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21. Matt Smith

    The Thomas White Affair

    Palm Springs arrests cast doubt on the prosecution of a San Francisco man in a sex tourism case.

    By Matt Smith

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Thomas Frank White, 73, once a famed San Francisco stockbroker and philanthropist, sits in a Puerto Vallarta jail cell, facing charges that he invited boys to a mansion there...

22. Music

    Janaka Selekta turns massive breakups into meditative debut

    By Tim Pratt

    Published: March 18, 2009

    It's often said that the best records are made following great emotional upheaval. If that's true, San Francisco–based producer and DJ Janaka Selekta just made the album...

23. Fresh Eats

    New Restaurants

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Caffeinated Comics: 3188 Mission (at Valencia), 829-7530, www.caffcom.com. Mission. Coffee, juices, and comics. Contigo: 1320 Castro (at 24th St.), 285-0250,...

24. Film

    The Bourne Comedian

    Tony Gilroy's (heretofore unseen) expert light touch in Duplicity.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Whether it's the amnesiac super spy of the Bourne franchise or the weary law-firm fixer of Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy specializes in characters who wear so many masks that,...

25. Sucka Free City

    Bidness as Usual

    Firm that won $26 million contract donated to campaigns tied to supervisors and the mayor.

    By Benjamin Wachs

    Published: March 18, 2009

    This looks bad: In mid-January, the Board of Supervisors awarded a no-bid $26 million contract to AECOM, a multinational construction management company, to help manage the...

26. Music

    Cryptogramophone attracts Left Coast jazz all-stars

    By Sam Prestianni

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Los Angeles native Jeff Gauthier is a veteran improviser and composer with a knack for drawing gifted artists into his orbit. While he's an adept and eclectic performer, the...

27. FilmCap

    Sunshine Cleaning

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: March 18, 2009

    More than a year after its first twirl at Sundance, this Amy Adams–Emily Blunt dramedy finally shrugs its way into theaters. It feels almost like an afterthought. A film...

28. Encore

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    By Chris Jensen and Molly Rhodes

    Published: March 18, 2009

    The Model Apartment. Comedy may be tragedy plus time, but sometimes a tragedy is so immense that it can only devolve into savage farce. Donald Margulies' The Model Apartment,...

29. Sucka Free City

    Stay Away ... Please

    Can cops keep an accused drug dealer from roaming the Tenderloin?

    By Peter Jamison

    Published: March 18, 2009

    When it comes to the politics of law enforcement, few parlor games are quite as popular among San Francisco's police officers, prosecutors, and elected officials as the Blame...

30. Sucka Free City

    Marketing Marijuana

    Suggestions for brand names in S.F.

    By Staff, SF Weekly

    Published: March 18, 2009

    San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano recently introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana. Here are some brand names (and their slogans) we'd like to see on store shelves...

31. Let's Get Killed

    Arts groups create new music opportunities in the Tenderloin

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Enough. After months of grim reports about how this country is sloping toward a massive economic apocalypse, it's time for a bit of good news. So here it is: One of the most...

32. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Yelp Reviews Leave Bad Taste Serving up spite: Thanks to Lauren Smiley for writing this story ["Faux-Star Reviews!," Feature, 3/11] about Yelp. I think Smiley did a great job...

33. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for March 18-24, 2009

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Artists' Television Access. OpenScreening: Film and video open mike. Thu., March 19, 8 p.m. free-$5. "The Muse of Cinema": Feature-length program of short films by Kerry...

34. Hear This

    Free-Jazz Punishment

    By Dave Pehling

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Over the past decade, Italian power trio Zu has refined its brutal mix of slide-rule hardcore and noisy free-jazz skronk into a terrifying onslaught. With echoes of Lightning...

35. Hear This

    Banjo Man

    By Nicholas Hall

    Published: March 18, 2009

    A musician who devotes an entire career to the banjo is a bit like a chef choosing to serve nothing but anchovies. Both instrument and ingredient are generally considered...

36. BeatBox

    Throbbing MSTRS

    By Tony Ware

    Published: March 18, 2009

    It'd be easy to chart a Venn diagram of the sonic relationships delivered by Canadian production duo MSTRKRFT. Just assign red to the beat, blue to the bass, and green to the...

37. BeatBox

    Live Ringer

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: March 18, 2009

    Ahead of its fifth, untitled studio album, Four Tet (DJ and producer Kieran Hebden) is hitting the road for a North American tour. The U.K. act's most recent release, Ringer,...

38. Bouncer

    Ant Farm at the Tavern

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: March 18, 2009

    The famous biologist Edward O. Wilson has coauthored a new book, Superorganisms, about wasps, bees, and his personal favorites, ants. It's hard not to think of Wilson when I am...