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When We Were Red Hot: S.F.'s Tamale Industry Once Ruled America

Knowledge Is Powerfully Funny

Santa Julia Torrontes: Like Drinking Fresh Flowers

​Argentina is working hard on marketing Malbec as its signature grape, but I prefer Torrontes. For one thing, unlike Malbec, which was imported from France, Torrontes may actually be indigenous to Argentina. People used to believe it was the same as a grape of the same name in Spain's Galicia ... More >>

Fetzer 2010 California Moscato

​Muscat may be the most sensible, down-to-earth grape there is. Unlike so many other varieties, it doesn't play around: Ferment it into wine, age it for a time, and pour it into the glass, and it still smells and tastes like the grapes from which it was made. Muscat, in fact, is said to be the ... More >>

Historic Preservation Commission to Review New Plans for Alexandria Theater

The Alexandria Theater​If you're a fan of cool old movie theaters in the Richmond District -- and there are a few of them -- you might take an interest in a new set of designs for the renovated Alexandria Theater that city officials will review tomorrow.The Historic Preservation Commission will be ... More >>

Final Cut?

No one wants the Clay Theatre to close, but few are lining up to see movies there either.

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Bookstore Love

When one door closes, another opens

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When one door closes, another opens

Under the Gun

Why the Army thinks a 30-year-old college-educated California bull rider will help it recruit soldiers during wartime

Monsturd of the Ballot Box

Why a movie theater-restoration measure should get flushed in November

Ultra Marathon Man

Even among long-distance runners, S.F.'s Dean Karnazes is a phenom

The Dreamlife of Angels

The year ahead in local film

Adventures in Wonder-land

A transporting search for the creator of the Museum of Lost Wonder

Absolutely Fabulous

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

Gizmo King

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

Potty Mouth, the Movie

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Reel World

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe ...

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

Reel World

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

Peking Soap Opera

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

Reel World

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life

Behind the Scenes

Transformed by a romanticized airport novel, our heroine constructs a strangely compelling life