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BART Map Revamp: Getting Better or Worse? You Decide

Last Night: Willy Vlautin of Richmond Fontaine

Club Night Review: Sucker-Punch @ The Transfer

'Man with Idea' from Idaho Randomly Obtains SF Weekly's Phone Number, Offers Solution for City's Drug, Prostitution Woes

A man named Jack residing in Lewiston, Idaho, this week called the telephone operator and told her, "I need a newspaper because I have an idea and need to tell them some news." Of all the newspapers in all the world, he was given the number for SF Weekly, which he dialed. He then offered to tell us ... More >>

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A man named Jack residing in Lewiston, Idaho, this week called the telephone operator and told her, "I need a newspaper because I have an idea and need to tell them some news." Of all the newspapers in all the world, he was given the number for SF Weekly, which he dialed. He then offered to tell us ... More >>

I, Me, Media

A new Harper's compilation makes the case for first-person journalism.

15 Ways Gavin Could Have Lost the Election

A new Harper's compilation makes the case for first-person journalism.

Use Both Hands

A new Harper's compilation makes the case for first-person journalism.

Desert Gothic

A new Harper's compilation makes the case for first-person journalism.

Manifesting dead-end destinies

Willy Vlautin attempts the great escape

All-in or Nothing

Rene Medina’s Colma casino brought life to a city of cemeteries. It also brought federal agents looking for corruption.

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 27:

Rene Medina’s Colma casino brought life to a city of cemeteries. It also brought federal agents looking for corruption.

The Double Life of John Leary

The New College founder is promoted as a visionary. The college should openly admit the Jesuit priest was a pedophile.

K's Choice

She's not an addict (maybe that's a lie). Bouncer visits the Page.

Making the Rent

A study says San Francisco is the most expensive city in the United States for apartment dwellers. Are you paying too much for that one-bedroom?

Someone's Gonna Pay for This

On first-date dinners, road-trip gas, interpreters, and massage therapists

Stupid White Tricks

It's often embarrassing to be a middle-class Caucasian in San Francisco. Last week it was excruciating.

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Rhyme and Punishment

A boisterous play in verse nearly lures our critic into poetic excess

Just a Game

A winning drama

Apathy to the Rescue

How to make the undecideds break for Kerry? Threaten to turn off Survivor and Friends reruns.

Reps Etc.

How to make the undecideds break for Kerry? Threaten to turn off Survivor and Friends reruns.

Under the Gun

Why the Army thinks a 30-year-old college-educated California bull rider will help it recruit soldiers during wartime

Pop-Punk Confessional

We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

Child's Play

The enduring charm of the Life Size Game of Mouse Trap and Circus Contraption

Swing Lower

A fast-paced variety alternative to the inspired cheesiness of Beach Blanket Babylon

In the Company of Men

From Burning Man to downtown San Fran: the life of a documentary team

Hair Story

Combing the aisles at the World Beard and Moustache Championships

You preach/We laugh

In which we come up with our own (slightly cynical) version of Muni's new ad campaign

Reps Etc.

In which we come up with our own (slightly cynical) version of Muni's new ad campaign

Common Cents

The Chronicle should stop the dubious "news stories" and openly rail against a sales tax hike that hurts its major advertisers -- and slaughters the poor

Suspicious Behind

Could a fat, naked, and belligerent Elvis impersonator be the Bay Area's most entertaining performance artist?

Shelter from the Storm

Should the U.S. give asylum to victims of domestic violence? A Mission District woman's case may help decide that question.

Hairballs

Glas Kat Supper Club

Reel World

Lady in the Lake and Lethal Weapon 4

Reel World

A Thousand Pieces of Gold; Fedora; A Day at the Races

Best Place to Get a Haircut and Buy Pet Supplies

Garbo's

House Of Tudor

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Night Crawler

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Reviews

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Riff Raff

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Slap Shots

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Night+Day

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Night Crawler

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

Spammer-Jamming Hammered

The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

Zoom Lens

The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

Suspicious Minds

The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

Slap Shots

The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

Pssst, Buddy -- Wanna Buy a Used Cat? SPCA's $10 Kitty Ploy Divides S.F. Animal Activists.

​An automotive-themed SPCA promotion promising "certified pre-owned cats" -- no money down, zero percent APR, you can meow it away today -- has split the city's animal activist community. But, then, this may be progress -- when SPCA policies are brought up, the city's kitty and puppy people usuall ... More >>