Bugs Bunny

SF Graffiti Vigilantes: Painting Over It Black

For a Football Coach, a Family Is a Wonderful Thing -- You Can Blame Them for Everything

Over the weekend, Scott Linehan, the 49ers' preferred choice to coordinate the team's once-proud (read: Not so proud anymore) offense surprised the team by offering the thanks-but-no-thanks. Turning down the job was an eyebrow-raiser -- but not so much as the excuse he offered: "The timing isn't rig ... More >>

What's the Matter With Kids Today? Did You Ever Think You'd Read the Terms 'Bullying' and 'Sodomize' in the Same Breath?

Some 'school bullies' have allegedly found a novel use for an umbrella, tooWhen I was in school, we had the boy who left a deposit in the broom closet. We had the boy who kissed other boys because he saw Bugs Bunny do it. We had the boys who ate boogers, paste, and other kids' lunches. We didn't hav ... More >>

Drag Kings

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Arthouse movie listings for April 8-14, 2009

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

You Mean, Like a Tripod?

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Repertory Film Listings

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Mark Twain would never have settled for the suburbs

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Repertory Film Listings

From San Francisco to London, women are donning men's clothes, assuming males personas, and challenging the very concept of gender. Just what is male and female, anyway?

Resolutions of the Rich and Famous

Or, at least, people we like

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

Lucifer, Arisen

A quintessential San Francisco story, starring charismatic musician/murderer Bobby BeauSoleil*

*with underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, cult leader Charles Manson, Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, and the Straight Satans motorcycle gang in suppo

Of Asterisks and Small Pols

When the city government tries to play satire police with the press, everyone with a sense of humor -- and a belief in the Constitution -- should be concerned

Hop to It

There's no eating just the ears at this "Bunny Jam"

So I Wrote a Snide Column

On big teeth, demographic pandering, and the Commonwealth Club

Orc Chops

The action's much meatier in Jackson's second Rings film

'Toon Town

The Cartoon Art Museum reopens

Beyond Bozo

A little levity can soothe tragic times, and San Francisco's Clown Conservatory has a new generation of entertainers eager to provide it

What's Up, Doc?

Bugs Bunny on Broadway is a multimedia salute to cartoons and classical music

Ring Wrangling

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

Letters

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

Reviews

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

House of Tudor

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

Second Time Around

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

Wicked Flicks

Sex, war, and pointy helmets: a guide to the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, the only thing Bugs Bunny, Adolf Hitler, and Francis Ford Coppola ever agreed on

Building the Perfect Beast

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Racket

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Go Ahead, Laugh

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Public Comment -- and Ranting -- May Yet Come to City Committee Meetings

You may yet get your say at a committee meeting, Mr. Beale...​Last month, SF Weekly wrote about a measure we feared would lead to, how shall we put it, "loons droning on, endlessly, during committee meetings." Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier, the measure's author, assured us that wouldn't happen, h ... More >>

Awkward Armageddon: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

You may yet get your say at a committee meeting, Mr. Beale...​Last month, SF Weekly wrote about a measure we feared would lead to, how shall we put it, "loons droning on, endlessly, during committee meetings." Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier, the measure's author, assured us that wouldn't happen, h ... More >>

What Does 33 Cubic Yards of Sewer Filth Look Like? And Can I Get It In Red?

Joe EskenaziWave back at the nice man cleaning detritus from the antebellum era out of the city's sewers...​Posit the question "How do they clean the sewers in San Francisco" and you'll be surprised. Unless, of course, your answer was "They roll out a device resembling a Victorian-era laboratory c ... More >>

Film Showtimes for the week of October 27-November 2, 2010

Joe EskenaziWave back at the nice man cleaning detritus from the antebellum era out of the city's sewers...​Posit the question "How do they clean the sewers in San Francisco" and you'll be surprised. Unless, of course, your answer was "They roll out a device resembling a Victorian-era laboratory c ... More >>

Afrika Bambaataa on the Origins of Hip-hop, the Perfect Beat, and His Most Treasured Record

Afrika Bambaataa​For those who haven't heard of Afrika Bambaataa, the Godfather of hip-hop, his resume looks something like this: 1969-1971: Warlord, Black Spades, Bronx River Houses, Bronx NY. Responsibilities included: Tagging turf; crossing enemy lines to forge relationships with other gangs ... More >>

Bunny Bust: SPCA Raids Home, Confiscates 21 Malnourished Rabbits in Oakland

Bugs Bunny had it easy ​Animal officials stormed a Lake Merritt home in Oakland's Tuesday night and scooped up 21 deformed and malnourished bunnies who were being prepped to be eaten. Now, they are looking to find these precious hares a new home after so much suffering, according to news reports. ... More >>

R.I.P. R.E.M., Masters of a Beautiful, Eclectic Rock 'n' Roll

Farewell, then.​ In case you still needed to know the difference between R.E.M. and U2, R.E.M. just broke up and U2 dies only when Bono is put in the ground. Whatever today's (honestly shocking) announcement means about R.E.M.'s 31-year-career, well, what did anything ever mean with this ban ... More >>

Paul Miyamoto: "No Regrets" Regarding Video of Prisoner Extractions

The hold music these days at the campaign office for sheriff candidate Paul Miyamoto is "Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt -- a tune immortalized by Bugs Bunny cartoons as the soundtrack of peace and tranquility. But just as Bugs always ruined that mood, a seven-year-old video with a decidedly different ... More >>