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Blue Monkey Used San Francisco as Springboard to World Tour

This is Wilbert, everyone. He's a a three-haired, yellow-bellied, stuffed monkey who started his world travels in San Francisco on May 4, 2008. Since then, he's hit up Paris, Jamaica, New York City, Toronto, Vegas, Tokyo, the Amazon, Rio De Janeiro, China, Greece, Oklahoma, ... More >>

U.S. Moves Thrift HQ From S.F. to Dallas to Ensure Corruption-Free Oversight. Could Outsourcing Local Government Be Next?

Will the last vestige of government to leave please lower the flag?Scandal-plagued regional bank regulators' headquarters have been moved from South San Francisco to Dallas, suggesting the Bay Area is simply too corrupt and incompetent a site for serious watchdogs. Last month, the director of the Of ... More >>

Oldies and Goodies

Will the last vestige of government to leave please lower the flag?Scandal-plagued regional bank regulators' headquarters have been moved from South San Francisco to Dallas, suggesting the Bay Area is simply too corrupt and incompetent a site for serious watchdogs. Last month, the director of the Of ... More >>

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Theater & Opera

Worshiping St. Vincent

Annie Clark is an indie star two decades in the making

Been There, Done That

Annie Clark is an indie star two decades in the making

The French and the Fuckers

Annie Clark is an indie star two decades in the making

Our top DVD picks for the week of August 1.

Annie Clark is an indie star two decades in the making

Beheadings and Dead Microphones

KNBR's new owners try to adjust to big-market radio

Real to Reel

Jesse Kipp's job in the emerging field of commercial ethnography could make you the star of your very own advertisement

Hear This

Moving Units have a knack for moving your unit; Silver Sunshine sounds as bright as its name

Hell of a Catch

Friday Night Lights goes deep -- a rare route for football movies

Screenplay Zero

Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley struggle through floundering frights

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley struggle through floundering frights

Drawing a Crowd

One way into Mike Judge's shorts

Nailed?

Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...

Greek Out

Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

Of Boobs and Blood

Troma's Lloyd Kaufman has guts, all over the floor

I Feel Gritty

An art exhibit to benefit a film about graffiti -- hell, it might as well be a circus

You'd Better Chop Around

A preview of Pac Bell Park's new restaurant, the Acme Chophouse

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

Harden's Crossing

She's finally been invited to the Oscar party, but what will she do after the ball?

The PeopleSoftTouch

PeopleSoft software has forced a Delaware manufacturer to cut paychecks to Mickey Mouse and let failing Wisconsin college students evade expulsion. Guess what software the San Francisco school district owns?

"Look! I Made This!"

Robert Altman wants your attention, if not your affection

A Boy Scout No More

Since he was 12, Steven Cozza has led a crusade against the Scouts' anti-gay policies. What will happen now that he's grown up to discover sports and girls?

See George Educate

A Texas journalist gives George W. Bush his due

Making Education Pay

For consultants, the S.F. school district ATM is wide open

Asphalt Field of Dreams

Located just blocks from downtown, the San Francisco Recreational Vehicle Park is home to tales of wonder and redemption. It will close in the fall.

Barron Storey's Life is an Open Comic Book

The demons -- personal andfantastical and pop cultural -- that have shaped the art of a San Francisco illustrator

Slap Shots

The demons -- personal andfantastical and pop cultural -- that have shaped the art of a San Francisco illustrator

St. Vincent

The demons -- personal andfantastical and pop cultural -- that have shaped the art of a San Francisco illustrator

Mos Def and Erykah Badu

The demons -- personal andfantastical and pop cultural -- that have shaped the art of a San Francisco illustrator

Cross-Eyed

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's latest turns Toni Morrison's tragic book into, of all things, a slapstick comedy

The Informant!

