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41. BeatBox

    German Engineering

    By Phil Freeman

    Published: April 22, 2009

    Thomas Fehlmann, one of the prime movers on the German electronic music scene, has been around since the '80s, though his career really took off in the late '90s. He has...

42. Bouncer

    Isolation drills at Celia's

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: April 22, 2009

    When I get depressed, I usually isolate myself from everything. I retreat from friends, family, neighbors, roommates, pets, even books. No reading for me; I get lost in...

43. Eat

    Sean O'Brien's Zinnia flowers on Jackson

    By Meredith Brody

    Published: April 22, 2009

    There was general consternation among fans of the popular spot Myth when it was sold and chef Sean O'Brien left the restaurant, which did not survive his departure by many...

44. Fresh Eats

    Recently opened dining spots in S.F.

    Published: April 22, 2009

    A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats. 15 Romolo: 15 Romolo (at Broadway), 398-1359. North Beach. Cocktails and bar...

45. Film

    In The Soloist, Joe Wright turns Steve Lopez' Los Angeles Times series into schlock

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: April 22, 2009

    The Soloist opens with newspapers thudding onto lawns, a quaint sight that makes the movie practically a period piece, even though the events that inspired it took place within...

46. Film

    Hello, sophomore slump: Dito Montiel's Fighting lacks punch (among other things)

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: April 22, 2009

    Writing about A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, the 2006 debut film by director Dito Montiel, I likened it to the sort of crude but fascinating object one might find in an...

47. Film

    Revealed: Everything you wanted to know — or didn't — about Canuck headbangers Anvil

    By Camille Dodero

    Published: April 22, 2009

    Back in the late '70s, before Guitar Hero III or Rock of Love 2 or even VH1, a jolly Canadian guitarist named Steve "Lips" Kudlow formed a thrash band with his high school best...

48. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for April 22-28, 2009

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: April 22, 2009

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Grass Widow: Record release party and films by Lillian Maring, Jen Kirsten, Sweet tooth, and others....

49. Stage

    Despite the great source material, War Music bombs

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: April 22, 2009

    There's nothing in life quite like living in the moment. Being caught up in the immediacy of an experience and feeling fully engrossed in it to the exclusion of all other...

50. Stagecap

    The Homecoming

    By Chris Jensen

    Published: April 22, 2009

    In Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, we're confronted with the most unpleasant family reunion imaginable — and that's just the first act. The show concerns the long-absent...

51. Stagecap

    American Hwangap

    By Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: April 22, 2009

    Magic Theatre's artistic director, Loretta Greco, is very keen to compare American Hwangap and its Korean-American playwright, Lloyd Suh, to Sam Shepard and his plays of severe...

52. Encore

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    By Chris Jensen, Molly Rhodes and Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: April 22, 2009

    Act a Lady. Act a Lady ought to be a great time. Set in the Midwest in 1927, it's a comedy that considers what happens when small-town menfolk begin impersonating womenfolk at...