Nelson Mandela

It's Official! Richard Branson Better than Jesus!

This Week in Government Corruption

One World, Under Gorby

Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

Repertory Film Listings

Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

Barely Alive

How to make a funny optimist sound boring

Reps Etc.

How to make a funny optimist sound boring

Resurrection

After a 70-year hiatus and a confrontation with the world, the Makah tribe resumes its communion with the gray whale

Tears of a Clown

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

Stage

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

Night+Day

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

Dog Bites

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

The Fire Next Time

As a civil rights advocate, Bob Demmons called in the federal government to end racism in the Fire Department. Now that he's chief, he has to remove federal control and prove that firefighters can manage race relations on their own.

Letters to SFWeekly

Gangsta Rap Doesn't Kill People; Josh Wolf Is Just Like Jesus; Ethics Commission Is Unethical

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

Gangsta Rap Doesn't Kill People; Josh Wolf Is Just Like Jesus; Ethics Commission Is Unethical

Clint Eastwood's Invictus: All's well that ends well

Gangsta Rap Doesn't Kill People; Josh Wolf Is Just Like Jesus; Ethics Commission Is Unethical

Eastwood on the Pitch

79 at the turn of a very prolific decade, Clint tackles Mandela and the Hereafter.

Invictus

79 at the turn of a very prolific decade, Clint tackles Mandela and the Hereafter.

Seven Questions with @ScrewYouSXSW

​There's a new tweeter in town and she's mad as hell. In the last week, @ScrewYouSXSW, the self-proclaimed pissed off wife of a SXSW attendee, has been tweeting about happenings she's been learning about from her husband via text. A number of people at SXSW think this enigmatic person is of the ... More >>

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

​There's a new tweeter in town and she's mad as hell. In the last week, @ScrewYouSXSW, the self-proclaimed pissed off wife of a SXSW attendee, has been tweeting about happenings she's been learning about from her husband via text. A number of people at SXSW think this enigmatic person is of the ... More >>

Ananda Fuara: Keeping It Classic

Jonathan KauffmanNeatloaf from Ananda Fuara.​ Part of a series about restaurants that have been around so long they've slipped into a media black hole.Given its grotty corner, given its windowless exterior, it's always a shock to enter Ananda Fuara and find yourself in a such a bright space. From ... More >>

In The Soul Kitchen's DJ Harry Duncan on Working With Bill Graham, His Show at Amoeba, and the Battle to Save KUSF

DJ Harry Duncan​ Harry Duncan has filled a lot of roles in his 61 years: Independent producer of black music for Bill Graham Presents; manager of artists like the Meters and Ornette Coleman, to name just a couple; original talent buyer at Slim's; and, currently, a consultant at Bimbo's 365 Clu ... More >>

Meet Linda Chorney, the Unknown Singer-Songwriter Who Got a Grammy Nomination

Linda Chorney, whose Grammy nomination has outraged some in the Americana community.​ By J. POET The Grammy Awards usually generate an tidal wave of press releases aimed at congratulating the usual superstars for their achievements. This year, there was a refreshing bit of controversy when si ... More >>