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1. Feature

   Gathering Storm

   They pile up their stuff to the point of fire danger and rat infestation. A task force is taking on this nearly insurmountable problem.

   By Ashley Harrell

   Published: March 25, 2009

   Linda Harper is a woman on the brink of losing her home. But it's not a home in which anybody — including Harper — would choose to live. In fact, storage unit may...

2. Music

   An open letter to would-be Twitticians

   By Maya Kroth

   Published: March 25, 2009

   Everybody from your publicist to your barber's kid sister is recommending you get on Twitter, 'cause Twitter is the new Facebook. And it's tempting: What's not to love about...

3. Eat

   Thai Score

   Fabulous and unusual Thai food is available until the wee hours in the Tenderloin.

   By Meredith Brody

   Published: March 25, 2009

   It's rare that I've eaten in Thai restaurants that have exploded my idea of what Thai food is, introducing me to exciting dishes as good as anything I've ever eaten anywhere....

4. Film

   Monsters vs. Aliens

   In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

   By Robert Wilonsky

   Published: March 25, 2009

   At the end of 2008, DreamWorks Animation bossman Jeffrey Katzenberg embarked on a cross-country tour, toting 20 minutes' worth of Monsters vs. Aliens. The reason for his trek?...

5. Night&Day

   Sunshine Cleaning

   By Robert Wilonsky

   Published: March 25, 2009

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

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   In Synch

   By Michael Leaverton

   Published: March 25, 2009

   In (re)Presentation, dancers Jess Curtis and Maria Francesca Scaroni press themselves against each other in a symmetrical flow, exploring the interconnectedness and beauty of...

7. Night&Day

   Making History

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: March 25, 2009

   Anne Lamott reports that Flannery O’Connor is the genius who said, “Anyone who survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life.”...

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   Funny Ha Ha

   By Silke Tudor

   Published: March 25, 2009

   In psychoanalysis, the presence of a toilet in a dream is dully interpreted as an invitation to let go of emotional burdens and outmoded attitudes. Clearly, Freud never met Fou...

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   Don’t Call it a Genre

   By Silke Tudor

   Published: March 25, 2009

   Conspirators in the eight-hour long Switchboard Music Festival might best be described by the titles of their own work: Skronk, Biserka, Obsession, Digital Loom. Certainly,...

10. Night&Day

    Godardian Knot

    By Michael Fox

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Pop quiz: How many of you Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman fans out there have seen even one Jean-Luc Godard film? Frankly, friends, that’s plain embarrassing. You...

11. Night&Day

    That’s the Point, Stupid

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Ask people which deity they’re celebrating in the St. Stupid’s Day Parade and you might hear, “All of them.” You might also hear “sausage” or...

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    Thank God for God

    By Michael Fox

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Erich Von Stroheim and Cecil B. DeMille may not have believed they had a divine right to make movies, but on the set they were assuredly God. Pastor Richard Gazowsky of Voice...

13. Night&Day

    Ballerina

    By Michelle Orange

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Manuel Legris, a French dancer interviewed in Ballerina, Bertrand Norman’s involving study of the Russian ballet, insists that a Russian ballerina is easy to spot in a...

14. Night&Day

    Tôkyô Sonata

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Like a bottled message cast from the shores of an economy whose implosion precipitated our own, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tôkyô Sonata centers on Ryûhei...

15. Night&Day

    The Madness of Nick Cave

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Artist Nick Cave didn’t decide to call his art “Soundsuits” until he climbed into one and started moving around. He liked what he heard; a swishy, ritualistic...

16. Night&Day

    Play Me the Music

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Like a bottled message cast from the shores of an economy whose implosion precipitated our own, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tôkyô Sonata centers on Ryûhei...

17. Night&Day

    Size Matters

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: March 25, 2009

    The days of the big, gas-guzzling coffee table are over, and in solidarity, Mimi Zeiger released her Rizzoli architecture book, Tiny Houses, in a petite 7x7 inches. It...

18. Night&Day

    Very High Fashion

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Sigmund Freud is supposed to have said, "No one knows what women want." But in Valentino: The Last Emperor, the eponymous fashion designer is quite clear. "I know what women...

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    On the Lookout

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: March 25, 2009

    Comedian Beata Bakhtiari takes after Sarah Silverman: She's going there. "I don't really have a problem with child abuse, as long as it's not your child," she says, and...

20. Night&Day

    More Than a Movie Night

    By Michael Fox

    Published: March 25, 2009

    It is no slight to the programmers of the San Francisco Women’s Film Festival to say this is one event where the main action happens offscreen. Networking and support...