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's latest turns Toni Morrison's tragic book into, of all things, a slapstick comedy

Erykah Badu

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre's latest turns Toni Morrison's tragic book into, of all things, a slapstick comedy

The Gays Win in the Battle of Erykah Badu Parodies

Erykah Badu knows one way to get bloggers excited--by taking off all her clothes for her "Window Seat" video, spurring rumors that she's gonna get arrested, and causing Dallas cops to consider tougher laws to prevent future streakers from stripping naked for the sake of art. If the police are really ... More >>

Wayfare Tavern's Hangtown Fry

John BirdsallHangtown Fry ($18). Yeah, we totally got it to go ― you try getting a seat here at lunch.​Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Maybe it's because Tyler Florence is so accustomed to playing to a national audience on Food Network that six-week-old Wayfare Tavern feels so regionally nonspec ... More >>

Don't Ask Michael Bauer Where to Eat Mexican. Ask Us

John BirdsallAntojito sampler at Haltun in the Mission.​On his blog this morning at Inside Scoop, Chronicle critic Michael Bauer misses the Tex-Mex combination plates he devoured in his Dallas days ― and bemoans the fact he can't find a good Mexican place in the Bay Area ― which seems tant ... More >>

For the Sadies, country twang is a family affair

John BirdsallAntojito sampler at Haltun in the Mission.​On his blog this morning at Inside Scoop, Chronicle critic Michael Bauer misses the Tex-Mex combination plates he devoured in his Dallas days ― and bemoans the fact he can't find a good Mexican place in the Bay Area ― which seems tant ... More >>

San Francisco Could Be Liable for Any Injuries in Bait Car Sting

Creating a liability for the city?​In the wake of the police's collaboration with the Bait Car reality TV program, disgruntled people caught on the show are now threatening lawsuits. We've blogged about truTV being sued for defamation from someone claiming they never signed a release for his image ... More >>

Yuck Trigger Grunge Reflex, Play Bottom of the Hill on Sunday

Yuck with American fan​The New Jersey-Hiroshima-London-Scotland (according to their MySpace) outfit Yuck is one of my favorite new bands, but they might as well be one of my favorite old bands: the sound of their self-titled debut, out next Tuesday on Fat Possum, is a formula honed and perfected i ... More >>

Classy Des Jardins and Butter-Bomb Desserts: This Week in Food Bloggery

Jeffrey-Anthony/SF Weekly Flickr pool​ Highlights from the blog this week: 1. Peter Jamison talked to Iso Rabins about the Health Department's shut-down of the Underground Market, which may be permanent. But the market attracted New York Times coverage! And thousands of people! Uh... 2. Carina O ... More >>

DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, aka Erykah Badu, to Spin at Mezzanine

Drew Williams/Dallas Observer​Interplanetary wonder Erykah Badu, who will be in town to perform at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, will help local promotion outfit Ankh Marketing celebrate its 7-year anniversary the same night, performing a DJ gig under her alias Lo Down Loretta Brown.

Vegetarians Love Doing It, True Blood's Pam Loves Chimps, and Easiest/Best Chocolate Mousse Recipe Ever!

​ • Cargill recalled 185,000 pounds of their Salmonella turkey this week! Yet another fabulous Cargill recall this year! What can I say? They're on a roll! And again, another exemplary job by the USDA. Did you know USDA has a website where you can ask them questions? Let's all ask them WHY TH ... More >>

Victory and Associates Is a Rock Band, Not a Law Firm -- and Celebrates Its New Album Tonight

Victory and Associates​ Google the phrase "Victory and Associates," and you'll find at least three exact matches: a professional recruitment firm in Dallas, a marketing and public relations outfit in Tampa, and a fiery rock 'n' roll band from the Bay Area. The band comes up first -- but even ... More >>

"Moneyball": Formula Works for Sabermetrics Sports Flick

Victory and Associates​ Google the phrase "Victory and Associates," and you'll find at least three exact matches: a professional recruitment firm in Dallas, a marketing and public relations outfit in Tampa, and a fiery rock 'n' roll band from the Bay Area. The band comes up first -- but even ... More >>

SF Vegans Are More Loud than Numerous

Marin Sun FarmsSan Franciscans as a whole prefer meat to vegetables​We hear from vegans all the time at SFoodie, often at great length, not least because we run Laura Beck's delightfully profane Week in Vegan column. But we've always wondered how important they really are. Not very, it turns ... More >>