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Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen with photo by Joseph Schell.
Perhaps choicest of the trophies on display inside the SOMA office of videogame designer Tim Schafer is the...
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San Francisco's largest electronic dance music festival will now take place in Mountain View.
Seeking to capitalize on dance music's massive appeal, Live Nation planned to...
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"What are these called again?" I asked, scooping up a second mouthful of gravy-, chili paste-, and mayonnaise-drenched fries. "Gamja fries," said our server. "It's like ganja...
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The origin story of a beloved bedroom gadget, Hysteria, set in London in the 1880s, proceeds as a tedious, clumsy diddle, constantly reminding viewers how much progress has...
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In this town, it's heresy not to love Bill Irwin. The renowned clown and Tony Award-winning actor got his start in the Bay Area, where he was a founding member of the now...
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A disconnect over the meaning of the term "connectivity" is at the heart of the latest debate over Muni's Central Subway project. But it's more than semantics at stake. If...
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Sizzle
• For 2012, the annual Rock the Bells festival is touring a lineup heavy on Bay Area artists. We're excited to see Deltron 3030 (Del, Kid Koala, and Dan the...
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The lengths to which chefs like Bar Tartine's Nicolaus Balla are going to ensure the authenticity of their creative vision are reaching the poetic. In age when he could order...
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The latest phantasmagoria of cinematic quotation from Canadian director Guy Maddin, Keyhole is an extremely loose adaptation of the Odyssey. Jason Patric plays Ulysses Pick,...
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By Alan Scherstuhl and Erin Sherbert Published:
May 23, 2012
There's a chance that yesterday morning's commute was a touch easier than usual. Turns out that Tuesday, May 22 — also known as Harvey Milk Day, in honor of the 1930...
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Someone should write a book about places in S.F. that are good for lone diners and imbibers. You could give it a clever name, like Table for One, or Solo Cup, or I'm a Loser...
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An episodic ensemble piece based on cases handled by Paris's Child Protection Unit, Polisse is a mutant beast: Imagine an entire season of Law & Order: SVU condensed to...
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Punk rock can be an immensely powerful weapon of change, with fiery guitars and drums creating intense, perspective-shaking expressions of the human condition. Alternately,...
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As with meat processing and politics, the day-to-day drama, tedium, and heartbreak of prostitution have little to do with our spoon-fed fantasies about the profession. Michael...
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Even in a vinyl-friendly city such as San Francisco, most club nights are propelled by DJs spinning CDs or playing songs through laptops. Not so with 45 Sessions, a party that...
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Men in Black 3 reunites the series stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones with director Barry Sonnenfeld, who, beginning with 1991's The Addams Family, has made his fortune on...
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Nothing in this world is certain except death, taxes, and the Internet's boner for mash-ups. Hit YouTube this instant and you'll find remixes involving Lana Del Rey and The...
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Mark Lanegan's gruff but sultry baritone is a thing to reverently behold — as is his long and fascinating musical history. Whether you loved him in Screaming Trees and...
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A weekly listing of new dining spots around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats.
Bask SF: 42 Columbus (at Jackson), 392-2275, www.basksf.com. North Beach. Basque and...
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Artists' Television Access. Periwinkle Cinema Presents: SELF-REFLEXIVE: Experimental shorts about queer self-identity. Wed., May 23, 8 p.m. $6. Indocumentales /...
