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Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen, based on The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.
A century ago, Daniel Burnham, the preeminent architect of his day, presented San...
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It might surprise anyone who's heard his booming tenor of a voice, but San Francisco singer-songwriter Bhi Bhiman didn't always want to be a musician. His first chosen...
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Behind us, a quintet of laptops, their screens leaning toward one another as if they're straining to stay in harmony. To our right, a blond woman sitting with a glass of wine...
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Although Japanese filmmaker and animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) serves only on the periphery as co-writer and production supervisor, his soulfulness still...
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From the dark and mangled Stephen De Staebler sculpture that stands at attention near 251 Third St., just 20 seconds of walking will bring you to the Keith Haring dancers on...
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Let's get this straight: Ross Mirkarimi isn't the victim of a political conspiracy because nobody's paid me yet.
Ed Lee's first rookie mistake: He appoints Christina Olague to...
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Sizzle
• Controversial singer Lana Del Rey played a very crowded show at Amoeba Music — and despite her shaky live reputation, she sounded pretty darn good. Del...
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Just a few steps down Larkin Street from the always-packed Saigon Sandwich, Prime Dip Gourmet Sandwiches quietly goes about its business creating straightforward, French...
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In Oscar nominee Chico & Rita, the life of Cuban pianist and composer Bebo Valdés seems to have been translated first into fairy tale and then through the filter of...
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903: 903 Cortland (at Folsom). Bernal Heights. Asian Fusion cafe.
Big Al's Cheez 'n Bologna: 556 Broadway (at Columbus). North Beach. Sandwiches.
Geppetto: 658 Vallejo...
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Working the long con and damn near getting away with it, this kissing cousin to Fargo, Cedar Rapids, and last year's Win Win makes for a surprisingly entertaining and...
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In the four years since its last full-length, 2008's Magnificent Fiend, Bay Area blooze-psych quintet Howlin Rain hooked up with famous admirer Rick Rubin, who helped midwife...
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Hostilities in This Means War are declared as two workmates compete for the affection of the same woman. The contested objective is Lauren (Reese Witherspoon), a product tester...
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Audium 9: Spatial electronic orchestrations and sound sculptures. Early arrival is advised. Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. $20. Audium-Theatre of Sound-Sculptured Space, 1616...
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The business suit has gone through different epochs and will always have cachet, but artist John-Mark Ikeda says that it's lost its "mythic" status and become a casualty of our...
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What follows are actual entries from a tiny, mysterious 1993 diary discovered at the Goodwill at 822 Geary by former SF Weekly Copy Editor Vicky Walker. As the year opens, our...
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He got his start producing icily aggressive gangsta rap beats for Harlem's Dipset crew, but AraabMuzik — the stage moniker of Rhode Island native Abraham Orellana —...
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Shot in 2005—lead actress Anna Paquin, now 29, credibly plays a 17-year-old—Margaret was delayed first by the editing room angst of writer/director Kenneth...
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Dear fans of the Hold Steady and (the now-legendary) Lifter Puller: Stay positive, for the ever-charismatic Craig Finn is once again gracing a San Francisco stage — and...
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Garland Jeffreys has made it almost to age 70 without having to prove a damn thing. This takes some doing when your music includes influences as diverse as Lou Reed, Bruce...
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