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1. Feature

   The Man Who Cried Dust

   Christopher Muhammad's fight with Lennar over toxic dust has resulted in a restraining order against him, an accusation that he's a shakedown artist, and grudging respect from his rivals.

   By Lauren Smiley

   Published: July 1, 2009

   When Nation of Islam minister Christopher Muhammad walked into a community meeting at the Bayview Opera House this spring, everyone knew he'd come to yell at people who don't...

2. Bouncer

   German stereotype engineering at Schroeder’s

   By Katy St. Clair

   Published: July 1, 2009

   I was recently on my annual vacation with my mother. We ended up in western Wyoming, floating down the Snake River with an American guide and about 46 German tourists. I guess...

3. Music

   Dirty Projectors continue to rise above

   By Doug Wallen

   Published: July 1, 2009

   The new Dirty Projectors record, Bitte Orca, sounds as if mastermind David Longstreth took advice from the title of his 2007 triumph, Rise Above. He's elevated his approach...

4. Eat

   Little Skillet's stellar takeaway can brighten a summer day

   By Matthew Stafford

   Published: July 1, 2009

   The second day of summer 2009 almost persuaded San Franciscans that maybe all that warm summer weather talk isn't just a lot of hype. The sky was a beautiful fogless shade of...

5. Film

   Jennifer Lynch returns triumphant, bringing Julia Ormond along for the ride in Surveillance

   By Melissa Anderson

   Published: July 1, 2009

   Jennifer Lynch — like Sofia Coppola, on occasion — has been tarred with the unfounded claim that her films get made only because of who her father is. David Lynch...

6. Night&Day

   Eldorado

   By Melissa Anderson

   Published: July 1, 2009

   The title of Bouli Lanners’s modest yet surprisingly affecting road-trip/buddy movie, which refers to an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity, isn’t...

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   Sex Positive

   By Melissa Anderson

   Published: July 1, 2009

   First-time filmmaker Daryl Wein wasn’t even born when AIDS was first recognized by the CDC in 1981, but his documentary on Richard Berkowitz, one of the initial advocates...

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   A Lot to Take In

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: July 1, 2009

   A literary agent at an author's birthday party not too long ago told us we were living in Paris in the '20s. All cultural expression in our corner of San Francisco, he said --...

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   Lovely Lena

   By Tara Jepsen

   Published: July 1, 2009

   James Gavin’s new biography, Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne, is an astute investigation into what would ideally be a bygone American tale: a wildly talented black...

10. Night&Day

    Rosie, Meet Polly

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: July 1, 2009

    The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge spans the Carquinez Strait, and is the only bridge in the country named for a worker. Local aerial dance company Flyaway Productions uses the...

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    What Is This, Petaluma?

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Nobody said baseball organizations lack ambition — the Giants County Fair spans 10 days and will be open more than 80 hours. We’re a little in awe. There’ll be...

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    A Sweet Ride

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: July 1, 2009

    With the May arrival of Three Twins Ice Cream, the last piece of the puzzle fell into place — the Ice Cream Sunday Ride is a go. It’s a tour not to be taken lightly....

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    Fighting to Work

    By Silke Tudor

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Seventy-five years ago, San Francisco was brought to a standstill after police fired into a crowd of striking longshoremen and their sympathizers. “Bloody Thursday”...

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    Messrs. Gorgeous

    By Justin F. Farrar

    Published: July 1, 2009

    The Skygreen Leopards' last album, 2006’s Disciples of California, was a sunny ode to the Golden State. The San Francisco outfit, founded by singer-guitarists Glenn...

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    Teatro de Vecinos

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Mexican theater company Tutiatro is a wide-ranging but small troupe. It must be streamlined from traveling so much, having jetted to Venezuela, Colombia, France, and plenty of...

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    Legendary Silence

    By Michael Fox

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Contemporary moviegoers often view the silent era as a kind of crude training ground deservedly relegated to the attic (with great-grandmother’s scrapbooks) by the advent...

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    Drink Up

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Some songs make you laugh. Other songs make you cry. “Our Lips Are Sealed” makes you gay. As does “True Colors” and “I Will Survive,” and so much...

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    The Way It Is

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Wyatt Cenac will soon get his own sitcom, or appear in a dozen movies. Or he could star in The Office. That’s the fate of Daily Show correspondents after they burn out on...

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    Fog Belt Flicks

    By Michael Fox

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Here’s a helpful hint Heloise neglected to mention: Guys will say and do anything to get laid. You already knew that? Well, that’s precisely what frustrates the...

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    Tat That

    By Tara Jepsen

    Published: July 1, 2009

    Come meet the man behind the T-shirts — you’ve seen his John Hancock next to skulls, butterflies, and koi on sweater vests, baby clothes, and windbreakers....