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  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Tenderlions at Temple, Dabrye at 1015 Folsom, and More

    It's almost the weekend, and you know what that means. Yes, it's time for another roundup of recommended nightlife events. This week we've spread our net wide to show off a broad picture of what San Francisco has to offer. From old-school '00s electro bangers to Ibiza veterans, we've got you covere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Matthew Dear at Public Works, Frankie Knuckles at Mighty, Glass Candy at Mezzanine, and More

    You've seen the headlines: Noise Pop is finally here. As you can imagine, that means your options for entertainment for this weekend are dramatically expanded. We've got big parties on the horizon with performances by heavy hitting artists like Matthew Dear, Glass Candy, and Frankie Knuckles. That s ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Matthew Dear: Show Preview

    You've seen the headlines: Noise Pop is finally here. As you can imagine, that means your options for entertainment for this weekend are dramatically expanded. We've got big parties on the horizon with performances by heavy hitting artists like Matthew Dear, Glass Candy, and Frankie Knuckles. That s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Weekend Parties: Masters at Work, Ghostly International Meets Spectral, Nightbeat, and More

    Masters at Work plays 1015 Folsom on Friday​ House, house, and more house. If nothing else, this weekend offers a lot of rare opportunities for those whose tastes tend towards all things four-on-the-floor. First there's a performance by Masters at Work, then a showcase of canonical electronic ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 30, 2011

    Off the Syllabus: "The Best American Non-Required Reading" is a Pleasure

    Masters at Work plays 1015 Folsom on Friday​ House, house, and more house. If nothing else, this weekend offers a lot of rare opportunities for those whose tastes tend towards all things four-on-the-floor. First there's a performance by Masters at Work, then a showcase of canonical electronic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    San Francisco Borders Closes Today -- Books $1 or Less

    So long​ You wouldn't know it from its automated greeting, but the last of San Francisco's Borders Books is closing today. Call the store, and you'll still hear there are career opportunities available. But in reality, it is a sad day for anyone who worries about the future of bookstores, or w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Mixtape of the Day: Ghostly International's TED Compilation, "Music For Ideas"

    ​What's the craziest idea you've had lately? Covering your cat in Yves Klein-blue paint and letting it frolic on your boss's couch? Deep-frying a beet? Going to see Battle Los Angeles completely sober? Microloans for pirates? Exciting times. The University of Michigan held a TED symposium ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Meet the Bloggers: Alex Hochman

    Jesse HirschAlex Hochman.​You read them here, now find out who the hell they are: We give you the diverse group of men and women who cover the local food and drink scene for you on SFoodie. Alex Hochman Blogs About: Restaurants, kids' food, Jewish stuff, Danny Bowien San Francisco native A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Fancy Food Show Brings the Usual Mix of Sass and Class to Moscone

    Mary LaddGiant dancing Jelly Belly? Why, it must be the annual NASFT Fancy Food Show at Moscone.​Indulgence came in the form of cheese, oils (including a new cooking oil made from tea), cured meat, candy, chocolate, and toffee yesterday at Moscone Center, part of the annual NASFT Fancy Food Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Zingerman's Zzang Bars and the Gospel of Candy Freshness

    Alex HochmanZzang premium candy bars, available at Bi-Rite, Whole Foods, Canyon Market, and Cheese Plus.​"Freshness. It's all about the freshness." Charlie Frank, managing partner of Zingerman's Candy Company in Ann Arbor, Mich., is differentiating his Zzang bars from your run-of-the-mill ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Weekend Party Preview: Ghostly Beats and Tropical Dance

    Tycho's live band​Now that we've all had a chance to recover from the Fourth of July weekend, it's time to get out there and do it all over again -- though maybe with fewer BBQs and explosions. We've got a couple parties to suggest for your coming nighttime revelries, including a brilliant array o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2010

    Tortoise Doesn't Pander To Anyone But Tortoise

    ​TortoiseDas Boton@Great American Music HallJune 11, 2010 Better than: Not watching a genre-defying band you've idolized for over a decade. Watching a band such as Chicago's jazz-influenced post-rock ensemble Tortoise perform live is completely unlike anything else in the indie music circui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Maverick Chef Rounding Up Local Support for Gulf Coast Benefit

    Jesse Friedman/FlickrScott Youkilis.​Oops. In SF Weekly's 7-Day Dish e-newsletter, we described a benefit for leak-stricken Gulf fisherman: Mission restaurant Maverick would be setting aside proceeds May 20 for the Greater New Orleans Foundation's Gulf Coast oil spill fund. Turns out plans hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    How 'Generous' Is San Francisco? No. 13 Nationally, According to List.

