resist here at SF Weekly: sweets and a good show. Indulge! provides them both. A benefit for... More >>

• Freaky Street

  published April 17, 2013

  There’s been a lot of talk lately about the cool kids moving to Oakland. But who needs to be cool when you can be weird? And on Sunday, San... More >>

• Hips For A Week

  published April 17, 2013

  “Great dancers,” said the late choreographer and dancer Martha Graham, “are not great because of their technique. They are great... More >>

• Love Story

  published April 10, 2013

  Before there was the love letter, there was dance. Courtship, mating rituals, and dance have gone together for as long as they’ve existed.... More >>

• The Changing Landscape

  published April 3, 2013

  You might not realize it sipping coffee at 16th and Valencia, but that intersection was almost turned into an eight-lane freeway. And while you... More >>

• African Road-Trip

  published March 27, 2013

  When Bongo Sidibe played with Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart in 2008, he was probably the only person in the Shoreline Amphitheatre who had... More >>

• Wiggle-Walk 
Across America

  published March 20, 2013

  Mr. Wiggles is a living legend. Born Steffan Clemente in the “Boogie Down” Bronx, the hip-hop dance pioneer has popped, locked,... More >>

• Marching Orders

  published March 6, 2013

  When San Franciscans think Irish, they think pubs -- most of the City’s best watering holes bear the shamrock. Kennedy’s serves up $3... More >>

• Life, Explained

  published February 27, 2013

  As long as people have been able to wonder, they’ve wondered about the meaning of life. But George Hammond has done far more than... More >>

• The Great Escape

  published January 23, 2013

  “You awaken, and find yourself locked inside a room. It has a desk, chairs, a carpet — everything seems normal. But on closer... More >>

• Gotta Hand It to 'Em

  published January 16, 2013

  While the rest of us were sleeping, a generation of entrepreneurial women revolutionized the art of the fingernail. Forget old clichés like... More >>