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2008 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• Draw It Out

  published February 6, 2008

  Are you so bad at art that you have trouble drawing a bath? The Cartoon Art Museum is ready to assist with the workshop "I can’t draw!"... More >>

• You Bright, Risen Angels

  published February 6, 2008

  Tonight, the art in the exhibit "Blackout" will be doing double duty: first, it will illuminate your thinking, inspire your senses, all... More >>

• The Balls on This Guy

  published February 6, 2008

  Some of you miss the days when William T. Vollmann was simply the poet of the misplaced and misdirected in our little back alley, before he... More >>

• Hurry Up and Wait

  published February 6, 2008

  The discovery of new surf spots, especially big-wave spots, has become a cottage industry in the past 15 years. After Maverick's blew up, so did... More >>

• Pants on Fire

  published January 30, 2008

  Dr. Ekman knows you're lying, so don't even try it. The top-shelf psychologist is a pioneer in documenting facial expressions, and he's a friend... More >>

• Spare the Air Day

  published January 23, 2008

  After Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Carmichael retired last year, a young hotshot took over supercross: James Stewart. The 2007AMA Supercross Champion... More >>

• Show-Offs

  published January 23, 2008

  There are few things left to say about dog shows that Best in Show didn't already cover, but here's one of them: fly ball. In the sport,... More >>

• Holed Up

  published January 23, 2008

  The same questions always come up at performance art events: Has it started? Are those fluids bodily? Is it insulting to clap? Who brought the... More >>

• Art Dump

  published January 23, 2008

  Although exhibits for Artists in Residence at the dump last only two days, the work has a habit of popping up long after. Andrew Junge's... More >>

• Point, Shoot, and Trip

  published January 23, 2008

  No photographer can resist abandoned carnivals, with all their rusted clowns and broken-down midways, but Chris Raecker teases that same surreal,... More >>

• Back to You, John

  published January 23, 2008

  As both a staff writer and the Senior British Correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, John Oliver exists in an ethereal... More >>

• Bowled Over

  published January 23, 2008

  Featuring more than 80 dealers from around the world, the San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show is part solemn museum experience and part... More >>

• Best Buy

  published January 23, 2008

  When you buy a plant at the S.F. Botanical Garden, you get something extra: status. Buying one at the garden's Lunar New Year Flower Market... More >>

• Using Your Illusion

  published January 23, 2008

  In Illusion 2, Takami and the MoBu Dance Group create a hazy, limpid world of beauty using sculpture, sound, and movement. They also... More >>

• Ridin' Organic

  published January 23, 2008

  Although the Rural Route Film Festival was born in New York, its organizers weren't — they're all transplants from small towns across... More >>

• Bastard Out of England

  published January 23, 2008

  After growing up in England, writer Linda Robertson moved to the city, suffered through our unique brand of hell, and ended up Miss... More >>

• Music, Mustaches

  published January 16, 2008

  It's always nice when a curator displays a level of talent on par with the works they're showing, but nobody foresaw the genius of Apsara... More >>

• Experts Only

  published January 16, 2008

  Mark Obenhaus' film, Steep, has not been getting the sort of reviews that would make it a contender for best doc of the year. Sure,... More >>

• Bombs Bursting

  published January 16, 2008

  Artist Kara Maria's paintings are filled with explosions of color, laid down in bold brushstrokes, blocks, swirls, and repeating patterns. The... More >>

• Nabbed

  published January 16, 2008

  In 1996, Derek Powazek launched Fray, a Web site that allowed ordinary people an outlet to tell their stories. Ten years later, everyone on the... More >>

• Nabbed

  published January 16, 2008

  In 1996, Derek Powazek launched Fray, a Web site that allowed ordinary people an outlet to tell their stories. Ten years later, everyone on the... More >>

• Paul's Boutique Industry

  published January 9, 2008

  By now we've grown accustomed to famed author Paul Auster hassling the film industry for jobs. In 1995, he teamed up with Wayne Wang to... More >>

• You Win!

  published January 9, 2008

  The National Book Critics Circle consists of nearly 800 book reviewers who present awards each year to the best books in five categories. Nearly... More >>

• White Hot

  published January 9, 2008

  While probing the mysteries of the Comcast channel lineup last year, we discovered the Whitest Kids U' Know, a young sketch comedy troupe that... More >>

• Culture Crash

  published January 9, 2008

  Children, listen up: First, steer clear of the ads in the back of this paper. Second, go over to the couch, wake up your parents or your... More >>