    ​If only San Francisco could harness the kinetic energy generated by tens of thousands of coins being shaken in thousands of pan-handlers' cups -- we could power this city and sell off the surplus and re-invest it in coins in cups. To our knowledge, there's no accurate measure of how much loose ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2010

    Beyond the Wrapped Wiener

    ​If only San Francisco could harness the kinetic energy generated by tens of thousands of coins being shaken in thousands of pan-handlers' cups -- we could power this city and sell off the surplus and re-invest it in coins in cups. To our knowledge, there's no accurate measure of how much loose ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Bacon Guru Has New Plans to Spread His Pork Gospel by the Bay

    Zingerman'sCall it delayed gratification.​A medical emergency put the skids on Ari Weinzweig's last lard-flecked lap through the Bay Area. Next weekend at Omnivore Books (3885a Cesar Chavez at Church), the high priest of pork makes his triumphant return for a signing of Zingerman's Guide to Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Forget Your Extra Virgin. Swine Guru Says America is Steeped in Bacon Fat

    Zingerman'sSpreading the swine gospel​Is bacon the olive oil of North America? Care to taste some, and maybe pick up a new book while you're at it? Author Ari Weinzweig says bacon is the olive oil of North America. Weinzweig knows his swine and other delicacies; he's the cofounder of the famed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Laurine Wickett of 'Top Chef': The SFoodie Interview

    Left Coast CateringWickett: Not exactly in love with Vegas.​The 38-year-old Rochester, New York, native has an earthy, tousled vibe that makes you think of a Montessori teacher sipping post-pilates soy chais in Cole Valley. When she arrived in S.F. in 1990, Wickett started cooking at long-defu ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2009

    Barrel House’s secret formula: Cool shows, free admission

    Left Coast CateringWickett: Not exactly in love with Vegas.​The 38-year-old Rochester, New York, native has an earthy, tousled vibe that makes you think of a Montessori teacher sipping post-pilates soy chais in Cole Valley. When she arrived in S.F. in 1990, Wickett started cooking at long-defu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Upcoming Great American Food and Music Fest Features Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri, Marshall Crenshaw, Little Feat, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy -- and an Astounding Array of Eats

    There'll be plenty for both foodies and music lovers to enjoy at the Great American Food and Music Fest, a one-day event running from noon to 10 p.m. on June 13 at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View.Chef and Food Network star Bobby Flay is the host, and will demonstrate his famed grilling te ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2009

    Making History

    There'll be plenty for both foodies and music lovers to enjoy at the Great American Food and Music Fest, a one-day event running from noon to 10 p.m. on June 13 at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View.Chef and Food Network star Bobby Flay is the host, and will demonstrate his famed grilling te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead

    (Photo by Robert Matheu from Ron Asheton's MySpace page)Ron Asheton, guitarist for one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time, The Stooges, was found dead at his Ann Arbor, Michigan home early this morning. He was 60 years old, and according to MTV News, the cause of his death is still bei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    "I Actually Met a Guy, Literally, Who was Shot Eight Times in the Hospital." - Gavin Newsom on Violence Prevention in his 2008 State of the City Address

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Neil Young to Release Sugar Mountain Live From the Vaults

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2008

    Dearly Beloved

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Limited Perspective Playhouse: The Olympic Diet, Part 2 - Michael Phelps Edition

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Craigslist Love: Best. Pizza. Ever.

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Brother Ali's 'Truth Is Here' Tour Reaches SF in March

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2007

    DJ Vadim Ditches Breakbeat for Dub on 'The Soundcatcher'

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Battles Back in San Francisco In November at Great American

    By Benjamin Wachs 00:00 - "Well 2008 was a big year in terms of investing in programs and solutions to reduce violence in San Francisco." Gavin, Gavin, Gavin - however big 2008 was for investing in solutions to stop violence, it was an even bigger year for violence. Why not play to our strengt ... More >>

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Funk It Up

    NOMO drives Afrobeat to new destinations

  • Music

    April 5, 2006

    Jimmy Edgar

    Color Strip

  • Listen Up

    March 15, 2006

    All That Noise

    San Francisco's top-shelf noise scene serves yummy pancakes

  • Music

    June 29, 2005

    Nobody Listens to Techno

    Why San Franciscans are suffering from a case of technophobia

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    Dance, Dance Revolution

    This was the year electronic dance music got its head -- and its ass -- out of the past.

  • Music

    December 8, 2004

    BeatBox

    Swayzak's techno ain't what it used to be, but Matthew Dear is picking up the slack; the Nortec Collective brings beats from Tijuana.

  • Music Awards

    October 20, 2004

    Award Show Performers

    Thursday, October 21, 2004 at Ruby Skye

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2004

    "Slapdance Across America"

    Found Magazine is "reality played out on lined paper"

  • Film

    September 24, 2003

    The Hours and Times

    An experimental approach to the sensitive story of a man abused as a child

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Rise of the Machines

    Some say electronica's dead. We say Tadd Mullinix could be what's next.

  • Film

    May 14, 2003

    The King of Comedy

    Local sightings of a no-budget comedy about cutthroat pet-supply salesmen

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2002

    Finder's Keepers

    Your trash is treasure to Davy Rothbart, creator of Found magazine

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    South to the Future

    Warming Up to Global Warming

  • Calendar

    November 17, 1999

    Export AA

    Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • Film

    June 16, 1999

    Reel World

    Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • Calendar

    May 14, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • Calendar

    April 10, 1996

    Beat the Press

    Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • News

    February 14, 1996

    Pet Sounds

    Douglas Hollis combines audio with visual in his larger-than-life environmental sculptures

  • News

    October 25, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Douglas Hollis combines audio with visual in his larger-than-life environmental sculptures

  • Calendar

    April 12, 1995

    Night+Day

    Douglas Hollis combines audio with visual in his larger-than-life environmental sculptures

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