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21. Encore

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    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    By Nathaniel Eaton, Chris Jensen, Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Fukú Americanus. After finding great success bringing Dave Eggers' novel You Shall Know Our Velocity to the stage (Sacrament, 2004), the Mission's Campo Santo is...

22. Sucka Free City

    Compost, or else, says Newsom

    By Benjamin Wachs

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Gavin Newsom's proposal requiring all San Francisco residents to recycle and compost their trash is being signed into law. What do you need to know about the new...

23. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Get Off On Life A big world outside your pants: This is one of the saddest things I have read in quite a while ["A Beautiful Risk," Ashley Harrell, Feature, 6/10]. We are...

24. Hear This

    Femi Kuti

    By Eric K. Arnold

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Antibalas is usually given credit for kick-starting the Afrobeat revival; that honor actually should go to Olufela Olufemi (Femi) Anikulapo Kuti. The eldest son of Afrobeat...

25. Hear This

    Miike Snow

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Is it premature to call Miike Snow's "Animal" a readymade hit? Breathy and quivering, the song's pop fluency and offhand reggae vibe have already inspired four remixes. (Snag...

26. Hear This

    Keyshia Cole

    By Tamara Palmer

    Published: June 17, 2009

    On her 2008 album, A Different Me, Keyshia Cole swapped her previous tales of heartbreak for songs of celebration and happiness, but the Oakland-born, Atlanta-based R&B star's...

27. Hear This

    Grizzly Bear

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Even discounting its strings and choirs, Grizzly Bear's loudly heralded new album, Veckatimest, is constructed with enough majesty and precision to warrant nods to classical...

28. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for June 17-23, 2009

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: June 17, 2009

    ed by Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser. To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "The Ohlones' First Contact with Europe": Live radio...

29. BeatBox

    Ghislain Poirier and Daedelus

    By Ron Nachmann

    Published: June 17, 2009

    Renowned electronica label Ninja Tune stays ahead of the intelligent dance music game with bills like this one, which teams up two of its artists — L.A. electronic beat...

30. Bouncer

    The naan, the bitch, and the mall bar at Straits

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: June 17, 2009

    When I was a kid, the most exciting part of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was the beginning of the book, when a child pushes through the back of the wardrobe during a...