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  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Number 10: Boxing Room's Dirty Rice

    ​SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Boxing Room's chef, Justin Simoneaux, brings a California sensibility to traditional Cajun dishes -- fried oyster salad with arugula and fennel, gulf flounder with tasso and green garlic -- but for his dirty rice, h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 25, 2012

    'Cast-Offs

    ​SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Boxing Room's chef, Justin Simoneaux, brings a California sensibility to traditional Cajun dishes -- fried oyster salad with arugula and fennel, gulf flounder with tasso and green garlic -- but for his dirty rice, h ... More >>

  • Film

    November 9, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings November 9-15

    ​SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Boxing Room's chef, Justin Simoneaux, brings a California sensibility to traditional Cajun dishes -- fried oyster salad with arugula and fennel, gulf flounder with tasso and green garlic -- but for his dirty rice, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Saturday: Non-Stop Bhangra Celebrates Its Seven-Year Anniversary at Rickshaw Stop

    Kahley EmersonNon-Stop Bhangra at Rickshaw Stop​ Non-Stop Bhangra Seven Year Anniversary Rickshaw Stop Oct. 15, 2011 Better than: Sweating it out at a Bikram yoga studio It all started in the 14th Century. Bored wheat farmers in Punjab (a region in Northern India and Pakistan) created a danc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 17, 2011

    For the Straight Guy. Or Not.

    Kahley EmersonNon-Stop Bhangra at Rickshaw Stop​ Non-Stop Bhangra Seven Year Anniversary Rickshaw Stop Oct. 15, 2011 Better than: Sweating it out at a Bikram yoga studio It all started in the 14th Century. Bored wheat farmers in Punjab (a region in Northern India and Pakistan) created a danc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Exclusive: Osama Bin Laden's Porn Collection Revealed

    ​Who knew? It turns out that plotting the destruction of the Great Satan may not have been the only thing that brought joy to recently deceased terrorist Osama bin Laden. The news wires are exploding with the revelation that a trove of porn was discovered in the al-Qaeda leader's Pakistan compound ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    No, Twitter Hasn't Replaced CNN

    ​It's become perfectly predictable: Every time there's a major news event, people spend several days talking about how Twitter and Facebook are replacing traditional news organizations -- the (sigh) "MSM." Even if the word "replacing" isn't used, that's often the implicationIn the present case -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Osama bin Laden vs. Michael Jackson: Whose Death Got More Twitter Chatter?

    Left Image: PhilipRood.com"//Flickr | Right image: Kecko/Flickr​Like many people around the world, we learned about the death of Osama bin Laden not from a newspaper or TV, but from social networking sites, specifically Twitter. Standing in a long line for a movie, the news slowly rippled up and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    Sohaib Athar, IT Consultant, Tweets Osama Bin Laden's Assassination As It Happens

    ​Meet Sohaib Athar. Until very recently, he's quietly used Twitter to tell about his life as an IT consultant living in Pakistan under the name @ReallyVirtual. On early Sunday morning, however, he seemingly (and unknowingly) Tweeted the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, as it happened, in Abbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    'Destructive' Pakistani Insects in Oakland Intercepted by Border Agents

    ​Heave a sigh of relief, Bay Area residents. The Khapra beetle, an invasive and "extremely destructive" arthropod, has been foiled -- for now -- in its evil designs upon the human race's grain silos by agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).In a news release today, CBP announced that ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2011

    Scandinavian Muslim in America

    ​Heave a sigh of relief, Bay Area residents. The Khapra beetle, an invasive and "extremely destructive" arthropod, has been foiled -- for now -- in its evil designs upon the human race's grain silos by agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).In a news release today, CBP announced that ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Moving Portrait of a Leader, Her Tumultuous Times

    ​Heave a sigh of relief, Bay Area residents. The Khapra beetle, an invasive and "extremely destructive" arthropod, has been foiled -- for now -- in its evil designs upon the human race's grain silos by agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).In a news release today, CBP announced that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Friday Night: Roger Waters Turns The Wall Into A Rallying Cry at Oracle Arena

    Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.​Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Benefit Concert: Afrofunk and Pancakes for Pakistan!

