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  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Eddie Rickenbacker's Tiffany Lamps May Fetch $2 Million

    ​You could be forgiven for not noticing the lamps adorning SOMA watering hole Eddie Rickenbacker's. One's attention might have been more naturally drawn to the scores of vintage motorcycles dangling from the ceiling. Or since-departed bar owner Henry Africa (né Norman Jay Hobday) in a bathrobe wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Friday: Lil Wayne Apologizes for the Swearing at Shoreline

    Lil Wayne's family-friendly fun.​Lil Wayne Friday, September 2, 2011 @Shoreline Amphitheatre Better than: Rap shows without fireworks and fake gunshots "I apologize to the parents who brought their kids because of the cussing," said Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. at the end of a nearly two-hour ... More >>

  • Film

    July 6, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings July 6-12

    Lil Wayne's family-friendly fun.​Lil Wayne Friday, September 2, 2011 @Shoreline Amphitheatre Better than: Rap shows without fireworks and fake gunshots "I apologize to the parents who brought their kids because of the cussing," said Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. at the end of a nearly two-hour ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2011

    Explosive Serenity

    Lil Wayne's family-friendly fun.​Lil Wayne Friday, September 2, 2011 @Shoreline Amphitheatre Better than: Rap shows without fireworks and fake gunshots "I apologize to the parents who brought their kids because of the cussing," said Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. at the end of a nearly two-hour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    The New Yorker: Chron Tech Blogger, Yobie Benjamin, Confuses Water with Industrial Poison

    Dihydrogen monoxide can kill within minutes of entering a victim's lungs.​Last summer, San Francisco Chronicle citizen blogger Yobie Benjamin covered the waterfront, denouncing perceived failures in BP's oil-spill cleanup, including its penchant for using the then-controversial oil dispersant, Cor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Henry Africa Joins Mr. Higgins, 'Custer's Squaw' in Fern Bar in the Sky

    Bart Madson, Motorcycle USA.comHenry Africa, seen here with Mr. Higgins, has left the building​In late February, patrons at Eddie Rickenbacker's in SOMA had the experience everyone who entered that bar feared they would: The establishment's ever-present patron, Henry Africa, died on the spot. Afri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Joe Olivares Hernandez, UCSF Medical Student Beaten to Death, Wanted to be a Family Doctor

    Joey ​Joe Olivares Hernandez was just four months away from graduating from UCSF medical school when he was beaten to death at Temple Nightclub last weekend.His sister, Tonia Baca, 39, said her little brother, who the family called Joey, was out with a classmate at Temple Nightclub when he was att ... More >>

  • Film

    September 22, 2010

    Film Showtimes for the week of September 22-28, 2010

    Joey ​Joe Olivares Hernandez was just four months away from graduating from UCSF medical school when he was beaten to death at Temple Nightclub last weekend.His sister, Tonia Baca, 39, said her little brother, who the family called Joey, was out with a classmate at Temple Nightclub when he was att ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Why Kanye West and Twitter Are Meant To Be

    via Kanye West's Twitter​Kanye West was late to join the social media party, but he was caught up to speed immediately upon stepping into Twitter headquarters here in San Francisco earlier this week. At one point, he was gaining 80 followers a second. Where did we learn this? Kanye's Twitter, of c ... More >>

  • Film

    April 28, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for April 28-May 4, 2010

    via Kanye West's Twitter​Kanye West was late to join the social media party, but he was caught up to speed immediately upon stepping into Twitter headquarters here in San Francisco earlier this week. At one point, he was gaining 80 followers a second. Where did we learn this? Kanye's Twitter, of c ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 17, 2010

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Still Life In Lower Haight

    If you frequent the Haight, Divisidero, or Broadway -- and you walk really slowly -- you may already be featured in one of John Paul Marcelo's paintings. Joe EskenaziArtist John Pual Marcelo paints what he sees at Haight and Fillmore​"I paint every day," affirms the artist. Marcelo, a San Francisc ... More >>

