Email Author Traci Vogel

2008 Stories by Traci Vogel

• Wheel People

  published September 17, 2008

  The Greasy Hearts Cycle Club is fixated on one thing: fun on wheels. The group describes itself as "your friendly neighborhood bicycle-loving... More >>

• Squeeze Play

  published September 17, 2008

  Ann Randolph performed with the Groundlings, the Los Angeles comedy troupe that has spawned Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, and Cheri Oteri, among... More >>

• Prim, Proper, and Totally Perverted

  published September 17, 2008

  The Folsom Street Fair is a chance to air your fetishes, but not everyone gets off on leather chaps and butt plugs. For those whose secret thrill... More >>

• Black, White, and Art Cred All Over

  published September 17, 2008

  Adrián Arias is a poet, artist, and provocateur, which makes him the perfect host for "Illusion 7." At this annual art happening,... More >>

• Let Us Atom

  published September 17, 2008

  Rarely has a roof gotten so much attention. But like the rest of the $484 million building, the “green” roof of the new California... More >>

• Frida Be You And Me

  published September 17, 2008

  The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was a polio victim, and suffered lifelong pain after an early bus accident, but she created dream-like, evocative... More >>

• A Little Obsessed

  published September 17, 2008

  Lawrence Rinder curated at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York (he assembled the 2002 Whitney Biennial). He was dean of graduate... More >>

• Luke Here

  published September 17, 2008

  Charles Ross is not just a solo performer, he is Hans Solo. And Luke Skywalker. And R2D2. The Canadian actor leaps around the stage in One Man... More >>

• Ich Bin Ein Californian

  published September 17, 2008

  Christopher Isherwood was one of the most famous denizens of the waning Weimar Republic. Between 1929 and 1933, the Englishman lived in pre-Nazi... More >>

• Bike Kitchen Anniversary Party

  published September 17, 2008

  The Bike Kitchen operates on the fishing principle: give a man a bike, he rides for a day; teach a man to repair his bike, and he rides for a... More >>

• Deathbowl to Downtown

  published September 17, 2008

  There are skate flicks and then there are skate flicks. Deathbowl to Downtown strives to hop the rail from skateboard movie to... More >>

• "Beautiful Eyesores: Luther Thie and Bijan Yashar"

  published September 10, 2008

  Whoever deemed us the "wireless society" hasn't taken a look out the window lately. Power lines, streetcar cables, and telephone wires... More >>

• "Garry Winogrand: The Sixties"

  published September 10, 2008

  Garry Winogrand was looking for answers. Unlike most of us, he looked for his through the viewfinder of a 35mm Leica, snapping the 1960... More >>

• Mrs. Vera — the Cindy Sherman of Drag

  published September 10, 2008

  It turns out that the answer to the question we've all been asking — what would happen if the Cockettes and Cindy Sherman had a baby?... More >>

• O Hypodermic Light

  published September 10, 2008

  Less well known than some of the Beat poets, Philip Lamantia nevertheless embodied the spirit of his times so thoroughly that his life story now... More >>

• Griff On

  published September 10, 2008

  When you grow up as the son of a charismatic Democratic congressman who loudly championed the arts during the worst of the anti-NEA fights,... More >>

• 4:20

  published September 10, 2008

  It's a safe bet that after its first run Pineapple Express, the cannabis-powered comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, will become... More >>

• Come On Down!

  published September 10, 2008

  We're bigs fans of trivia nights at bars, and this is why: While trying to figure out what city the very last Pony Express ride ended in while... More >>

• Making Eating an Art

  published September 3, 2008

  John Updike called her “the poet of the appetites.” W.H. Auden said, “I do not know of anyone in the United States who writes... More >>

• Get Vertical

  published September 3, 2008

  Forget the hovercraft: Where the heck are our jet packs? In this, the futuristic year 2008, you’d think we’d all be zipping around in... More >>

• Putting Lace in Its Place

  published September 3, 2008

  Doilies are synonymous with fussiness. Gaining popularity during the Victorian era, the frothy decorations protected armchairs from icky, greasy... More >>

• Relics Revisited

  published September 3, 2008

  I Feel I Am Free But I Know I Am Not Sept. 4–Nov. 20 at SF Camerawork, 657 Mission (at New Montgomery), S.F. Call... More >>

• Visual Arts Picks

  published September 3, 2008

  Group Show: The Wizard of Oz Artwork that takes L. Frank Baum's classic children's book as its theme. Since the show... More >>

• Stand and Deliver

  published August 27, 2008

  When the ancient Polynesians invented surfing, they often used a paddle to help them navigate. Fast-forward a few millennia, and Stand-Up... More >>

• Because You Can’t Wear a Painting

  published August 27, 2008

  Last year, artist Takashi Murakami erected a Louis Vuitton shop in the middle of Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. It caused something... More >>