Or, The Whale Chris Pureka Wednesday, November 17 @ The Independent Better than: Watching more dead whales wash up on Bay Area shores If you think about it, San Francisco's Or, The Whale is one of the most audaciously named bands this side of !!! and Various. There's the literary reference, for ... More >>
CUESARick Hackett: Making an ambitious leap to Oakland.After working for well over two years on his soon-to-launch dream restaurant with wife and partner Meredith Melville -- the first that's wholly their own, after years of working at Chez Panisse, Postrio, Bay Wolf, Oliveto, and, for the pa ... More >>
A sharp, revelatory multimedia show casts a blinding light on the tragic events of today
A French master's WWII classic emerges from the vaults
A former Chron editor's first book is provocative and entertaining
A striking performance
Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation
Woody Allen ponders a career move after making his new film
Your choices of the top local bands
The 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival
Performance artist Laurie Anderson puts a modern musical spin on a classic American novel
The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent
A tower of tomes on Mission Street
Hal Hartley's Amateur finds redemption in amnesia and the barrel of a gun
