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2010 Stories by Michael Leaverton

• Nice Doggie

  published January 20, 2010

  Dog shows often teeter between nobility and farce. The Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show swings wildly between the two. On the noble side,... More >>

• Might as Well Jump

  published January 20, 2010

  AMA Supercross: We don’t follow it. All we know are the barest of essentials — that it is like a motorcycle race in a phone... More >>

• World’s End

  published January 20, 2010

  Struggling artists, pay attention: “For about the last eight years, I’ve been experiencing a sporadically recurring dream about the end... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for January 13-19, 2010

  published January 13, 2010

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

• Appropriate Behavior

  published January 13, 2010

  “The Cataclysm of 2008-2009: Lessons Learned, or Lessons Ignored” is a lecture by a expert on Wall Street crime. Here's a man with... More >>

• Simple Food

  published January 13, 2010

  Michael Pollan’s new book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, is aimed not only at well-balanced foodies but also at those who... More >>

• Take My Health Plan, Please

  published January 13, 2010

  The economy, housing, jobs, foreign policy — all of it, still wrecked. Is it time? That’s beside the point, since The Obama... More >>

• Arthouse movie listings for January 6-12, 2010

  published January 6, 2010

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

• A Nice Ride

  published January 6, 2010

  San Francisco is so picturesque largely because of plate tectonics (the hills) and the ballsy T-square manipulations of great thinkers in tweed... More >>

• Things Fall Apart

  published January 6, 2010

  Brand-new buildings get photographed for glossy real estate brochures and corporate literature. It’s not art, exactly, but it nets a... More >>

• High Five, Hirst

  published January 6, 2010

  It is the law of easy money that people inside a bubble never know where they are — there's just an oily sheen to everything, which they... More >>