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Illustration by Charlie Powell
Until recently, pension reform was largely the obsession of a mafia of nerds. These economists, politicos, journalists, and others brandished...
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British producer Adrian Sherwood's life and music have come full circle. Thirty years ago, London's streets were wracked by inner-city riots. Then as now, police harassment...
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You have to give the smiling corn-cob sign above Pamonha's Brazilian Cuisine credit for truth in advertising. The cafe specializes in corn, or more specifically, a type of...
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At one point in Higher Ground, Vera Farmiga's decade-spanning directorial debut, the actress, playing Corinne, a woman still soaked with lake water after her baptism into an...
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It’s not uncommon for girls to grow bored with a male-dominated music scene, which is why some choose to grab it by the plums -— Kathleen Hanna, anyone? It’s no...
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Talkdemonic is two people making music in the high-tech/low-tech universe — like a fancy laptop bashed into an antique picture frame, the effect is pretty cool. Banjo,...
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Casting a wide shadow on the topography of San Francisco nightlife is monthly techno party Kontrol. Held at the historic (and sometimes messy) Endup, Kontrol features three...
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It seems like every week we hear that another institution in the proud world of publishing is in danger or has imploded. Yet their D.I.Y. “up from the people”...
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Wyatt Cenac regularly skewers the inherent absurdities in politics and race relations as a correspondent for The Daily Show. (See: “Rapper or Republican?”) Catch the...
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We can’t help but be enamored of Julian Koster, the lovable singing-saw player in Neutral Milk Hotel. This incredibly talented musician also performs under the moniker...
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We present to you a contradiction. You sit in a luxurious setting with a stunning view. People bring you wine and food. On a big screen you watch a man in a prison — a...
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Archibald Leach was a con man. Too harsh? He wouldn’t think so. But if you prefer, call him a self-made man. In Hollywood in the 1930s, Leach transformed himself from a...
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A four-hour film that zips by in a feverish dream, Sion Sono's ninja softcore art movie satire Love Exposure enlists viewers in its cult even as you're watching it. Which is...
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Inspired by a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James' commanding documentary The Interrupters, about "violence interrupters" in Chicago, who...
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In 1969, in one of the final episodes of the original Star Trek series, the writers beamed hippies aboard the Enterprise. Hippies. In Stardate 5832.3. "The Way to Eden" begins...
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The Radar Reading Series wants to give you a cookie and strain your brain. Organizer (and occasional contributor to SF Weekly’s arts and culture blog, the Exhibitionist)...
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Listen closely to the rhetoric of the 2011 political season. President Barack Obama — a conservative Democrat with a keen ear to Wall Street — is a fearsome...
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Sizzle
• Lauryn Hill might have delivered the encore of the summer at the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival this weekend: After performing all of her 1998 debut, she came...
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Last year, the annual Eat Real Fest swelled in size, and the crowds swelled to match. This year, for its third anniversary, the festival isn't getting bigger — it's...
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Inspired by a 2008 New York Times Magazine article by Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James' commanding documentary The Interrupters, about "violence interrupters" in Chicago, who...
