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2009 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• Weird Science

  published October 21, 2009

  We fear the unknown. U.S. car companies, for example, are terrified that consumers will suddenly want something they know nothing about, like the... More >>

• List: How to tell if you're living next to a marijuana grow house

  published October 14, 2009

  According to the SFPD, neighborhood tips have contributed to the busts of marijuana grow houses in the Sunset. How do you know you're living... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for October 14-20, 2009

  published October 14, 2009

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

• The Following Preview Is Heartily Approved

  published October 14, 2009

  We love all manner of film geek, from the guy who always finds a way to say “Truffaut” in public to the woman who haunts the night in... More >>

• Art Trip

  published October 14, 2009

  San Francisco is known as a city of neighborhoods, but people can live here for decades and draw a total blank on the words West Portal. Some of... More >>

• “Paint Another Orgasm, Dude”

  published October 14, 2009

  Context is nothing. At least, that’s the idea behind “Snippets,” local artist Lori Gordon’s ongoing exhibit. She takes... More >>

• Back from the Dead

  published October 14, 2009

  People who celebrated the glory days of Halloween in the Castro can call up any number of memories, from “I puked all over Hartford... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for October 7-13, 2009

  published October 7, 2009

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

• The Art of the Crease

  published October 7, 2009

  All mathematicians need to work their magic is a pen and paper. Take away the pen and you get Dr. Robert J. Lang, a pioneer in the field of... More >>

• Curried Favors

  published October 7, 2009

  Curry is hard to pin down, like mole and salsa and drinks mixed by a college student. It exists in so many forms, in so many countries, that many... More >>

• Can Somebody Please Start a Riot?

  published October 7, 2009

  In the early 20th century, Futurism was sexy — motorcars! Cement mixers! Buildings taller than 20 stories! Advances in technology were easy... More >>

• Line Dance

  published October 7, 2009

  People who ghostride the whip, or their parents' Chevy Aveo, are pioneers in daredevil car-body movement. We wish they would stop. Much better to... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for September 23-29, 2009

  published September 30, 2009

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

• Keep Calm and Carry On

  published September 30, 2009

  San Francisco wants Market Street to cool it. First, the city forced eastbound cars to abandon all hope and turn right, making adjacent Mission... More >>

• Hellraiser

  published September 30, 2009

  In the 19th century, Grand Guignol terror plays used to shock people — props from the butcher shop took care of that. Although the work is... More >>

• Writers with Drinks

  published September 30, 2009

  Amy Tan’s characters are so formulaic, she makes Dan Brown look like William Burroughs. Pow! Tan better get used to it: She’s the... More >>

• Stitch of Software

  published September 30, 2009

  Embroidery consists stitching in small segments, obsessively building piece by piece into a work that blossoms into a cohesive, even elegant, hunk... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for September 23-29, 2009

  published September 23, 2009

  To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. 111 Minna Gallery. Survival... More >>

• Mistakes Were Made

  published September 23, 2009

  Since 2004, the Found Footage Festival has presented an odd assemblage of clips -- weird training videos, bizarre commercials, lamentable... More >>

• Fuck Man

  published September 23, 2009

  Among wordsmiths, Jesse Sheidlower is not only famous — he’s the editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary —... More >>

• Bibliomania by the Bay

  published September 23, 2009

  Allison Hoover Bartlett's The Man Who Loved Books Too Much is book porn of the highest order. As befitting the genre, it’s... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for September 9-15, 2009

  published September 16, 2009

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

• What’s Inside

  published September 16, 2009

  Kim Cogan paints the best cityscapes of San Francisco we’ve ever seen. Also the best storefronts, alleyways, rooftops, etc., especially when... More >>

• I Love a Bike Parade

  published September 16, 2009

  Thanks to the Extra Action Marching Band, our city has the alternative marching band thing dialed. So does Portland, Oregon, with its MarchFourth... More >>

• Go Forth and Publish

  published September 9, 2009

  When A.J. Jacobs released his 2004 book The Know-It-All, detailing his effort to read all 44 million words of the Encyclopaedia... More >>