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Quebec

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    On Trisha's Country Kitchen, Trisha Yearwood Can't Stop Proving How Damn Country She Is

    Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Trisha's Country Kitchen, a half-hour show of executives laughing at us, Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. on the Food Network. Trisha Yearwood is a two-time cookbook author with a new show on the Food Network about souther ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Hey, Critics of the Happy Meal Toy Ban: Banning Fast Food Advertising Does Work

    ​San Francisco came in for a heap of ridicule last year -- including some from this very paper -- when the Board of Supervisors passed a ban on selling fast-food meals containing toys. The sentiment intensified, of course, when McDonald's easily skirted the ban. Messages like ours have r ... More >>

  • Film

    January 19, 2011

    "Barney's Version": Mordecai Richler gets a downgrade

    ​San Francisco came in for a heap of ridicule last year -- including some from this very paper -- when the Board of Supervisors passed a ban on selling fast-food meals containing toys. The sentiment intensified, of course, when McDonald's easily skirted the ban. Messages like ours have r ... More >>

  • Film

    August 25, 2010

    "Mesrine": Rambling tale of a gangster-showman

    ​San Francisco came in for a heap of ridicule last year -- including some from this very paper -- when the Board of Supervisors passed a ban on selling fast-food meals containing toys. The sentiment intensified, of course, when McDonald's easily skirted the ban. Messages like ours have r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    JEFF the Brotherhood Think Our Burritos Are Weird

    ​Garage rock is not a fad. It's been percolating for over half a century, in one form or another, and shows no sign of letting up. JEFF the Brotherhood is the kind of band that explains why. Nashville brothers Jamin and Jake Orrall are out to extract as much fun as possible from a growling guitar, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    What To Do? Tuesday's Pick: The Aversions

    ​Nervous Tics, The Aversions, Complaints @ the Knockout Given their widely held rep as effete, soft-cheese-spreading existentialists, the world's French-speaking people don't get much credit in the rock 'n' roll world. What bands like Eastern Canada's Aversions prove, however, is that a French ... More >>

  • Film

    December 10, 2008

    Arthouse movie listings for December 10-16

    ​Nervous Tics, The Aversions, Complaints @ the Knockout Given their widely held rep as effete, soft-cheese-spreading existentialists, the world's French-speaking people don't get much credit in the rock 'n' roll world. What bands like Eastern Canada's Aversions prove, however, is that a French ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2008

    Quebec Mon Amour

    ​Nervous Tics, The Aversions, Complaints @ the Knockout Given their widely held rep as effete, soft-cheese-spreading existentialists, the world's French-speaking people don't get much credit in the rock 'n' roll world. What bands like Eastern Canada's Aversions prove, however, is that a French ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2008

    Without a Paddle

    ​Nervous Tics, The Aversions, Complaints @ the Knockout Given their widely held rep as effete, soft-cheese-spreading existentialists, the world's French-speaking people don't get much credit in the rock 'n' roll world. What bands like Eastern Canada's Aversions prove, however, is that a French ... More >>

  • Film

    June 11, 2008

    Supermarket Sweep

    Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion.

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2008

    Yes Cancels Aug. 19 Shoreline Performance

    Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion.

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Dengue Fever Plays Independent in April

    Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist Bring The Hard Sell to SF in Feb., Kid Koala Opens

    Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Xiu Xiu To Release "New Women as Lovers Double LP" and 2008 Tour

    Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2007

    Beirut's Zach Condon: Young Success 'Fucked With a Lot of Things' -- Interview

    Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion.

  • News

    September 19, 2007

    Wal-Mart 'R' Us

    Does 'sustainability' mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.

  • Film

    March 21, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    Does 'sustainability' mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.

  • Music

    August 23, 2006

    Ladies choice: Sister Carol and Team Dresch

    Does 'sustainability' mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.

  • Film

    March 22, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    Does 'sustainability' mean meddling in workers' personal lives? San Francisco's Act Now Productions seems to think so.

  • Calendar

    November 23, 2005

    A Thrilling Death

    Angels watch over Corteo

  • Music

    September 14, 2005

    Maple Leaf Boogie-Woogie

    A cheat sheet of bands from the new Seattle -- that's right, Canada!

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, January 5, 2005

  • Dining

    August 18, 2004

    Paralyzed by Politeness

    Some Bay Area citizens take sensitivity to a silly extreme

  • Film

    August 4, 2004

    Hypocritical Oaths

    An island town will do anything to seduce Dr. Lewis

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2003

    Out of the Passé

    A Québécoise becomes a choreographer

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Ween

    Quebec

  • Film

    July 23, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Quebec

  • Film

    June 18, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Quebec

  • Culture

    December 4, 2002

    Varekai

    The concept's high and thin, but Cirque du Soleil still puts on a fabulous show

  • Music

    October 2, 2002

    Barnes Storming

    Athens' Of Montreal gives its whimsical psychedelia a raucous jolt

  • Music

    September 4, 2002

    House of Tudor

    Bossa nova homage, rolling residences, guileless political discussion, and crop circles

  • Culture

    May 22, 2002

    O Canada

    Unexpected Pleasure from a talented Canuck playwright

  • Film

    December 5, 2001

    Reps Etc.

    Film Reps List for 12-05-2001

  • Film

    November 7, 2001

    Emma Goes to France

    Amelie serves up a daring, moving take on Jane Austen's best-loved heroine.

  • Culture

    December 6, 2000

    Bless the Blockhead

    How A Charlie Brown Christmas almost wasn't, then became a tradition

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    A HAL of an Idea

    Dr. David Stork is trying to create a new computer that thinks like a human being. But he needs your help.

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    Two to Say Go

    The woman who would bike the length of North and South America, and the man who's running around the world

  • Music

    February 23, 2000

    House Of Tudor

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Calendar

    February 24, 1999

    Night + Day

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Calendar

    February 18, 1998

    Night + Day

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1997

    Night+Day

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Calendar

    May 28, 1997

    Night+Day

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Film

    May 7, 1997

    The Choir Visible

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Calendar

    November 6, 1996

    Night+Day

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Calendar

    October 23, 1996

    Night+Day

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Dining

    March 27, 1996

    Dish

    American Heartbreak, Joe Buck, Polkacide,

  • Music

    November 22, 1995

    Apocalypse Now

    Skunk Anansie parties like it's 1999

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