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2013 Stories by Devin Holt

• 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 >>

• 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 >>