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Arthouse Movie Listings August 24-30

St. Valentine Sweetie Pie Fest, Literary Death Match, Fool's Gold, and Vegan Cooking Demo

Marianne WilliamsFools Gold plays the Clift Hotel this Saturday ​The pre-Valentine's Day weekend: If you're in a relationship, spend it smooching and taking in a romantic folk show, art exhibit, or do whatever it is you young lovers like to do. If you're on the prowl, hit the clubs and flash that ... More >>

Stream Brian Eno's Time-Warped New Album, Small Craft On a Milk Sea

​Small Craft On a Milk Sea, the 25th (!) solo album from oblique strategist and art-tronic music O.G. Brian Eno, isn't out until next week -- on Warp Records, in a partnering of great karmic appropriateness -- but you can stream it now courtesy of NPR's First Listen. At the aural equivalent of fi ... More >>

Local Trio Grass Widow to Release Debut on Kill Rock Stars

​Local post-punk trio Grass Widow has been slowly drawing increased attention since its inception in 2007. We profiled these ladies back in 2008, and now the band has hit the radar of respected Olympia indie Kill Rock Stars, which will release the trio's official debut on August 24. Grass Widowers ... More >>

Go Jump in the LAKE

​Local post-punk trio Grass Widow has been slowly drawing increased attention since its inception in 2007. We profiled these ladies back in 2008, and now the band has hit the radar of respected Olympia indie Kill Rock Stars, which will release the trio's official debut on August 24. Grass Widowers ... More >>

Track of the Day: Yes Please

Such a sweet name for such a haunting batch of music from a lady otherwise known as Lily. Yes Please makes its home in San Francisco (and Olympia); the eerie expressions by this talented songwriter will homestead in your head real quick. Lily pulls nearly every instrument down from the attic, loopin ... More >>

Oyster species guide

Such a sweet name for such a haunting batch of music from a lady otherwise known as Lily. Yes Please makes its home in San Francisco (and Olympia); the eerie expressions by this talented songwriter will homestead in your head real quick. Lily pulls nearly every instrument down from the attic, loopin ... More >>

Oyster Lovers Unite

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Homo A Go Go Moving to SF in 2009

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

The Weekend Hitlist 4/25-4/27

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Kimya Dawson

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Perfectly Good Beer Wasted As Pancake Debate Rages On

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Perfectly Good Beer Wasted As Pancake Debate Rages On

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Hey Beer Man – Suds Expert Critiques Our Work

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Beer Pancakes? Boy am I glad I read the paper today!

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Repertory Film Listings

This Valentines weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come.

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Wonder Woman

The multifarious music of the multilingual, multiracial, multitalented Keren Ann

Reconsider the Oyster

Bathing in bivalves by the bucket at three brilliant oyster bars

Still Smokin'

Remembering Alice B. Toklas

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Remembering Alice B. Toklas

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Story-tellers

Rather than whine about themselves, the Decemberists spin archetypal yarns, and indie rockers love them for it

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Rather than whine about themselves, the Decemberists spin archetypal yarns, and indie rockers love them for it

Brew-haha

"Mmm, beer"

Eating With Lisa

Our out-of-town visitor will eat anywhere, as long as it's really good

Pole Dancing Against Capitalism

Amid the holiday rush, Olympia the artist attacks the System in her own unique way

Joining Distaff

From Polynesian fire-spinning to polyamory, there's something for every girl at Ladyfest Bay Area

True is stranger than fiction

The loser now will be later to win

House Of Tudor

A renewed love of geeks, and a nomadic take on French jazz

Preaching to the Disconcerted

Local artist, label honcho, and festival organizer Ernesto Diaz-Infante sings the gospel of the experimental scene

Flock You

With a freewheeling live show and danceable tunes, the Quails turn punk ideals into righteous entertainment

Gang of Four

Local all-girl outfit Erase Errata finds the common ground between noise and dance music

A.I.: Artistic Intelligence

Ten visual artists explore the connection between real life and the virtual world

All Fired Up

The Blast Rocks!!! are enthusiastic about their music -- and they've got the exclamation points to prove it

House Of Tudor

Stinky's Peep Show Four-Year Anniversary; The Gossip; "Live From the 215"

Two Ton Boa

Two Ton Boa
(Kill Rock Stars)

Riff Raff

Pop (Do We Not Like That?)

Brought to You by the Letter "R"

Swan Oyster Depot

Night + Day

Swan Oyster Depot

Night + Day

Swan Oyster Depot

Night + Day

Swan Oyster Depot

Night Crawler

Swan Oyster Depot

Night+Day

Swan Oyster Depot

Recordings

Swan Oyster Depot

Letters

Swan Oyster Depot

Recordings

Swan Oyster Depot

Samples

Swan Oyster Depot

Smell the Magic

Taking a whiff of the Stinky Puffs

New Kid on the Dock

Butterfield's makes a splash with good fresh oysters and grilled fish at calm prices