Norman Rockwell

"War Horse": WWI Gets the Spielberg Treatment

Everywhere and Nowhere

SF Weekly Commenting System Finally Enters the 21st Century

Norman Rockwell, of courseSounding off just became that much easier...​Give a shout if you're enamored with SF Weekly's current commenting system. Anyone? Oh -- thanks, Dad. Well, get ready to ditch the ordeals we put you through to prove that you aren't an evil robot. We hate to break it ... More >>

Why Did Police Say Habitual Runaway Mireya Zapata Didn't 'Fit Profile of a Runaway'?

Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

Thanksgiving Freak-Out Solution: Going All Multiculti at Butterfly

A bit like grandma's house. Or not.​Way back in September, you made some grandiose announcement you'd be cooking Thanksgiving this year. Now, two days out, you're freaking, imagining a Turkey Day eve spent fishing a rock-solid Butterball out of the Safeway freezer bin. Relax. SFoodie's offerin ... More >>

Porn and Perverts: Are Stimulus Funds Showered on 'Stimulating' Art?

​That paragon of quality news reporting, Fox, ran a story on its Web site today about two local arts organizations that  received federal stimulus funding for "...Saturday night 'pervert' revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco." The two organizations ... More >>

New York Press Part Two: Roz Chast's New Yorker Thanksgiving Recipes

​That paragon of quality news reporting, Fox, ran a story on its Web site today about two local arts organizations that  received federal stimulus funding for "...Saturday night 'pervert' revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco." The two organizations ... More >>

Mike Maxwell's "Human's Nature" at Gallery Three

​That paragon of quality news reporting, Fox, ran a story on its Web site today about two local arts organizations that  received federal stimulus funding for "...Saturday night 'pervert' revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco." The two organizations ... More >>

My Body, My Self

Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

The Best Art Prints on the Web: Creep Machine's Josh Curates His Top 5 of the Week

Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

DVDish

Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

All-American pride at the student union Pub

Food issues and a bad self-image led our columnist to undergo weight-loss surgery. She's still a mess, but a better-looking one.

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

The Egg and I

Breakfasts excite at downtown icons Dottie's and the reborn Sears Fine Food

Sonny's Days

In which we meet a donkey, some crows, and Sonny Smith, who is not a folk singer

Magic Markings

Accident and surprise in the work of Arthur Okamura

The Trip to Bountiful

Where if you don't like a dish, you're not screwed -- you're blessed

Girl, Interrupted

Alanna Krause believes that much of her hellish childhood could have been avoided. Now she's suing her father, her therapist, and her lawyer in an effort to prove it. How did it come to this?

Field of Liens

Before you succumb to nostalgia about a simpler, humbler baseball time, heed the lesson of Vacaville

Bleak House

ACT's muted revival of a Sam Shepard classic

Humboldt Pie

ACT's muted revival of a Sam Shepard classic

Clear Window

The 13th annual International Window Cleaners Association Convention is transparently entertaining

Gory Details

A tribute to the sex and violence of filmmaker Andy Milligan

Tales of the North Pacific

What a 62-year-old man can teach shellshocked dot-commers as he sails from Osaka to San Francisco. Alone. Again.

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

Freak Show

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

Dog Bites

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

The Quick Fix

A smack addict tries to become an overnight success

Genderation X

You can change your body with surgery and hormones, but what happens after that might surprise you

A Woman's Lot

Dolores Claiborne serves up "three square meals of bitching"