  • Film

    January 13, 2010

    Arthouse movie listings for January 13-19, 2010

    If you frequent the Haight, Divisidero, or Broadway -- and you walk really slowly -- you may already be featured in one of John Paul Marcelo's paintings. Joe EskenaziArtist John Pual Marcelo paints what he sees at Haight and Fillmore​"I paint every day," affirms the artist. Marcelo, a San Francisc ... More >>

  • Film

    December 9, 2009

    Whitewash: Disney's The Princess and the Frog can't seem to escape the ghetto

    If you frequent the Haight, Divisidero, or Broadway -- and you walk really slowly -- you may already be featured in one of John Paul Marcelo's paintings. Joe EskenaziArtist John Pual Marcelo paints what he sees at Haight and Fillmore​"I paint every day," affirms the artist. Marcelo, a San Francisc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    SF Weekly Scores Sit-Down Interview With Storm That Rocked San Francisco

    ​The big news -- in print, on television, and here on the Internet -- is the one thing that even a deaf, illiterate caveman would realize if he bothered to poke his head out of his dwelling: It's raining. It's raining hard and people are getting wet. And if you take your dog out for a walk, it's g ... More >>

  • Film

    September 23, 2009

    Arthouse movie listings for September 23-29, 2009

    ​The big news -- in print, on television, and here on the Internet -- is the one thing that even a deaf, illiterate caveman would realize if he bothered to poke his head out of his dwelling: It's raining. It's raining hard and people are getting wet. And if you take your dog out for a walk, it's g ... More >>

  • Film

    January 28, 2009

    The Wanderers

    Michelle Williams finds a safe haven with outsider director Kelly Reichardt on Wendy and Lucy.

  • Film

    December 24, 2008

    Old Man Pitt

    The curious case of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

    The curious case of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

  • Dining

    November 19, 2008

    Voodoo on the Vine

    The origins of the increasingly popular Biodynamic wine are steeped in the occult and bad science.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Q&A: Nick Cave

    The origins of the increasingly popular Biodynamic wine are steeped in the occult and bad science.

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Not Your Parents' Jazz

    This year's San Francisco Jazz Festival rings in the new.

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Glass, Jazz, and Black Francis

    Music takes the stage at the Film Fest.

  • Music

    March 5, 2008

    Jeremy Jay: spare songs spotlight teen-idol vocals

    Music takes the stage at the Film Fest.

  • News

    May 30, 2007

    Take the Money and Run

    Rebecca and Terry Solomon face charges of fleecing almost $20 million from investors, but not even the feds know where the couple is hiding.

  • Film

    November 22, 2006

    Tony Scott, Trailblazer

    Despite the title and the familiar genre, Mr. Explosion says something new

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    Working out the balance of the universe in North Beach

    Despite the title and the familiar genre, Mr. Explosion says something new

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Despite the title and the familiar genre, Mr. Explosion says something new

  • Music

    June 14, 2006

    Men in Black

    Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan tangle with trouble

  • Culture

    May 3, 2006

    I Am Woman

    Four plays redefine the word diva, for good and bad

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    The Revolution Will Be Digitized

    TV on the Radio keeps a social conscience

  • Music

    April 12, 2006

    Weapons of Mass Construction

    Oakland's Coup takes political rap to the next level

  • Film

    March 8, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Oakland's Coup takes political rap to the next level

  • Culture

    February 22, 2006

    Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

    Oakland's Coup takes political rap to the next level

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    The Missing Man

    Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Repertory Theaters

    Fliers plastered everywhere. Friends scouring the city. High-tech search logistics. And psychics. Why can't San Francisco find Jerry Tang?

  • News

    November 2, 2005

    Pacifists for War

    How the fractured counterrecruitment movement includes those hoping to bring the draft back

  • Film

    October 5, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    How the fractured counterrecruitment movement includes those hoping to bring the draft back

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    What Part of "Wait Until Marriage" Don't You Understand!

    Infiltrator goes to a teen abstinence educators' conference -- and gets laid!

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, September 21, 2005

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    Pig Government

    The politics of pork has real victims. Just look at New Orleans, or commuters on the Bay Bridge.

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