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NYC's Nickodemus Makes Dance Music About Climate Change

World music producer and DJ Nickodemus has been spreading messages of positivity and global awareness by way of hip-hop, acid jazz, funk, and abstract beats since 1996. From launching one of the first late-night outdoor events in NYC (Turntables on the Hudson) to recording a compilation for Next Aid ... More >>

"Woyzeck": Socioeconomic Theory, the Musical

Enjoy Barrel-Aged Brew and Beer Cocktails with Shmaltz Brewing

Those nice Jewish boys at Shmaltz Brewing are always up to something. One day they're concocting a recipe for a Pumpernickel Bagel Porter, the next day they're opening the "world's smallest brewery," pumping out craft lagers one gallon at a time next door to the Coney Island Circus Slideshow. The br ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings May 23-29, 2012

Live Review, 4/16/12: Godspeed You! Black Emperor Stays Elusive at Great American Music Hall

By DAVID CORCORAN Godspeed You! Black Emperor Pierced Arrows April 16, 2012 Great American Music Hall Better than: Standing planted in one spot for two hours doing almost anything else. Things You Probably Didn't Learn at Last Night's GY!BE Show That You Were Thinking Maybe You Would There were a ... More >>

L.A. Rocker Hanni El Khatib on Why Karaoke Terrifies Him More Than Performing

Los Angeles rocker Hanni El Khatib comes off like a badass. Car crashes adorn his release covers, his songs are inspired by '50s blues and '60s garage, and in at least one tune ("You Rascal You," a cover), the song's narrator stalks an adulterer with murderous intent. Khatib's image -- that of a my ... More >>

Naked Is the New Black

SF Beer (and Food!) Week Highlights Include Night Cheese and a Circus

Man cannot live on beer alone. Or, at least it's not recommended. While the focus of SF Beer Week is squarely on the brew, there are dozens of events that explore the intersection of beer and food. If you're reading SFoodie, then you probably have a stomach. Fill 'er up at these unique pairing event ... More >>

Julie's Coffee & Tea Garden in Alameda is a Reason to Cross Two Bridges

​Although Alameda is almost literally smack dab in the middle of the San Francisco Bay Area, it's always been somewhat of a culinary wasteland*. However, lately there's a sea of promising restaurants opening, and some of the old classics are kicking it up a notch. One is Julie's Coffee and Tea ... More >>

More Than Just a Pretty ... Face

Sweet History

Poetic Co-conspirators

Lou Reed and Metallica's Lulu: A First Listen

​ What pisses me off is not that Lou Reed is collaborating with one of the more overrated bands of my lifetime, or doing his batshit Lou Reed thing (I rather enjoy his batshit Lou Reed thing) -- it's that he hasn't made a normal record since Ecstasy, one of my favorites of that year. Animal Se ... More >>

Big Reforms in the Egg Industry, Big Scandal in the Competitive Eating World

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Good news for egg lovers. After almost a decade of activism, the Humane Society of the United States, an animal-welfare group that is not connected to local animal shelters, has f ... More >>

Alamo Square Tour Buses -- Let the Complaining Commence

Look! The Painted Ladies! ​It wouldn't be a pretty Thursday afternoon in San Francisco if someone weren't bemoaning the behavior of gaggles of out-of-town tourists. The latest iteration: Alamo Square-area denizens' concerns about large tour buses befouling the area. Your humble narrator is an Alam ... More >>

Straw Can Make You Feel Grifted

Mona C./YelpFor all the buzz, the carny-themed restaurant in Hayes Valley looks pretty much like every other budget bistro in town.​Like a carnival barker's patter, Straw has been hard to resist. Long before it opened late last month, the blogosphere was atwitter with anticipation about this h ... More >>

Blurring the Line Between Fiction and Documentary

The Sycamore: Basement Throwback with Killer Beef Sandwich

Alex HochmanNo second-guessing yourself ― get the Sycamore's roast beef sandwich.​Dropping into the Sycamore for a late lunch recently, we felt like we were fifteen again, sneaking behind mom's back to hang out in our impish, stoner cousin's mysterious basement. The jukebox was blaring The M ... More >>

What To Do? Friday's Pick: Baby Dee at Amnesia

​For fans of warbling vocals and the empyreal thrum of a harp being plucked, tonight is for you. At Amnesia, performance artists and harpist Baby Dee sings her melancholy hymnals from a place that is both eccentric and authentic. Her rustic vocals at times open up to almost operatic levels before ... More >>

Think Bender's is Freaky on an Ordinary Night? Wait'll You Check Out Saturday's Freaktoberfest

gretchen robinette/FlickrThis Jell-O wrestling scene from Bender's isn't even Freaktoberfest. Scared yet?​The wacky Schmaltz Brewing Company is celebrating its blood-red Halloween lager, Coney Island Freaktoberfest, with an eponymous event at Bender's (806 S. Van Ness at 19th St.) this Saturda ... More >>

Up Next: San Francisco

Rowr!

Paul Giamatti's wit is the heart of Cold Souls

Snakebitten: Sideshow Performer Sues Local Brewer, Claims He Swiped Her Image to Hawk 'Coney Island Albino Python' Beer

A woman describing herself as a "well known side show performer" who has picked up a "favorable reputation as a 'snake charmer'" -- we're guessing charmers with "unfavorable" reputations don't last so long -- has sued the San Francisco proprietor of the Shmaltz Brewing Company. Stephanie Torres -- a ... More >>

Ferlinghetti

James Beard Award Nominations Announced

Bay Area Takes All Five Nominations for Best Chef in Pacific Region; Boulevard and A 16's Nate Appleman Among Locals Competing For Top PrizesThe prestigious James Beard Awards, given by the James Beard Foundation and often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant and food media industries, announ ... More >>

You've Aged Well

The Tadich Grill serves San Francisco fare, done in a timeless style.

Baby Dee: A Little Buzz in a Big Bee Costume

Still Sticking It to the Man

LastNight: Modest Mouse, Spoon and Thievery Corp at Treasure Island Music Festival

Repertory Film Listings

Street Fighters

The Warriors nicely complements the bloody cult classic that inspired it

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Last Crawl

In which three Doggie Diner Dog Heads lead Silke Tudor cross-country, to a place that is not San Francisco but, even so, feels like home

Reps Etc.

Good Times

Reliving the decade we never had

Out of the Ashcan

The "apostles of ugliness" have the last laugh

Go Ask Alice

With two new releases, Tom Waits travels ever farther down the rabbit hole of his imagination -- and our American past

Songs of Science

If you don't know birds have accents, you haven't been attending your birdsong symposia

Best Muni Adrenalin Rush

48 Quintara

Euphor!um

Antenna Theater's interpretation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Moon Over the Mission

Luna Park

House Of Tudor

Nightmare Alley, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Nerves, Love as Laughter, and Beth Custer

History Takes a Beating

Two new CDs devoted to Kerouac and Ferlinghetti show what's good -- and bad -- about romanticizing the beats

Independent Counsel

The brand-new San Francisco Independent Film Festival highlights the real indies

The Zen of Grilling

The Beat Goes On

In Quest of the Perfect Sushi

Mulch