    James Brown lives on in the spirit of Sila Mutungi and the Afrofunk Experience​Now that we're done stuffing our faces with garlic fries and hot dogs for the World Series, it's time to start stuffing our faces for world peace -- or at least, world improvement. On November 19th and 20th, Club Dine I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    How to Ban Dumb Facebook Comments From Your Life

    ​Dear Anna, I've got several friends who are great in person, but terrible on Facebook. They leave long, unwitty comments that nobody wants clogging their inbox. Is there any way to gently nudge them towards good comment etiquette? Or, failing that, persuade them not to comment at all? I don ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2010

    Women's Music

    ​Dear Anna, I've got several friends who are great in person, but terrible on Facebook. They leave long, unwitty comments that nobody wants clogging their inbox. Is there any way to gently nudge them towards good comment etiquette? Or, failing that, persuade them not to comment at all? I don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report Confirms: SF Weekly Found Bin Laden in October 2001

    He's on the right...​For shoppers wishing to give America the gift of national security, consider sending your favorite Pentagon staffer an SF Weekly. No offense to Jane's Defence Weekly, but a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released Monday suggests the publication you're now reading pr ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2009

    A guide to the best of this year's S.F. International Film Festival

    He's on the right...​For shoppers wishing to give America the gift of national security, consider sending your favorite Pentagon staffer an SF Weekly. No offense to Jane's Defence Weekly, but a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released Monday suggests the publication you're now reading pr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Hark! A Wise Man

    He's on the right...​For shoppers wishing to give America the gift of national security, consider sending your favorite Pentagon staffer an SF Weekly. No offense to Jane's Defence Weekly, but a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released Monday suggests the publication you're now reading pr ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Guantánamo's Last Days

    America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

  • Dining

    November 19, 2008

    Survival of the Tastiest

    Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Firewater: You Give Them $12, They'll Give You the World

    Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

  • Music

    June 4, 2008

    Firewater chases the perfect album to the end of the world

    Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Qawwality time with Fanna Fi Allah

    Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    BetterKnowanSFBlog: The Greatest Hits

    Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2008

    San Francisco's Very Own Mrs. Pakistan World 2008

    Through a tumultuous history emerges a satisfying food.

  • Culture

    December 19, 2007

    The Gift of Reading

    Still have people to buy for? Consider these books as last-minute stocking stuffers.

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Pakistani Bloggers Speak Out on “Emergency Rule”: BetterKnowanSFBlog - Metroblogging

    Still have people to buy for? Consider these books as last-minute stocking stuffers.

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    Bombay Calling

    Still have people to buy for? Consider these books as last-minute stocking stuffers.

  • Dining

    October 24, 2007

    Welcome Back, Kaddo

    The city's favorite Afghan restaurant reopens

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2007
  • Film

    September 20, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    The city's favorite Afghan restaurant reopens

  • Film

    June 21, 2006

    To Hell and Back

    Michael Winterbottom puts a face — and a hood — on the suffering at Guantanamo

  • Film

    November 9, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    Michael Winterbottom puts a face — and a hood — on the suffering at Guantanamo

  • Calendar

    August 31, 2005

    Over a Barrel

    The role of oil in U.S. policy: A new documentary goes behind the headlines

  • Film

    January 26, 2005

    That's Entertainment

    A rollicking Bollywood love story mixes progressive politics with its music

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Communiqués From Kabul

    Afghan art at the Crissy Field Center

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2003

    Three Kids' Tales

    Telling old stories new ways

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2003

    I Feel Exposed

    Filmmakers and freedom

  • Film

    September 17, 2003

    Living Like a Refugee

    Michael Winterbottom and Tony Grisoni deliver the tale of two boys lost In This World

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Hear This

    New Music: What it is, where to hear it, and why it's such a stupid name for a genre

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    In and Out of India

    A meditation on memory and Indian culture, from Krishna dolls to bharathanatyam

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Letters to the Editor for the week of 12-5-2001

    We Never Got Around to Publishing: Get Me the Pentagon; They Don't Get Letters Like This at The New Yorker; Have a Problem No One Else Can Solve? Let SF Weekly Help.

  • Dining

    October 17, 2001
  • News

    October 17, 2001

    Osama Was Here

    To show the value of pundits in the Terror Era, our columnist tells the CIA where bin Laden's been, President Bush where to go

  • Music

    January 17, 2001

    House Of Tudor

    "Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

  • Calendar

    August 4, 1999

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    "Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

  • Music

    July 22, 1998

    House of Tudor

    "Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1998

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    "Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

  • Music

    August 27, 1997

    The House of Tudor

    "Cover to Cover"; Brian & Chris; "Haydn and the Gypsies"

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