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Ghana

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    How Bill T. Jones Turned Radical African Music Into the Broadway Hit Fela!

    It's easy to take for granted that Fela! would be a smash Broadway musical -- that it would make its big-stage debut to critical acclaim ("music that gets into your bloodstream," said the New York Times), that it would garner a slew of 2010 Tony nominations, and that it would revive interest in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Save the Frogs Calls for Your Signature on Herbicide Ban

    kqedquestThe California Red-Legged Frog is one of our state's 16 threatened amphibian species​Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency called for public comment on a potential ban of Atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States. Atrazine has been banned in th ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Let Him Prey: High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Pedophile Priest Hidden

    kqedquestThe California Red-Legged Frog is one of our state's 16 threatened amphibian species​Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency called for public comment on a potential ban of Atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States. Atrazine has been banned in th ... More >>

  • Film

    December 1, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for December 1-7, 2010

    kqedquestThe California Red-Legged Frog is one of our state's 16 threatened amphibian species​Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency called for public comment on a potential ban of Atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States. Atrazine has been banned in th ... More >>

  • Film

    November 24, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for November 24-30, 2010

    kqedquestThe California Red-Legged Frog is one of our state's 16 threatened amphibian species​Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency called for public comment on a potential ban of Atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States. Atrazine has been banned in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Mom and Fops: The Troubling World of 'Yeth Yeth Yeth' Explained

    Chadwick Donald Bidwell, Dee Kessler, and small infant human​In addition to their titles as frontmen of two of the Bay Area's best underhyped bands, Dee Kessler (Thee More Shallows) and Chadwick Donald Bidwell (Ral Partha Vogelbacher) -- known together as Fops -- can both claim the decidedly un-r ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2010

    Fool's Gold puts Hebrew words over Muslim music. Everybody dances.

    Chadwick Donald Bidwell, Dee Kessler, and small infant human​In addition to their titles as frontmen of two of the Bay Area's best underhyped bands, Dee Kessler (Thee More Shallows) and Chadwick Donald Bidwell (Ral Partha Vogelbacher) -- known together as Fops -- can both claim the decidedly un-r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    At the de Young, a Stunning Work of Recycled Bottle Tops

    Courtesy of de Young MuseumEl Anatsui's Hovor II​The woman sauntered up to the giant wall hanging called Hovor II, inspected its connecting pieces, then sat down on a nearby bench to get a more expansive view. Every five minutes or so, the pattern was the same on the second floor of the de Young M ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    The Afrobeat Goes On

    Courtesy of de Young MuseumEl Anatsui's Hovor II​The woman sauntered up to the giant wall hanging called Hovor II, inspected its connecting pieces, then sat down on a nearby bench to get a more expansive view. Every five minutes or so, the pattern was the same on the second floor of the de Young M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

    ​Man-oh-Manischewitz, it was an interesting week. How interesting? This interesting: 1. Alleged gangster Charles "Cheese" Heard was found guilty of murdering and robbing a man of what unique pendant?A. A gold-coated scarab beetleB. An actual-sized Mercedes hubcapC. A bejeweled recreation of Bamm-B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Soccer Fans Show Up at Civic Center for U.S.-Ghana Match -- Get Gay Pride Instead

    When worlds collide...​Those hoping to find a large, elaborately costumed, and liquored-up Civic Center crowd on Saturday were not disappointed. And balls were prominently involved -- but not soccer balls. The ongoing free presentation of World Cup soccer games on a billboard-sized screen was abru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    It's Not Too Late to Jump on U.S. Soccer Bandwagon

    ​When the U.S. last played Ghana -- the matchup in tomorrow's World Cup showdown -- things did not go well. There was, however, one brief, transcendent moment. After midfielder DaMarcus Beasley picked a Ghanan's pocket and careened down the left side of the field, he centered the ball to the foot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    World Cup Success Not a Mark of Superior National Character

    'American spirit' on parade...​Yesterday's 91st-minute goal by Landon Donovan to transform the United States from hapless losers to potential World Cup champions was that rare sports moment that could just make you cry. And not tears of joy -- which are light and spontaneous -- but the tears of ma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2010

    Africa Abroad

    'American spirit' on parade...​Yesterday's 91st-minute goal by Landon Donovan to transform the United States from hapless losers to potential World Cup champions was that rare sports moment that could just make you cry. And not tears of joy -- which are light and spontaneous -- but the tears of ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2009

    Last Night: Fool's Gold at Great American Music Hall

    ​Fool's Gold December 12, 2009 Great American Music Hall Better Than: Fool's Gold Loaf, a sandwich Elvis ate 18 months before he died. Frontman Luke Top has lately extinguished rumors that Fool's Gold is specifically a West Coast highlife ensemble. (Highlife is the speedy, gurgling guitar rhythm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    More Fair Trade Chocolate Freebies Today!

