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2009 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• In Bloom

  published February 25, 2009

  This year, the angle of the Pacific Orchid Exposition is that orchids, the flower of damp foreheads and silk sheets and chocolate cherries... More >>

• Green Giant

  published February 25, 2009

  If you get the chance, it’s best to see Andy Goldsworthy’s art in the field, far from manmade obstructions. In San Francisco, we rarely... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for February 11-17

  published February 11, 2009

  Artists' Television Access. Nothing But a Man:Michael Roemer's 1964 feature about racism. Thu., Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. $6. 992... More >>

• Pal o’ Mine

  published February 11, 2009

  Today a notorious, unrepentant domestic terrorist is due in our city, and we implore you to join forces and descend upon the location early and en... More >>

• Star Power

  published February 11, 2009

  For the television audience, the Oscars are a night of derision, boredom, and secret, desperate longing. Primarily, though, it’s about... More >>

• Roll Your Own

  published February 11, 2009

  Early this month, the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls started the season off by mud wrestling to raise money. Now, they finally lace up their skates and... More >>

• All Grown Up

  published February 11, 2009

  There’s no way to tell how many people Rob Reger saved; how many tweens, when presented with their first Emily the Strange comic, suddenly... More >>

• “Not for Babies – They Can’t Read”

  published February 11, 2009

  Initially, we figured the comedy book The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life wouldn’t pass the laugh-out-loud test, because few... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for February 4-10, 2009

  published February 4, 2009

  Artists' Television Access. "Love & Light": Live music by Pale Hoarse, Dragging an Ox Through Water, and Leyna Noel, and... More >>

• Gone to Shit

  published February 4, 2009

  The thinkers at the Long Now Foundation do not think that stock market will rebound in the second half of this year. But they don’t think it... More >>

• Records for the People

  published February 4, 2009

  World records happen every day. We just landed one: Most Exasperated Eye Rolls During the Reading of Caille Millner’s Chronicle Column. You... More >>

• They’re Also for Reading

  published February 4, 2009

  If you’re the kind of person whose pulse quickens when you handle an early Hemingway, the California International Antiquarian Book... More >>

• Love Hurts

  published February 4, 2009

  This Valentine’s Day, let’s start with the assumption that your heart is broke, and that the person who broke it once gave you something... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for January 28-February 3

  published January 28, 2009

  . To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access.... More >>

• A Cut Above

  published January 28, 2009

  With their lost-little-boy voices, castrati were the superstars of 18th-century opera. Uncomfortable fact: They could get erections, and often did... More >>

• This Is Not a Military Hangar

  published January 28, 2009

  One thing President Barack Obama’s lauded “transparency” will never clear up is our black empire, the classified assemblage of... More >>

• We Are All Draft Animals

  published January 28, 2009

  According to the Chinese zodiac, this is the Year of the Ox, an animal so fitting for our times — an ox is a castrated bull — that we... More >>

• The Outer Limits

  published January 28, 2009

  Not much happens on the outer reaches of the arctic island Svalbard, Norway. Its sole inhabitants are desolate, snow-blanketed landscapes; a... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for January 21-27

  published January 21, 2009

  Artists' Television Access. Good Evening, Folks, We're the Pine Box Boys: Concert film by Dr. Astronaut Body. Fri., Jan.... More >>

• Here Come the Funny People

  published January 21, 2009

  Every year, we stand agape at the lineup for SF Sketchfest, wondering who thinks San Francisco comedians are rock stars (we know... More >>

• Ride the Lightning

  published January 21, 2009

  We don’t know if it’s the latest thing in AMA Supercross, but it’s the only thing we know about AMA Supercross:... More >>

• Song of Ourself

  published January 21, 2009

  Rodes Fishburne is a Grotto writer, so it was only a matter of time before someone bought his first novel. That happens to people who... More >>

• Garbage Pail Auteurs

  published January 21, 2009

  At first glance, the Disposable Film Festival seems to exist because every film technology, just like every film genre, gets its own... More >>

• Be Brief

  published January 21, 2009

  If you had only six words to write your memoir, which would you chose? “He’d eat only at taco trucks”? “Moved to the city,... More >>

• Next!

  published January 14, 2009

  In June, the Ethnic Dance Festival arrives in town, a heartwarming month of dance celebrating cultural traditions and the roots that connect us... More >>