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Hans Christian Andersen

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Fujiya & Miyagi on Writing Songs About Child Stars, Soccer Players, and Boredom

    By his own admission, David Best isn't all that great of a singer. As the voice of the Brighton, England-based four-piece Fujiya & Miyagi, Best provides a careful, static presence that works in conjunction with his band's Krautrock-indebted post-punk. He eschews wild notes or anything complicated, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Un-Scripted Theater's Improvised Dickens Musical Is Hard Times Indeed

    Here's a testament to the make-it-up-as-it-goes ethos of improv. If a show isn't going anywhere, really, the cast might have it in themselves to fix it as they go. Such a phenomenon occurred last weekend at a performance of Un-Scripted Theater's A Tale of Two Genres, and ambitious -- perhaps too m ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 8, 2011

    "Care of Trees": Reimagining an Ancient Myth as Modern-Day Tragedy

    Here's a testament to the make-it-up-as-it-goes ethos of improv. If a show isn't going anywhere, really, the cast might have it in themselves to fix it as they go. Such a phenomenon occurred last weekend at a performance of Un-Scripted Theater's A Tale of Two Genres, and ambitious -- perhaps too m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    S.F. Rising: Apple-Raisin Bread from Andersen Bakery

    Jonathan KauffmanApple-raisin bread from Andersen Bakery: Makes good French toast.​ A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Apple-Raisin Bread Source: Andersen Bakery, Kintetsu Mall (1737 Post, Suite 304), 345-1046; or Crocker Galleria (5 ... More >>

  • Film

    October 13, 2010

    "Tamara Drew": Stephen Frears and Gemma Arterton go plastic in rural England

    Jonathan KauffmanApple-raisin bread from Andersen Bakery: Makes good French toast.​ A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Apple-Raisin Bread Source: Andersen Bakery, Kintetsu Mall (1737 Post, Suite 304), 345-1046; or Crocker Galleria (5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Ingenious Ancient Pregnant Woman-Boiling Water Burglary Plot Works Like Magic In Glen Park

    The plan hatched by the two female robbers was ingenious in its simplicity. One of the two crooks would pose as a pregnant woman who needed boiling water. Why boiling water, exactly, is unclear. The fact that the woman who was to pretend she was with child appeared to be 70 with deep wrinkles ... we ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2009

    Ponyo

    The plan hatched by the two female robbers was ingenious in its simplicity. One of the two crooks would pose as a pregnant woman who needed boiling water. Why boiling water, exactly, is unclear. The fact that the woman who was to pretend she was with child appeared to be 70 with deep wrinkles ... we ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2009

    Mew

    The plan hatched by the two female robbers was ingenious in its simplicity. One of the two crooks would pose as a pregnant woman who needed boiling water. Why boiling water, exactly, is unclear. The fact that the woman who was to pretend she was with child appeared to be 70 with deep wrinkles ... we ... More >>

  • Film

    August 12, 2009

    Hayao Miyazaki dives under the sea for his latest environmental fairy tale, Ponyo

    The plan hatched by the two female robbers was ingenious in its simplicity. One of the two crooks would pose as a pregnant woman who needed boiling water. Why boiling water, exactly, is unclear. The fact that the woman who was to pretend she was with child appeared to be 70 with deep wrinkles ... we ... More >>

  • Film

    May 20, 2009

    Summer of Salvation

    The film snob's guide to the best cinema the season has to offer.

  • Film

    January 31, 2007

    The Sundance Kids

    For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle

  • Culture

    January 5, 2005

    Striking 6

    An engaging piece of musical theater gives up halfway through

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2004

    Musical Theater

    A striking performance

  • Culture

    July 30, 2003

    'Maid

    The title's short for "mermaid," and the show's one of the most innovative of the summer

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Bean There, Candied That

    Jason Mecier has a métier, and it's mosaic: beans, pasta, yarn, candy, junk, and pencils combined in a kitsch-art wonderland

  • Culture

    December 6, 2000

    Bless the Blockhead

    How A Charlie Brown Christmas almost wasn't, then became a tradition

  • Culture

    September 20, 2000

    Short Stage Reviews

    Hans Christian Andersen; Dear World

  • Film

    January 12, 2000

    Disney Lightens Up Online Exclusive

    Compared to the original, the new Fantasia is funnier, with fewer scary patches.

  • Culture

    September 23, 1998

    Stage

    Compared to the original, the new Fantasia is funnier, with fewer scary patches.

  • Calendar

    September 16, 1998

    Hot Footin'

    Compared to the original, the new Fantasia is funnier, with fewer scary patches.

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1998

    The Five Days of Eros

    Compared to the original, the new Fantasia is funnier, with fewer scary patches.

  • Calendar

    April 2, 1997

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    Compared to the original, the new Fantasia is funnier, with fewer scary patches.

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