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As California's energy crisis heads into what promises to be a brutal summer, the degree of dysfunction within the state's electricity market is already painfully apparent. On...
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Mark Eitzel sits at a long table in a conference room, his trademark short-brimmed hat in front of him. He's sharing a panel on new technology issues at the CMJ Change Music...
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I didn't realize the extent to which people love their Mission District burrito of choice until a few years ago, when a former girlfriend's sister (who was visiting from...
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After winning five separate Audience Awards and other honors at various gay and lesbian film festivals over the past year, Thomas Bezucha's Big Eden has finally opened in...
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Dance/theater maker Joe Goode has big teeth, long, hairy legs, and a voice as smooth as Baileys Irish Cream. When he puts his lanky body in a short, flouncy dress and smiles...
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Athol Fugard's most autobiographical play springs from a quarrel he had as a teenager with a black waiter who worked in his family's South African tea shop. "Can't remember...
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To understand the awful housing mess San Francisco has gotten itself into, it's useful to get to know Nick Pasquariello, a freelance technical writer who's lived in the...
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When did rock 'n' roll get so serious? The members of Radiohead act like they have a tougher time making music than Nietzsche did explaining human existence, while emo-punk...
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There are all sorts of ways to celebrate a birthday. My friend Eddie decided that the best way to celebrate his own was to navigate the girth of his adopted city in the grand...
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House of Games Now we know why Ted Nasser, whose family built the Castro Theater in 1922, was so reluctant to talk about Blumenfeld Theaters' expiring lease to operate the...
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There's no better place to be than San Francisco in June if you're gay, proud, and artistically inclined. In addition to the annual parade (June 23) and the usual shenanigans...
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Vaclav Havel's 1965 play is a provocative farce about a bureaucracy's attempts to improve communication by introducing an artificial language called Ptydep into the workplace....
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When Neil Eisenberg, a lawyer running for city attorney, read last week that the City Attorney's Office had investigated the personal and financial background of an official...
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Singer and guitarist Rhett Miller wants to ask us something. In track seven of the new Old 97's album, Satellite Rides, he drops the bomb: "Someday somebody's going to ask...
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Jail Bait Harry apologizes for his recent absence from this space: He was doing his civic duty by serving on a jury -- oh, and scoping out noontime nosh spots in the 850...
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A cautionary note: Playwright Paul Rudnick named this work after biblical lore; the title isn't meant to describe the play itself, although Fabulous is a very funny piece,...
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If the copyright date on One were 1993 and not 2001, Mission:'s debut album would probably be talked about in hushed tones. The Berklee School of Music-trained and...
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Dear Social Grace,
I've recently been invited to two weddings that involve grooms I'm friends with and brides I've never met. In both cases, I was invited to bridal showers; I...
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Tamra Davis is bound by contract not to discuss the film that, at this very moment, she's editing for release next year. "I'm officially not supposed to do any press for it,"...
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The Bum's Rush
Cleaning house at the Housing Authority: While I agree with you that the Housing Authority needs overhauling (Matt Smith, "Bum Advice," May 16, on a proposal to...
