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41. Night&Day

    He’s Got Your Card

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: January 14, 2009

    In his one-man show Devil in the Deck, Paul Nathan spins tales about Jack Swindle, a devilish con man who travels the world experiencing capital-letter Adventure and Intrigue....

42. Night&Day

    The Grass Is Dead

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Bluegrass is a synonym for geezer music, most places. And we say, Go geezers! Nothing wrong with grampa picking a banjo on the porch. But every 20 years or so, some crazy...

43. Night&Day

    Pow! Blam!

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Aside from Wonder Woman and the Black Panther, comic-book superheroes tend to be pretty homogenous, demographically speaking. You've got your Bat-, Spider-, Super-, and Iron...

44. Night&Day

    Bringing in the Trash

    By Tara Jepsen

    Published: January 14, 2009

    A person could argue that all San Francisco is an art dump and we just dwell on mounds of materials and resources until an artisan with a wandering eye grabs the driftwood...

45. Night&Day

    More Barrels

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: January 14, 2009

    We've been watching you, coffeehouse. Your handsome walls have held some very interesting art, even though you are young. All anyone else wants to say about you is that you...

46. Night&Day

    Border Crosser

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: January 14, 2009

    John Gibler, the author of Mexico Unconquered, has spent years writing and reporting on social justice issues in Latin America and the U.S. for news outlets like KPFA, Znet,...

47. Night&Day

    Donnie Darko

    Published: January 14, 2009

    It opened in the days after 9/11 and features a plane crashing, a demonic bunny, a Joy Division song, a legitimate star, and the world ending (or not, or something). Eight...

48. Night&Day

    Here Come the Funny People

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Every year, we stand agape at the lineup for SF Sketchfest, wondering who thinks San Francisco comedians are rock stars (we know that’s Sketchfest director and co-founder...

49. Night&Day

    Good Boy!

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Imagine you had a really hard time with spoken language. Further, what if it were obvious some people thought you didn't have emotions at all? If this was you -- autistic --...

50. Night&Day

    All That Show Must Go On

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: January 14, 2009

    In interviews, Charlie Kaufman has floated the idea of building a scale-model Las Vegas in Las Vegas—which would entail building a scale-model scale-model Las Vegas, and...

51. Stage

    Trenchcoat in Common explores loss of privacy in a Web-connected world

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: January 14, 2009

    There comes a time in every blogger's life when she discovers an alarming truth: People actually read her words. I started blogging partly out of a desire to share Important...

52. Special Feature: Resolution Guide

    Keep It Cheap

    Party smarter, not less, in 2009.

    By Jenna Humphrey

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Maybe you're restless and don't like to stay home. Maybe you spend your nights purging yourself of job-induced stress. Maybe you're a glutton for fun. Whatever propels you out...

53. Music

    Willie Nelson: The Herbal Hillbilly Sinatra

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: January 14, 2009

    There are people who despise country music who will admit to liking him. Notorious honky hater Miles Davis named a composition for him. He's a country star who releases what he...

54. Fresh Eats

    New Restaurants

    Published: January 14, 2009

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. Cafe Mystique: 464 Castro (at 17th St.), www.cafemystiquesf.com. Castro. North...

55. Film

    From Reverence to Rape

    Hollywood plunders meaning from the Holocaust — again.

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Will there be a special Academy Award for Best Aryan Costume Design this year? Everywhere you turn in the movies, it's swastika flags and SS uniforms. Although the Holocaust...

56. Encore

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    By Chloe Veltman and Chris Jensen

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party. The core conceit of Aaron Loeb's ambitious, hilarious, and dramaturgically hairy comedy is that the audience gets to vote on which order...

57. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Double Bagged Plastic not so fantastic: This is a really good article ["Bagged," Joe Eskenazi, Feature, 1/7]. I thought it was biased in favor of plastic bags for the first few...

58. Music

    History as predicted by Inauguration Day's #1 hits

    By Andrew Stout

    Published: January 14, 2009

    When you wake up on Tuesday, Jan. 20 — the day of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration — should you consult your copy of the Times or Billboard to set...

59. Film

    One-Ton Guerrilla

    Soderbergh's two Che Guevara films in one four-hour sitting.

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: January 14, 2009

    Editor's note: Just after we went to press, we learned that this movie's release date had changed to January 16. And so the endless campaign wraps up with a flurry of virtual...

60. Special Feature: Resolution Guide

    Try It On

    Stay fashion forward by looking in the back of your closet.

    By Karen Macklin

    Published: January 14, 2009

    I never like to buy clothes at full price, but given the current economy I might not buy clothes at all. It's hard to justify buying a new pair of boots when you're not sure...