    Fair is good, but free is better.​Hey, it's free chocolate day! Indulge in the sweet life today at Fog City News (455 Market at First St.), where free samples of Divine fair trade chocolate will be available from noon to 2 p.m. Savvy chocolate fans might remember the Divine giveaways in S.F. a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Free Chocolate at a Handful of BART Stations Tonight

    Promise you won't smudge the handrail of your BART car.​Didja get your free Bay Bridge broken hot dog yesterday at Zog's? Still hungry for schwag? This evening, samples of Divine Chocolate will be handed out at a number of BART stations: from 4 to 8 p.m. at Montgomery in S.F., and from 5 to 7 ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2009

    King Sunny Adé's legnthy reign

    Promise you won't smudge the handrail of your BART car.​Didja get your free Bay Bridge broken hot dog yesterday at Zog's? Still hungry for schwag? This evening, samples of Divine Chocolate will be handed out at a number of BART stations: from 4 to 8 p.m. at Montgomery in S.F., and from 5 to 7 ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2009

    How 'douchebag' became everyone's favorite insult

    Promise you won't smudge the handrail of your BART car.​Didja get your free Bay Bridge broken hot dog yesterday at Zog's? Still hungry for schwag? This evening, samples of Divine Chocolate will be handed out at a number of BART stations: from 4 to 8 p.m. at Montgomery in S.F., and from 5 to 7 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    10 Food Firsts for 2008

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Music

    December 10, 2008

    Afropop in 2008

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    International crate digging gets new life online

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Saturday: Power to the Peaceful at Golden Gate Park

    (Palermo vs. Tokyo by Chef Ian Muntzert for Mission Street Food)By Tamara PalmerIt's only been a few months since I became your faithful daily food blogger, but it's a position I've been unconsciously training for all of my life. I have always been interested in the world of eating, from the politic ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    Black Stars:

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Pro-Circumcision AIDS Researcher Left S.F. a Pariah, Came Back a Visionary

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Film

    January 30, 2008

    Heroes and Zeroes at Sundance '08

    Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

  • Film

    June 20, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

  • Summer Guide

    June 28, 2006

    Music Live, Worth the Drive

    Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

  • Film

    October 26, 2005

    Repertory Theaters

    Hot summer concerts for tastes all along the codger spectrum

  • Music

    August 24, 2005

    Afro-Beefs

    Berkeley's ALBINO! took Afrobeat's message of standing up to injustice and ran with it -- straight into a wall

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2003

    Laugh Attack

    TV stooges stand up

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    Recalling a Historical Mistake

    Why voters should defeat the move to recall Gov. Davis -- and then work to eliminate the recall and initiative provisions from state law

  • Music

    August 14, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Saucy sexagenarians, kooky King Kong, global grooves, and apocryphal atheism

  • Music

    June 20, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Silke Tudor praises misanthropes, nude bands, and fire feasts.

  • News

    May 16, 2001

    Out of Africa

    Some say Phyllis Kanki saved Senegal from AIDS. But can the controversial triage approach she's developing at Stanford protect the continent's western edge from the devastation suffered in the south?

  • Music

    September 22, 1999

    Pointed Counterpoints

    A decade after their first collaboration, Steve Reich and Kronos Quartet rediscover the art of the ensemble composition

  • Calendar

    April 28, 1999

    Night & Day

    A decade after their first collaboration, Steve Reich and Kronos Quartet rediscover the art of the ensemble composition

  • News

    December 10, 1997

    The Name is Nino. El Nino.

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Calendar

    August 6, 1997

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

  • Calendar

    March 5, 1997

    Night+Day

    Investigation unmasks worldwide James Bond weather-disaster conspiracy

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