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Heron's Head Park in Hunters Point is one of San Francisco's secret treasures. On what was once a dumping ground, people now stroll one-third of a mile onto the bay on an...
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This month marks not only the close of the year, but also the end of a decade in which we saw the way we create, listen to, and consume music become faster and easier for...
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Finding honest-to-God Louisiana cooking in this town is as difficult as tracking down a proper deep-dish pizza, an outstanding haggis, or a really good goulash. The cuisine of...
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1/ The Hurt Locker
The decade's strongest Iraq movie is also the year's finest action flick, not to mention director Kathryn Bigelow's personal best. Working from Mark Boal's...
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John Rosow is a P.I., hired off a cold-call to trail a man. It turns out he's distinctly bad at his job—once he's got his mark in sight, he starts slamming martinis and,...
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Yesterday's honky-tonk hero, Bad Blake, arrives at a Clovis, New Mexico, bowling alley. It's another in a string of low-pay, low-turnout gigs with pickup bands half his age,...
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"The Little Tramp" is undoubtedly the stage name of some burlesque performer by now. But this New Year's Eve, the Goth cathedral screens three short films by the original...
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The matchbox is a slightly archaic item these days, which makes it a resonant subject for art. At "Matchbox Show," 50 artists reinterpret 500 matchboxes and their contents as...
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There are no angles or themes at White Walls' "Winter Group Show," just a huge selection of work by well-known and up-and-coming artists such as Mike Shine, Rich Jacobs, AJ...
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When is the warehouse crew on The Office going to be developed? When will Darryl be promoted and take a desk next to Andy, or get caught sending shipments of weed through the...
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Planet Rock New Year’s Eve 2010: A Bass Odyssey may be named in honor of its headliner, but it will also be a hot gathering of local hip-hop, electro, and reggae talent...
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Next year is sure to be stranger than 2009, which makes it only fitting to ring the thing in with performances by three unconventional comics. Not Your Normal New Year’s...
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The problem with reimagining Shakespeare is that his imagination usually stays a few steps ahead of yours. Just in the past few months, I've seen Twelfth Night rewritten as an...
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Supervisor David Campos recently announced his intention to create a medical marijuana task force to advise him and his board colleagues on issues involving the "compassionate...
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A weekly listing of new restaurants around town. To recommend a spot, e-mail fresheats.
Baker and Banker: 1701 Octavia (at Bush), 321-2500, www.bakerandbanker.com. Pacific...
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Looking back on a decade dominated by the movie franchise — Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Spider-Man to name just a few — and overrun with...
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This production being a Broadway import, you might expect just another generic and generally unchallenging extravaganza. Arguably, it is, but how appealing that the most...
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The indictment of private investigator Steve Vender on a felony witness-tampering charge last month has caused plenty of grumbling in the clubby circle of San Francisco's...
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Unlike the zigzagging protagonist of his latest film, Up in the Air, Jason Reitman tends to stay close to home. "If we were in a small town, you'd call me a 'townie.' I'd be...
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Cirque du Soleil's worldwide success has fed its dilemma of needing to invent something original with each successive touring show while adhering to its lucrative formula. Ovo...
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