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Design by Andrew J. Nilsen
Nestled into the rugged hillside high atop Twin Peaks, 125 Crown Terrace boasts a breathtaking panorama of the city below. It is the embodiment...
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Well, 2012 was fun, eh? We paid almost nothing for our music (but argued about it a lot), finally saw Metallica play Golden Gate Park, and went to more raves than ever before....
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The European pastry shop, with its gleaming glass display cases stocked with rows of intricately layered pastries and museum-worthy glazed tarts, has never quite caught on in...
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Reportedly inspired by a violent mugging experienced by writer-director Ciarán Foy, this hopelessly muddled horror movie takes place in a United Kingdom public housing...
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Just when AT&T Park has had a chance to cool off after the Giants' World Series win, another high profile event comes to town. But this one's in tune with the holiday spirit....
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This week is a good one to relax and enjoy the city in a way that may not be easy to achieve during your normal hectic schedule. Whether you have relatives in town or not, we...
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Repeated exposure and adoration from the masses have turned most popular music and art festivals into blown out, oversaturated, and commercialized trash -- vain attempts to...
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There are at least four big comedy shows in San Francisco tonight and the good news is that you can’t go wrong no matter which one you pick. Greg Proops -- San Francisco...
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You can only Peter Pan your way through the most festive night of the year so many times before you realize there might be perks to actually making plans -- free champagne,...
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Oakland's zoo may have the largest LED holiday light display in the Bay Area, but you know what it doesn't have? Reindeer. These might not be of the flying variety, but the...
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The Embarcadero has seen a fair bit of controversy in recent years. There were tense negotiations over how much leeway the city would give the America’s Cup race, a...
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Unlike Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney didn’t completely abandon short subjects for features. After all, there was a lot of money in cartoons, especially after television...
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Artists use other people's work all the time when they find something in the pop cultural ether that resonates with them and then fold it into their own art. But sometimes the...
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History isn’t boring, but far too often, the person telling it is. Forget dense books about politicians that all but ensure a midday nap. Turn off the History...
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In a short three year span, the first AIDS epidemic crashed into the Castro and completely disrupted the culture. Gay San Franciscans, and especially residents of the Castro,...
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The label "pop artist" was first applied to painter Wayne Thiebaud in the early 1960s, when his everyday items — cakes, pies, and gumball machines — appeared at...
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Last week the public reacted rather strongly after the University of California released a cheaper, crappier logo for our cheaper, crappier times. Nostalgic alumni would,...
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Sizzle
• Julio Bashmore kicked things up a notch at a special Lights Down Low at Cellspace, where the fashionable twentysomething crowd contrasted sharply with the...
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While exploring the food truck world, it becomes clear that there is a divide of expectations that make it tough for the vendors. On one side are people who demand big and...
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Distinguished only by its fantastic ensemble cast — including Kate Mara and Treat Williams — Stefan Ruzowitzky's Deadfall just isn't manic enough to be memorable....
