Anchorage

Michelle Shocked's Short Rise and Long, Confounding Fall

"She's all heart and no brains." By LORI SELKE In the wake of folk singer Michelle Shocked's anti-gay tirade at Yoshi's on Sunday, many of her old fans were stunned and dismayed, in large part because many were convinced she was a lesbian. And not without reason, although Michelle Shocked had be ... More >>

DJ Ultraviolet Sees Trap as the "Missing Link" Between EDM and Hip-Hop

Trap music has exploded on the rap and EDM scenes in the last year -- but local DJ Eva Lee, aka UV or UltraViolet doesn't seem fazed. Whether she's throwing a monthly party called Trap City or coming out with various trap mixes and an upcoming original EP, Eva deals heavily in trap's lurching, hip- ... More >>

Puck Yeah: Taking the Ice with the S.F. Bulls

Beer of the Week: The Bruery's Autumn Maple Tastes Like Thanksgiving's Sweet Side

Chances are, by the time Halloween rolls around, every pumpkin beer will have a special place as an impulse buy in your shopping cart. Unfortunately, the chances are even better that the beer in your wagon has very little pumpkin in it -- or possibly none at all. Many of the "pumpkin" beers that cro ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Anchorage Love Buzz

Due to the frigid temperatures, most breweries in Alaska have become adept at creating lush, heavy, warming beers. Alaskan Brewing is known for a smoky, dark porter and a rich barleywine. Glacier Brewhouse throws a month-long celebration of barleywine. Midnight Sun brewery is most famous for a legen ... More >>

Sample Beer and Burgers at SliderBar, Opening Tomorrow

Tomorrow Palo Alto's SliderBar Cafe will celebrate the grand opening of its second location in the former Criolla Kitchen space at Market and 16th. When we discovered that the beer menu was crafted by Certified Cicerone Eric Cripe (of the Jug Shop), we hustled over to the Castro for some beer and sl ... More >>

"Big Miracle": Saving the Whales Doesn't Save Any Laughs

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Occupy Movement to Shut Down West Coast Ports

​Even if police have cleared most Occupy encampments across the nation, the movement is still very much alive. According to Occupy Oakland, more protesters up and down the West Coast have joined in the effort to shut down the ports and disrupt the 1 percent on Dec. 12. According to Occupy Oakland: ... More >>

Ales Unlimited Showcases Craft Brew, City Beer Store Expands

Given the increasing popularity of craft beer, you'd think there would be specialty brew shops in every neighborhood by now. But, despite years of booming industry growth, City Beer Store and Healthy Spirits have held their footing as the city's notable destinations for craft beer shopping outside o ... More >>

New Anchorage Brewing Sour Beers Embrace Brett

​Who's afraid of the big bad "brett"? Brettanomyces yeast, used in conjunction with bacteria in many sour beers, is known to impart flavors with lovely descriptors such as "horse blanket" and "petting zoo." As old wives' tales go, winemakers who visit sour beer production sites must immediat ... More >>

Let Him Prey: High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Pedophile Priest Hidden

Gay Binational Couples Fighting Deportations On Obama's New DOMA Stance

​Gay couples are already using President Obama's new stance against the Defense of Marriage Act as a weapon to fight deportations of their foreign spouses. The couples hope that the administration's declaration last week that the law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman is uncon ... More >>

Pulling an All-Nighter, All Day: Beer Week Gets Brainy on Day 8

bittermelon/FlickrOffice hours: Cramming at City Beer Store.​Friday, Feb. 18 You've been wearing your party hat all week. On Day Eight of SF Beer Week, it's time to prove you're a gentle(wo)man and a scholar. Throw on that tweed jacket with suede elbow pads ― today's all about taking a scho ... More >>

Sarah Palin Contract Must Be Made Public, Judge Rules

Lots of legal 'verbiage' has been expended...​A Stanislaus County Judge this week ruled that the state university system broke the law by obscuring how much money -- and how many bendy straws -- it shelled out to lure Sarah Palin to CSU Stanislaus for a June fundraiser. Judge Roger Beauchesne issu ... More >>

Sarah Palin to Deliver $93,000 Speech Tonight

​After months of back and forth in which it was revealed that administrators at CSU Stanislaus were actively seeking to conceal how much it was showering on high-priced speaker Sarah Palin -- and portions of the her contract with the school turning up shredded in a dumpster after administrators cl ... More >>

CSU-Stanislaus Administrators Accused of Shredding Sarah Palin Documents They Claimed Did Not Exist

Sarah better run ... because Leland Yee is chasing down her finances​ Did Sen. Leland Yee just evoke Watergate in his ongoing quest to discern how much California State University-Stanislaus will pay Sarah Palin for a forthcoming speech? You betcha. When it was last month announced the former Repu ... More >>

The Best Crane Photos You May See All Day

At around 9:05 this morning, a trio of massive crane fresh from the factory in Shanghai passed beneath the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges -- with a Lebron James vertical leap of room to spare. SF Weekly's favorite floating photographer, Gabor Gardonyi, was there. A tugboat chef who moonlights as an ace ... More >>

On the Waterfront

Pier 39's management dismisses Joe Abuzaid as a wingnut, but this wingnut may be a real whistleblower.

Saturday Night: Lebowski Fest San Francisco Bowling Party

Stalkers Rejoice: More San Francisco Google Street Views

Cold War Kids Back for ColdWinterSF

The Bayview Battler

More than ready to take on politicians and redevelopers, Willie Ratcliff is in the most important fight of his life.

The Missing Man

Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?

Letters to the Editor

Week of February 23, 2005

Hair Story

Combing the aisles at the World Beard and Moustache Championships

Wander Lore

Folk singer David Dondero finds his songs the old-fashioned way -- by roaming the country's highways and byways

Cold Fête

A fund-raiser for an unusual art space gives new meaning to the term "frozen dinner"

Clear Window

The 13th annual International Window Cleaners Association Convention is transparently entertaining

Paying through the nose -- and the ears

Noncommercial radio versus the capitalist urge

S.F. Mush

Whom to root for at the 7th annual Urban Iditarod? Raiders of the Lost Bark, perhaps...

House Of Tudor

Reality Check; "Tribute to William Shatner"; Urban Iditarod; Thor

New School Session

After big labels beat on its door for years, Lootpack found a home on a small San Francisco imprint and an original approach to modern hip hop

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House of Tudor

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Slap Shots

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