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  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Concord, Calif., Named One of Country's 10 Best Music Scenes

    The website Livability today compiled a list of the top 10 cities with the best music scenes that aren't New York, L.A., or Nashville. The results were in some ways predictable (Minneapolis, Athens, Ga., and Portland all made it), and in some ways spectacularly weird: Omitted from the list for no ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Kids' Letters to Santa Demonstrate Everything Wrong with America Today

    Explore The BruceLike prayer, but secular​This Sunday The Oakland Tribune ran a selection of kids' letters to Santa. Some clever editor or layout person made a point about things by placing the following two letters right on top of each other: Dear Santa, I'm so happy I am saying a hello to you. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Lawyers Challenge Feds to Bust All Pot Dispensaries or Bust None

    Pretty sure Hamilton was a pot head ​It's rarer these days, but you can still find some medical marijuana purveyors fond of saying how much they welcome the federal government throwing them in prison for decades. Each dispensary in San Francisco, for example, violates the Controlled Substances Act ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Occupy Oakland: "It's Not Finished"

    dignidadrebelde via Flickr​For such a loosely organized group, Occupy Oakland has managed to quickly coordinate a renewed movement after police conducted an early morning raid today on the protesters' camp outside City Hall, which resulted in heavy smoke, dozens of arrests, and lots of chaos. With ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Facebook Inspires Couple to Name Their Baby "Like"

    Where's the unlike button?​If ever there was inspiration for an "dislike" button on Facebook, here it is: An Israeli couple reportedly named their newborn baby "Like" after the popular button on the social networking site that lets users show support for their friends' status, photos, and comments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Gayle Falgoust Killed in Windstorm at Sonoma Safari Park

    KGO-TVAn aerial view of Gayle Falgoust's crushed tent​The Sonoma County Coroner has told SF Weekly the identity of the woman killed yesterday night at Safari West Animal Preserve when a tree blew over onto her tent: 70-year-old Gayle Falgoust of Madison, Ala.The tourist was sleeping alongside her ... More >>

  • Film

    June 10, 2009

    Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida make their film writing debut with Away We Go

    KGO-TVAn aerial view of Gayle Falgoust's crushed tent​The Sonoma County Coroner has told SF Weekly the identity of the woman killed yesterday night at Safari West Animal Preserve when a tree blew over onto her tent: 70-year-old Gayle Falgoust of Madison, Ala.The tourist was sleeping alongside her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Morning Buzz: A Foodie Day Planner

    Thursday, May 21, 2009 Let's do lunch: Call it consolation for being stuck in some gray cube downtown: Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody counsels lunching on The Madison salad (grilled chicken, asparagus, and roasted white-truffle potatoes) at Mixt Greens (560 Mission at Second St., 543-2505 ... More >>

  • Film

    May 20, 2009

    S.F. writers Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida give birth to a beautiful screenplay

    Thursday, May 21, 2009 Let's do lunch: Call it consolation for being stuck in some gray cube downtown: Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody counsels lunching on The Madison salad (grilled chicken, asparagus, and roasted white-truffle potatoes) at Mixt Greens (560 Mission at Second St., 543-2505 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    No Joke: Onion Confirms It's Peeling Out of San Francisco, Los Angeles

    The Onion Newspaper -- self-billed as "America's Finest News Source" -- is proof positive that, in this business, "quality" is no guarantee against failure. The paper's Chicago corporate office today released a statement confirming Web reports that the San Francisco and Los Angeles print editions ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Gay Iowan Transplants to California Ponder Today's Gay Marriage Ruling

    They are a rare species, these gay Iowans who have moved out to the Golden State, the perfect journalistic formula to comment on today's news of the Iowa Supreme Court approving gay marriage while its California colleagues mull this same issue. But we put on our intrepid reporter cap and found two s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    State of the Cart: Alice Waters on Street Food

    They are a rare species, these gay Iowans who have moved out to the Golden State, the perfect journalistic formula to comment on today's news of the Iowa Supreme Court approving gay marriage while its California colleagues mull this same issue. But we put on our intrepid reporter cap and found two s ... More >>

  • News

    February 13, 2008

    Reader Says SF Weekly Serves Self, Homophobe's Agenda

    They are a rare species, these gay Iowans who have moved out to the Golden State, the perfect journalistic formula to comment on today's news of the Iowa Supreme Court approving gay marriage while its California colleagues mull this same issue. But we put on our intrepid reporter cap and found two s ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Missed Opportunities

    Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    Interpol "Pioneer to the Falls" just released as single #2

    Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies

  • Culture

    January 17, 2007

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    January 10, 2007

    43 Plays for 43 Presidents

    A collection of short plays about every single leader of the U.S., some sharp, some not

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Coming soon: The New Roxie

    What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater? We hope it has a happy ending.

  • News

    September 7, 2005

    The Reformation of Matthew Fox

    Against the odds, an Oakland theologian -- most famous as a critic of Pope Benedict XVI -- takes his inclusive notion of Christianity global

  • Dining

    December 1, 2004

    For Health and Pleasure

    After a quarter of a century, S.F.'s venerable vegetarian restaurant is still leading by example

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    After a quarter of a century, S.F.'s venerable vegetarian restaurant is still leading by example

  • Dining

    April 14, 2004

    Not So Inviting

    Why do people get so worked up about what's written on an envelope?

  • Music

    October 1, 2003

    San Francisco

    Why do people get so worked up about what's written on an envelope?

  • Film

    May 28, 2003

    Think Different

    Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

  • Dining

    May 21, 2003

    Mini Meals

    Where "good restaurant" and "small children" go together

  • Dining

    January 8, 2003

    Positive Reinforcement

    Sticky fingers and dirty feet: Managing the many trials of public life

  • Music

    October 31, 2001

    Pop Philosophy

    Something stinks in Paradise; The sound of movies

  • Dining

    December 13, 2000

    Deadly Sin of the Week: Greed

    Wedding gifts, heirlooms, and lost possessions

  • Music

    October 4, 2000

    Pop Philosophy

    Downtown Rehearsal agreement; Aquarius Records' 30th anniversary; political songs contest

  • Culture

    September 20, 2000

    Almost Famous

    Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell isn't Carrie Bradshaw. Like, really.

  • Film

    August 25, 1999

    Reel World

    On the Edge

  • Music

    March 3, 1999

    Riff Raff

    On the Edge

  • Calendar

    February 24, 1999

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    On the Edge

  • Film

    May 13, 1998

    Second Time Around

    On the Edge

  • Music

    May 6, 1998

    House of Tudor

    On the Edge

  • Calendar

    April 15, 1998

    Night + Day

    On the Edge

  • Calendar

    March 12, 1997

    Savage Love

    On the Edge

  • Film

    June 5, 1996

    Elementary, My Dear Children

    Debra Chasnoff's new documentary looks at how a loaded subject is handled in school

  • Music

    April 17, 1996

    Recordings

    Debra Chasnoff's new documentary looks at how a loaded subject is handled in school

  • Calendar

    April 10, 1996

    Beat the Press

    Debra Chasnoff's new documentary looks at how a loaded subject is handled in school

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