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    October 8, 2010

    El Rio's Birthday Party, Moon Duo, Autobahn, Mission Dolores Fiesta and More

    Cody T WilliamsDiamond Daggers will perform at El Rio this Saturday​If you don't have tickets to Giants playoffs games this weekend, didn't want to pay the jacked-up prices, or simply do not care about baseball, check out every other cheap event in the city. There are many. Here's our list of 10 t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Ukulele Fans Plan World Record Attempt at Castro Theatre

    Later this month, a bunch of local ukulele strummers will gather at the Castro Theatre with their toys/instruments in an attempt to give San Franciscans what should rightfully be ours: the world record for the largest number of people playing ukuleles and singing together.Currently, the country hold ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Later this month, a bunch of local ukulele strummers will gather at the Castro Theatre with their toys/instruments in an attempt to give San Franciscans what should rightfully be ours: the world record for the largest number of people playing ukuleles and singing together.Currently, the country hold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Hear MGMT's Second Album Streaming Online

    ​MGMT's last break-out single, "Kids," inspired the kind of ecstatic love usually reserved for prepackaged boy bands or massive pop stars. The group's popularity increased as its 2008 album Oracular Spectacular climbed up best-of lists--and music charts--worldwide. So it's an understatement to say ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Nonprofit Newspaper Behind 'Panorama' Cover Story Now on Government Dole

    First, you get the money...​Today's new-media ethical quandary: Should a nonprofit news outlet dedicated to public-interest investigative journalism extract substantial amounts of funding from the government it's covering?That's the question being confronted by the award-winning San Francisco Publ ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2009

    Listomania 2009: College Records of the Year

    First, you get the money...​Today's new-media ethical quandary: Should a nonprofit news outlet dedicated to public-interest investigative journalism extract substantial amounts of funding from the government it's covering?That's the question being confronted by the award-winning San Francisco Publ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    2009 Alt Foodie Trend No. 4: Major DIY-ness

    Now till Dec. 31, SFoodie is counting down the city's top alternative food and restaurant trends of 2009 ― the ones you won't be reading about in the Chron. See also: No. 5: Profit Margins Crashed; No. 6: Beer Busted Out; No. 7: Twitter Ruled; No. 8: Sportin' Wood; No. 9: Street-Food Busts; No. 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

    Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. You can't have da mango: On NPR's Morning Edition, local writer Sandip Roy waxes eloquent about Indian mangoes -- a Bush-era nukes agreement with India freed them up for import. One variety is the Alphonso, known in India as the King of Mangoes. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Tomorrow Night: Can Ramen Get You Laid?

    San Francisco writer and occasional NPR contributor Andy Raskin has written a memoir called The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life. Raskin realized that his cryptic book title didn't exactly describe its contents, so he took to the streets of San Fran to ask ci ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 18, 2009

    Nature, Nurture, or All of the Above?

    A local author turns his body into a testing ground. Results vary.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Last Night: David Dondero and Rademacher at the Knockout

    (David Dondero)David Dondero/RademacherSunday, January 4, 2009The KnockoutWords and photos by Jonathan KieferBetter Than: Admitting the weekend, and the holiday, and another year of your unproductive life, is over.As Sunday night crept toward Monday morning and another crap-job working week loomed, ... More >>

  • Film

    September 17, 2008

    Biblical Proportions

    The best four-plus hours, plus Jesus, round out this year's Toronto film fest.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    On Comics: Who is the Best Joker Ever?

    The best four-plus hours, plus Jesus, round out this year's Toronto film fest.

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    Black Stars:

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Apple, Cisco, Google, SF Weekly To Attend SanFran MusicTech Summit Feb 25

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Tommy Guerrero Brings Back the Bastard in February

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    San Francisco Zoo Tiger Attacks, Kills Slow News Day -- 12.26

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Battles Back in San Francisco In November at Great American

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Music

    January 31, 2007

    Post-everything

    Ghana's Hiplife Generation (Out Here)

  • Music

    January 3, 2007

    Senses Burning Overtime

    Indian Jewelry's smoke and terrors

  • Culture

    October 25, 2006

    Win Some, Lose Some

    City Lights hosted the announcement of the National Book Awards finalists this month. But do book awards even matter?

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    Letter-Box Edition

    Wordplay explores the cult of the crossword puzzle

  • Music

    March 22, 2006

    Various Artists

    Soul Sides Volume One

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 26, 2005

  • Music

    October 12, 2005

    Meet the New Boss

    The Hold Steady's version of classic rock is full of sex, drugs, and Jesus

  • Music

    January 5, 2005

    Meow Mix

    Tune in, turn on, say "fuck": This is the story of a man named Monkey and his very special Pirate Cat Radio

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Moral Inferiority

    S.F. Democrats have talked "values" for years, but it's all been empty talk. To make a national comeback, Demos need to concentrate on moral works.

  • Culture

    September 22, 2004

    Double Exposure

    When works are more successful as activism than art

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2004

    Dressed for Success

    David Sedaris moves away from "clown" and toward "Important Author"

  • Calendar

    January 7, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    David Sedaris moves away from "clown" and toward "Important Author"

  • Culture

    December 31, 2003

    What Ever: A Living Novel

    This might have worked as an improvised stage piece, but it's too flippant on the page

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2003

    Elf Me!

    Walking in a hellish Santaland

  • Music

    October 15, 2003

    House of Tudor

    Go to the SF Weekly Music Awards, then give back to the Man in Black.

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2003

    O, Happy Dagger

    Shonen Knife returns

  • Music

    October 8, 2003

    Sonic Dissidents

    Stop Bush! Stop the Republicans! Slackers unite: It's time, once again, to "Rock the Vote."

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2003

    Wigging Out

    Amy Sedaris finds a seething cesspool of lucre, lust, and lunacy in Wigfield

  • Culture

    July 30, 2003

    Listen Up

    The guilty pleasure of audio books

  • Music

    February 19, 2003

    The Littlest Songbird

    Jolie Holland sings the prettiest tunes -- informed by ghosts, bayous, and a whole lot of traveling

  • Film

    March 7, 2001

    Reel World

    Loss Prevention; East Bay documentary filmmakers; Balboa Theatre

  • Music

    February 14, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Culture

    November 24, 1999

    Stage Capsules

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Culture

    May 27, 1998

    Stage

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Calendar

    April 22, 1998

    Night + Day

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Calendar

    March 25, 1998

    Night + Day

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Calendar

    November 12, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Calendar

    July 30, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Culture

    June 11, 1997

    Stage

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Calendar

    November 20, 1996

    Night+Day

    Lost & Found Sound

  • Calendar

    June 14, 1995

    Night+Day

    Lost & Found Sound

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