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Laos

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    SF MusicTech 2012: New Technology Isn't Helping Musicians Make More Money

    Yesterday, Japantown's Hotel Kabuki filled up with hundreds of pale-faced tech nerds wearing blazers-and-jeans combos. These inventors and couriers of music technology spent the day arguing about the perks and pitfalls of various technologies at the 10th SF MusicTech Summit. Two highlights from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Customs Agents Intercept Smuggled Animal Skulls at San Francisco Airport

    ​It's always interesting to see the sorts of contraband that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are intercepting in the Bay Area. About a year ago, we heaved a sigh of relief after "destructive" Pakistani insects were detected by the feds in a shipment of rice in Oakland.But such arthropod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

    Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Lao Studies Benefit Wasn't Really About the Food

    On Sunday, we went to the First Annual Center for Lao Studies benefit at the Women's Building. In a way, our table exemplified the crowd. www.blacklava.netIt was kind of about expressing Lao identity, not the green papaya salad.​A young well-dressed Lao guy was there alone. We overheard him te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Center for Lao Studies Benefit to Feature a Menu of Mekong Proportions

    mswine/FlickrContestants mix up green papaya salad in S.F. last April, part of Lao New Year celebrations.​If you want to eat Lao food, head over to the San Antonio neighborhood at the edge of East Oakland and order up a spread at the Green Papaya Deli on International Boulevard. The 15-pepper ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2009

    The Hear and Lao

    mswine/FlickrContestants mix up green papaya salad in S.F. last April, part of Lao New Year celebrations.​If you want to eat Lao food, head over to the San Antonio neighborhood at the edge of East Oakland and order up a spread at the Green Papaya Deli on International Boulevard. The 15-pepper ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

    mswine/FlickrContestants mix up green papaya salad in S.F. last April, part of Lao New Year celebrations.​If you want to eat Lao food, head over to the San Antonio neighborhood at the edge of East Oakland and order up a spread at the Green Papaya Deli on International Boulevard. The 15-pepper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Rare-Ass Beer of the Week: Beer Lao (and Champa Garden)

    Currently, the only place you'll find this tasty beer is at Champa Garden.

  • Dining

    January 21, 2009

    Be a Shopping Star at B Star Bar

    Fabulous fusion on one of San Francisco's best streets.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Saturday Night: Dengue Fever at the Rickshaw Stop

    Dengue Fever The Rickshaw Stop Jan. 3, 2008 Review by Ezra Gale Good bands are like recipes. A dash of this, a dash of that, and all of a sudden you've got yourself a winning formula that has critics drooling and your public lining up to taste the sensations at your French Laundry-like haunt in the ... More >>

  • Film

    December 17, 2008

    Forgiven

    Clint Eastwood finds salvation in Gran Torino.

  • Film

    February 27, 2008

    Art House

    Clint Eastwood finds salvation in Gran Torino.

  • News

    December 5, 2007

    My Tunes: Kronos Quartet

    David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

  • Dining

    November 21, 2007

    Robert Lauriston Gets Yunnan Chinese Fix at Z & Y Garden

    David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    The Jena 6 Need Robinson's Lawyer: SFTopNews 09.20.07

    David Harrington of the internationally respected string quartet

  • Film

    July 11, 2007

    Man Down

    Werner Herzog takes his hero worship Hollywood

  • News

    June 13, 2007

    Coming Soon

    The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

  • Film

    March 14, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

  • Music

    February 27, 2002

    Hear This

    Christopher Adler blows Laotian breezes via the khaen, a traditional mouth organ

  • Film

    January 23, 2002

    The Gore Gore Girls

    Underground filmmakers find horror in everyday San Francisco

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    Kao Saephanh says he is a typical teenager. But most 15-year-olds aren't learning how to talk to the spirit world and perform animal sacrifices

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    We Are the People

    The History of the Iu-Mien

  • Music

    November 8, 2000

    Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

    Free-range provocateurs Sun City Girls aim to please ... themselves

  • Dining

    December 22, 1999

    And to All a Good Night

    Neecha Thai Cuisine

  • News

    November 17, 1999

    Agent Provocative

    In the 1960s Anthony Poshepny was a CIA operative whose macabre Southeast Asian exploits drew comparisons with Col. Kurtz, the megalomaniacal anti-hero of Apocalypse Now

  • News

    October 20, 1999

    Might See TV

    Joel Engardio picks his way through the political minefield around ITVS, the San Francisco group that Congress created to put the edge back in PBS

  • Calendar

    April 8, 1998

    Night + Day

    Joel Engardio picks his way through the political minefield around ITVS, the San Francisco group that Congress created to put the edge back in PBS

  • News

    July 16, 1997

    The Invisible Veterans

    Thousands of Filipinos fought and spied and suffered and died under American command to help us win World War II. The U.S. government says the soldiers who survived -- now elderly, often living in poverty -- aren't worthy of military benefits. Four storie

  • News

    February 12, 1997

    Desperately Seeking Citizenship

    With the advent of new federal welfare rules for elderly immigrants, S.F.'s oldest and poorest are running out of time

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