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    October 17, 2011

    Sunday: Jazz Royal McCoy Tyner Showcases Coltrane at Herbst Theatre

    Dean Schaffer​McCoy Tyner Oct. 16, 2011 Herbst Theatre Better than: Listening to a scratched up jazz record from the '60s for the thousandth time. When 72-year-old McCoy Tyner walked onstage, his steps were small and almost fragile. When he spoke, his voice barely rose above a whisper. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Michael Savage The New Yorker = What the Hell?

    ​San Francisco, a city quite accustomed to ostentatious displays of affection, this past week has played host to one so shocking that locals have felt compelled to look the other way. We're talking about the love-fest between the left-wing intelligentsia at The New Yorker magazine, and Michael ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2009
  • Music

    July 4, 2007

    Radioactive Clout

    Local genre-tweakers Mushroom meld with jazz giant Eddie Gale

  • Music Awards

    October 20, 2004
  • Film

    October 13, 2004
  • Music

    December 24, 2003

    Whoa, Mex-i-co

    They interrupt your conversation, serenade your girlfriend, then ask for a tip. They're an S.F. institution. And they don't play "mariachi" music.

  • Film

    November 20, 2002

    Deep Westurn

    Carpenter, high school teacher, painter, filmmaker: the experimental movies of Robert Nelson

  • Music

    May 3, 2000

    Chucho Valdes

    Live at the Village Vanguard

  • Music

    December 23, 1998

    Flauting Tradition

    Bud ShankThe Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions (1956-61)(Mosaic)

  • Music

    October 28, 1998
  • Music

    October 14, 1998
  • Calendar

    August 26, 1998
  • News

    April 3, 1996

    The Fire Next Time

    As a civil rights advocate, Bob Demmons called in the federal government to end racism in the Fire Department. Now that he's chief, he has to remove federal control and prove that firefighters can manage race relations on their own.

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